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I Need To: |
Use This Database: |
| Find a topic for my research paper | Researchpaper.com |
| Use an electronic encyclopedia | Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Americana Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia Free Internet Encyclopedia Britannica |
| Find a magazine article. | MasterFILE Elite SIRS |
| Locate a newspaper article. | News Resource Newspaper Source SIRS Kansas City Star CNN Interactive St. Louis Post-Dispatch Archives |
| Create a
crossword puzzle or a wordsearch |
Puzzlemaker |
| Obtain statistical information. | World Almanac Information Please Almanac Infoplease U.S. Census Bureau Fedstats |
| Find information on a science topic | DISCovering Science Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (on the desktop) EBSCO Animals Health Source Plus |
| Find
information on a literary or mythological topic |
DISCovering Authors World's Best Poetry (on the desktop) Encyclopedia Mythica |
| Obtain information from an expert | Pitsco's Ask an Expert |
| Use an online calculator | Calculators On-Line |
| Use a currency converter | Classic 164 Currency Converter |
| Locate fulltext literary works | Project Gutenberg |
| Check out a bookstore | Barnes
& Noble Amazon.com |
| Find
information on a medical or health topic |
HealthAtoZ |
| Find consumer
and purchasing information |
Consumer World Edmund's Buyer's Guides Kelley Blue Book (car prices) Consumer Education for Teens |
| Locate
information on restaurants, events, movies, etc. in Kansas City |
Kansas City Entertainment |
| Find a recipe | Epicurious |
| Locate a poem | Poets' Corner Granger's Poetry (on the desktop) World' Best Poetry (on the desktop) |
| Find a quotation | Bartlett's Familiar Quotations The Quotation Page |
| Use a dictionary or thesaurus | Welcome to Merriam-Webster One-Look Dictionaries |
| Translate a
foreign language or sign language |
The LOGOS Dictionary Alta Vista Language Translator On-Line Dictionaries Say Hello to the World Project The Alphabet Language Discovery (on the desktop) |
| Find a movie review | Greatest
Films Internet Movie Database |
| Find sports information | SportsQuest ESPN |
| Find information on a history topic | DISCovering U.S. History |
| Find geographical information
(maps, anthems, flags, countries) |
E-Conflict
World Encyclopedia Country Studies CIA's World Factbook |
| Locate U.S. government information (addresses of my Congressman, etc.) |
Thomas Legislative Information CapWeb CapitolWatch |
| Find out what happened today
in history |
The History Channel |
| Find a
biography |
Biographies Biographical Dictionary MEL:Biography |
| Find information on colleges
and career planning |
Peterson's
Career Center Discover (on the desktop) Choices (on the desktop) |
| Study for the ACT | ACT Review (on the desktop) |
| Set up an email account | Hotmail Yahoo Email |
| Check the weather report |
Pathfinder
Weather WeatherNet |
| Check the stock market | Stock Quote Quote.com |
| Take a virtual tour | Virtual Tours |
| Read my horoscope | Daily Horoscope Teen.com |
| Go on a Scavenger Hunt | Language Arts on the Web Science on the Web Math on the Web Social Studies on the Web |
| Send a greeting card to a friend | Blue Mountain Greeting Cards Greetings Cards, Postcards Cardcentral Create a Electronic Greeting Card |
| Have some mindless fun | The Beasty Game |
| Know how to cite the resouces I've used in my report |
Works Cited |
| Find information for my
debate topic |
The Debate Ring High School Debate--KU Library |
| Find travel information | US State Dept - Travel Warnings |
| See what's available at Mid-Continent Library |
Mid-Continent Library |
| Find sites that were selected
for my class project |
Class Sites |
| Find answers to questions I
have about the Library Media Center rules, etc. |
General Library Information |
| Look through some general reference sites |
Deskref Virtual Reference Desk |
| Make a suggestion for a book or a website |
Email Mrs. Tesar |
| Retrieve
images, sounds, animated gifs, etc |
TuDogs Clipart Barry's Clipart Server Clipart Selections Clip Art & Sounds Free School Related WEB Graphics Clip Art |
| Find a map |
Mapquest Maps On Us |
| Find the
address, telephone number, or email address of a person or business |
Excite People Finder Four11 Directory Internet Address Finder WHOWHERE? Switchboard Reverse Lookup (Phone numbers) |
| Browse the
WWW by subjects or categories (SUBJECT SEARCH) |
Subject
Catalogs Dewey Catalogs PCC 1001 Best Websites Argus Clearinghouse Yahoo Magellan Galaxy eBlast (Encyclopedia Britannica) Librarian's Index to the Internet |
| Search each
word of websites because I have a specific topic (KEYWORD SEARCH) |
Ask Jeeves Alta Vista Excite Hotbot Lycos Webcrawler |
| Locate quality,
evaluated sites that have reviews and ratings |
Britannica
Internet Guide Lycos Top 5% Mining Company Expert Guides NetGuide Live OneKey |
| Search multiple
databases and integrate the results |
All4One Dogpile MetaCrawler SavvySearch |
| Learn some
tips for creating a PowerPoint presentation |
Powerpoint Tips |
| Learn more
about searching the Internet |
Search
Tools Introduction to Search Engines Boolean Search Tips |
| Learn more about the Internet | Internet Learner's Page Learn the Net Web Search |
Questions or Suggestions? Email Holly Tesar