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2	Acquaint Yourself with the Topic Internet Search – i.e. www.google.com Start Gathering Vocabulary Timeline People/Organizations Key Issues Carefully Evaluate the Source of the Information. • Use an encyclopedia to get started. An overview article will identify key writers and events.
3	Identify Key Events/Subject Areas Assign to Group Members! Owens Valley & LA Water History Mulholland Background Info/Biography Construction of Dam (1924- 26?) Prior Knowledge of the Extent of Dam Leakage 12 March 1928 Dam Collapses Inquest Modern Perspective on Geological Causes & modern dam safety issues What was learned? How can it be applied today? Current large dam projects……3 Gorges Dam in China
4	One Stop Information Shopping at the UCLA Science & Engineering Library www.library.ucla.edu/sel
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6	Search for Books At UCLA = ORION2 At UC = CDL Melvyl Catalog Worldwide = Worldcat Don’t forget Los Angeles Public Library System!!!
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10	Library of Congress Subject Headings Military Miniatures (May Subd Geog) UF Military Models Miniatures, Military Toy soldiers BT Miniature objects RT War toys NT Fortification -- Models G. I. Joe figures ………
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12	Look at Bibliographies! Davis, Margaret, “How the Hero Who Brought Water to L.A. Abruptly Fell from Grace,” Los Angeles Times, July 25, 1993, p. M3. Leslie, Margaret. Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles. New York: Harper Collins, 1993. St. Francis. Safety of Dams, P.E. Reames. West. Constr. News, vol. 4, no.2, Jan. 25, 1929, pp. 58-59. Rogers, J David. “Looking back at the St. Francis Dam Failure and the birth of engineering geology in America”, Abstracts with Programs – Geological Society of America, vol.28, no. 7, pp.282, 1996.
13	Use Print Indexes for Older Topics Los Angeles Times Index Engineering Index
14	THE ENGINEERING INDEX a sample entry from 1929 index Dams Failure. St. Francis. Safety of Dams, P.E. Reames. West. Constr. News, vol. 4, no.2, Jan. 25, 1929, pp. 58-59. Lesson from failure of St. Francis dam; uplift from earth movements; predetermination of geology;…
15	Abstracts & Indexes So Many to choose from !!! Which one is good for my topic? Try Searchlight http://searchlight.cdlib.org/cgi-bin/searchlight
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