Wanted: Cowboys

Miss Gaesser

February 2007

You will be using books, an Online Database, and the Websites provided to conduct research for your full-page want ad.
Remember to fill out a source card for each source that you use!

Online Database:  
Grolier Encyclopedia

Go back to the library web page and click on the link for "Fish4Info"- -Log in using the username and password provided
- Click on the icon for Online Resources
- Click on the peach box with the arrow in front of Grolier Encyclopedia to open the database
- Search the online encyclopedia using the keyword "cowboy"
Websites:  
Cowboy and Western Facts short descriptions/definitions of terms relating to cowboy life.
http://www.thewildwest.org/cowboys/cow_west_facts/cowboy_facts/pay.html
http://www.thewildwest.org/cowboys/cow_west_facts/cowboy_facts/traildrives.html
http://www.thewildwest.org/cowboys/cow_west_facts/cowboy_facts/wrangler.html
http://www.thewildwest.org/cowboys/cow_west_facts/cowboy_facts/bandana.html
http://www.thewildwest.org/cowboys/cow_west_facts/cowboy_facts/night.html
Cowboy Gear http://www.lonehand.com/cowboy_gear.htm
- One page descriptions of the boots, hats and shirts worn by old western cowboys.
LOC - The American West: Beef & Beans http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/riseind/west/beef.html
- Historical accounts of cowboys diets taken from the Library of Congress
 
Picture Websites: - copy and paste the address of the site under any picture you use
Museum of Northwest Colorado http://www.museumnwco.org/cowboy.php
Microsoft Clip Art and Media  http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us

 

Created 2/6/06
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