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Last Minute Essay Help
By Neil Reesor
May 25, 2002
Pop quiz, hot shot. You have a thousand word essay due tomorrow in geography. You've waited until the very last night, and have neglected to find any sources to use up until now. What do you do? You'll use the Internet you say... But where do you start?
Trying to find useful information on the Internet these days can be a handful. Fortunately, the federal government has formulated a web site like no other. From the Government of Canada Official Site (www.canada.gc.ca), a mountain of information is at your fingertips. With over eleven thousand departments online, you could find anything you ever wanted to know. In this case, Jean Chretien's last press release will not help you write the essay of your life, but the Communication Canada site will.
The Communication Canada web site (www.cio-bic.gc.ca) was created with the purpose of improving communications between the Government of Canada and Canadians. Conveniently enough for the Canadian Geography students loading themselves up on caffeine for their late night ahead, this site offers a Facts on Canada feature. The link to the Facts on Canada section can be found on the left side of the home page, under the Featured Topics heading. Once inside, this section is an excellent source for information on the land, society and culture, and the government and law of Canada.
For instance, did you know the name "Ontario" comes from the Iroquois word "Kanadario" meaning sparkling water? I personally had no idea. This directory contains more than just quick little facts you can truly wow your friends with at gatherings. While your essay won't write itself for you, heading to this web site will most certainly get you started in the right direction.
Being the eager beaver that you are, you have found all the required information on the Canadian climate. Armed with facts like, "the annual precipitation for Vancouver is 1167.4 mm", you are all revved up to write the actual paper. If you left it to the last minute, it is probably past midnight by now and you are in no condition to look up how to write in essay form. Fortunately for you my friend, Kathy Livingston has come to your rescue with her web site entitled "Basic Guide to Essay Writing" available at http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/.
This web site provides you with a step-by-step process to writing an essay. As you have been assigned a topic, you can go straight to preparing an outline. After an outline has been established, you then proceed to creating a thesis. To prove your thesis, write your main points, break them into sub-points and elaborate on your sub-points. Slap a catchy introduction on the beginning and an insightful conclusion on the end and you're on your way to an A-plus paper.
Neil Reesor is a Community Access Program member operating from the Ingersoll branch of the Oxford County Library. As a Web Team member, Neil specializes in the design and updating of non-profit organization sites hosted on the Oxford County Library web site.
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