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Databases

Citations

Libraries

Search Engines

Search Strategies

Booklists

Reference

Magazines &
Newspapers

Encyclopedias
etc.

Book Search*

Databases

Citations

Libraries

Search Engines

Search Strategies

Booklists

Reference

Magazines &
Newspapers

Encyclopedias
etc.

Book Search*

Databases

Citations

Libraries

Search Engines

Search Strategies

Booklists

Reference

Magazines &
Newspapers

Encyclopedias
etc.

Book Search*

Databases

Citations

Libraries

Search Engines

Search Strategies

Booklists

Reference

Magazines &
Newspapers

Encyclopedias
etc.

Book Search*

Databases

Citations

Libraries

Search Engines

Search Strategies

Booklists

Reference

Magazines &
Newspapers

Encyclopedias
etc.

Student Resources

Databases - MLA Citations - Libraries - Literary Terms - Search Engines - Search Strategies - Find a Book - General Reference - Magazines & Newspapers - Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Thesauruses, & Almanacs - Author Research

Databases (need help choosing the right database? Click here) Login information for all these databases is also available in Mrs. Pankiewicz's public folder on the staff server or on bookmarks available in the library.

CQ Researcher Culturegrams Digital Learning Commons (DLC) eLibrary
GVRL*(eBooks)
*Gale Virtual Reference Library
Global Issues in Context
(same login as GVRL)
Opposing
Viewpoints
(same login as GVRL)
Proquest
World Conflicts
Today
World Geography
ABC-CLIO
World History-Ancient
ABC-CLIO
World History- Modern
ABC-CLIO

MLA Citations (tips for typing your Works Cited)

Shorecrest MLA
Guidelines
Purdue's Online
Writing Lab
Citation Machine
Easy Bib KnightCite Citation Maker

Libraries

King County Library System
(Shoreline and LFP)
Sno-Isle Libraries Seattle Public
University of Washington Shoreline Community College Library of Congress
Internet Public Library (IPL)

Literary Terms

Glossary of Literary Terms UNCP Glossary VirtualSalt Glossary

Search Engines

Google Ask.com Alltheweb
Bing (MSN) Yahoo

Search Strategies

The Big 6™ (The "Big6™" is copyright © (1987)
Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz.
For more information, visit: www.big6.com
)
Finding Information on the Internet
(a tutorial from UC Berkeley Teaching Library
based on their research workshops)

Booklists

YALSA Book
Awards
Teen Zone
@ KCLS
Book Bytes
Carnegie Library
teen booklists
Seattle Public Library
teen booklists
Teenlinks @
New York Public

General Reference

Voter's Registration Find-It Washington
(WA state info)
Washington State Gov't.
(official WA state site)
National Public Radio (NPR) BBC - British news and commentary U. S. Congress
CIA Factbook U.S. Government

Magazines and Newspapers

Proquest eLibrary Teen Voices
Seattle Times Time magazine

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Almanacs

Columbia Encyclopedia
(from Bartleby.com)
Merriam-Webster Online
(includes dictionary, thesaurus,
and Spanish-English dictionary)
Cambridge Dictionary
Roget's Thesaurus Information Please Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac

Author Research

Biography Resource Center
(a KCLS database; requires your
King County library card number)
Literature Resource Center
(also through KCLS; good for
reviews and lit criticism)
NY Times Historical Backfile
(also KCLS; use for reviews
and criticisms during an author's lifetime.)
Bookspot
(look for links to reviews &
criticism on the left side of page)
Literary Criticism at the
Internet Public Library