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ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND ALL AROUND GREAT REFERENCE SOURCES!

American History - ABC-CLIO Includes thousands of reference books, encyclopedias, periodicals, historical documents, and videos all pertaining to American History. Filled with photos to download

GALE PRODUCTS:

* Gale Student Resources in Context:  Includes research info, images, primary source material and much more

* Opposing Viewpoints in Context: background info in many topics along with the pros and cons

* Gale - Student Resource Center Junior - A vast collection of reference works, magazines, primary sources and more.

 

Grolier Online - Search 3 encyclopedias, the Internet and magazines all at one time! Encyclopedias provide an excellent starting point for preliminary research.

World Book Online - Gold Interactive version of the standard World Book Encyclopedia

 

LITERATURE RESOURCES

Novelist: Your Guide to Fiction (gr. K-8) - Looking for a great reading recommendation?  Novelist recommends over 150,000 fiction and 50,000 great reading nonfiction titles. Includes 4,000 custom created articles and lists revolving around reading recommendations.

Teaching Books - An online collection of K-12 multi-media, author and book resources.

Nicknamed the "Google of Authors." (note:  password is different and may be found in your agenda notebook)

 

NEWSPAPERS

Custom Newspapers - Search 700 newspapers, both national and international. Includes New York Times and 15 major NYS newspapers.

Newsbank - Syracuse, Rochester, Albany and Utica newspapers.

 

MAGAZINES/JOURNALS/PERIODICALS

EBSCO - Contains full text articles, a Science and Animal Collection

Junior Edition - K12 - Designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, and sports.

Primary search via Searchasaurus and Kids Search - Includes easier to read magazine articles, encyclopedia entries and pictures.

Teen Health and Wellness:  Features articles and self-help tools on health related topics

 

GRAPHICS & MULTIMEDIA

AP Images - Graphics, photos, images, text, and sound bites spanning over 160 years of history are included; high quality and quantity of pictures to use for downloading into a visual project.

Media Connect- a multimedia resource for video streaming, film clips, historical film footage and much more

CAREERS

Career Cruising - An interactive career resource designed for people of all ages.

 

AUTHENTIC WEBSITES

C.E.R.F. - Over 40,000 reliable, highly recommended websites.