Research Guide for Students

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Encyclopedias, Juvenile

Report Writing

Research -- Juvenile Literature

Science Projects

Selected Print Sources

The American Heritage Student Dictionary. R423 Ame

The American Heritage Student Science Dictionary. Rj508 Ame

The New York Public Library Kid's Guide to Research. j025.524 Hei

Oxford American Children's Encyclopedia. Rj031.083 Oxf

The World Book Encyclopedia. Rj031 Wor

eBooks

Reference Resources

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Bartleby.com
Search the Columbia Encyclopedia, American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Roget’s Thesauri, quotations, and English usage, style & composition.

CultureGrams
Experience the cultures of 187 countries in the World Edition with maps, statistics, a glossary, and in-depth information. Contact your local branch library for login and password information.

ERIC
ERIC has over 1.2 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. ERIC provides access to ERIC Document and Journal citations from 1966 to the present.

FindArticles
LookSmart's FindArticles is a vast archive of published articles that you can search for free.

FirstSearch
Databases: ArticleFirst, Electronic Collections Online, ERIC, GPO, MEDLINE, PapersFirst, Proceedings, RILM Music Abstracts, UnionLists, WorldAlmanac, and WorldCat.

Gale Free Resources
Gale Free Resources including: Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage, Poet's Corner, Women's History, and Literary Index.

Gale InfoTrac
Includes Student Edition, Junior Edition, Kid's Edition, and Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Grolier Online
Grolier Online includes Encyclopedia Americana and Nueva enciclopedia Cumbre en línea.

Issues & Controversies
Facts.com online source of up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day.

LearningExpress Library
Take online practice exams in many areas including EMS, ESL, GED, and US citizenship.

Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center is a full text database that includes plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, Literary criticism, author biographies, literary journals, book reviews, poems, short stories, classic texts, author interviews, and more.

LitFinder
LitFinder delivers up to a million examples of full-text, indexed and excerpted literature — along with thousands of citations, biographies, explanations, overviews and images.

MedlinePlus
Health information from the National Library of Medicine. Search health topics, drug information, dictionaries, directories, and other resources. En Español.

NewsBank
Full-text articles from national and international newspapers, includes: America’s Obituaries & Death Notices, America’s Newspapers, and Access World News.  Orlando Sentinel archives.

Oxford African American Studies Center
Provides more than 7,500 articles by top scholars in the field. Includes Africana, an account of the African and African American experience in five volumes and the Encyclopedia of African American History.

PubMed
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s.

Wilson Web
Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated contains more than 95,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 26,000 photographs.

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Google Scholar searches for peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles.

Internet Guide

About - 475 expert guides organized into 23 channels, with search, newsletter, and forums.

Addresses.com - Email locator, business finder, area code and ZIP Code, school directory.

Biography - BioSearch over 25,000 lives, Top 10 Bios, Biography magazine, TV listings.

Britannica.com - Search the Encyclopædia Britannica, dictionary, thesaurus, magazines.

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Consumer Price Index, wages, productivity, business statistics.

Calendar Zone - Directory of links to many types of online calendars by subject.

Citation Style for Research Papers - APA, Turabian, MLA, Chicago, and AMA Styles.

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online - Find important Canadians.  Also in Français.

The Educator's Reference Desk - Resource guides, lesson plans, questions archives, ERIC.

Encarta - Search encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, and articles by category; homework help.

EServer - Online publishing, scholarship, art, journals, novels, texts in the arts and humanities.

FedStats - The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.

FindArticles.com - Search magazine articles by keywords or browse directory by subject.

The Foundation Center - Foundation directory, foundation finder, search, FAQs, online librarian.

Foundations/Grants Reference Desk - Private funding, grants and research, news, international.

FreePatentsOnline.com - Browse or search patents, with full text and images in PDF files.

The Gallup Organization - Public opinion polls, FAQ, news, Gallup Glance, Gallup on the Air.

A Guide for Writing Research Papers - MLA Style, research and writing steps, plagiarism.

Guinness World Records - Record categories, search, FAQs, make a record attempt, kids.

HomeTownLocator Gazetteer - Search locations for physical and cultural features, census data.

How Stuff Works - Computer, auto, electronics, science, home, entertainment, money, travel.

INFOMINE - Virtual library and reference tools containing scholarly Internet resources.

Infonation - Up-to-date statistical data for the United Nations.  En Español and Français.

Information Please - Search online dictionary, Internet encyclopedia, atlas, almanac reference.

International Business Resource Desk - Country Insights, Global Resources, Indicators, Glossary.

Internet Library for Librarians - Ready Reference, librarianship, and accessories.

The Internet Public Library - Reference, exhibits, magazines, newspapers, search, teen, youth.

iTools - Internet tools including search, language, research, financial, map and other tools.

KnowPlay Reference - Dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, world atlas, fine artist search, etc.

NETSTATE.COM - U.S. state capitals, flags, geography, nicknames, seals, symbols, more.

Newsweek Media Research Index - Bibliography of studies, journal articles, conference papers.

Nobel e-Museum - Nobel prize winners, find a laureate, news, articles, photos.

NYPL Digital Gallery - Access over 450,000 images digitized from The New York Public Library.

The Old Farmer's Almanac - Moon phases, weather, weekly wisdom, heavenly details, more.

Online Conversion - Convert just about anything, over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions.

Patent and Trademark Office - Search, file patents and trademarks, activities, contacts, news.

Refdesk.com - Reference resources, Facts-at-a-Glance, Facts Search Desk, subjects, tools.

Research Tools - iTools site with general knowledge, legal/law, and telephone Internet tools.

Science Fair Project Resource Guide - Scientific method, sample projects, resources, help.

Statistical Abstract of the United States - Government statistical tables.

Statistical Resources on the Web - Statisticals by category, statistics database, search.

Statistics.com - Statistical analysis corner, directory of data sources, FAQ, newsletter.

SYMBOLS.com - Encyclopedia of graphic symbols, articles on histories, uses, and meanings.

TerraFly - Aerial and satellite imagery of any address in the U.S., maps, prints, census data.

TIME.com - Search the archive of articles, news, photos, current and previous issues, FAQ.

Top 100 Newspapers - Links to the top 100 newspapers.

United Nations - News, information, events, member states, issues, Q&A, index, and search.

USA CityLink - States and cities links on travel, tourism, and relocation.

U.S. Gazetteer - Search the U.S. by place, state, or zip code, view map, census information.

Virtual Reference Desk - Includes AskA+ (expert) locator but subject, VRD Learning Center.

Webrary - Reference web sites organized by subject according to the Dewey Decimal System.

WorksCited4U - Automatically creates MLA-style bibliographies and works cited pages.

The World Gazetteer - Country populations, administrative divisions, cities and towns, flags.

World Time Server - Get the current time in any state or country.

xrefer - Encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and quotations, all cross-referenced.

Yahoo! Reference - Dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, world factbook, quotations, more.

ZIP Codes and Postal Codes - U.S. ZIP Codes and international postal codes.
 

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