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Here you will find links to various subject areas for teachers and students
from all grade levels.
As always, you should remember that ALL sources need to be cited
correctly. Please check out our online version of the Colegio Bolivar
English Department Style Book.
Local CD
Resources
Please find
these links on your desktop or in the Library folder on your Start Menu
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Britannica 2007
THE
premier source for encyclopedias |
WorldBook 2007
A great encyclopedia for younger students |
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OPAC
The online catalog for the Martin Felton Library |
Subject Area Resources
General Reference Links
Can't find exactly what
you are looking for, check out the
Specialized Search
Engines from PC World (July, 2002-http://www.pcworld.com/features/article/0,aid,97431,pg,13,00.asp) AND their
Search Tips (July, 2002 - http://www.pcworld.com/features/article/0,aid,97431,pg,14,00.asp), from the same edition.
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Bibliotherapy and Videotherapy
Lesson Plans from Our WCU Class |
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HOMEWORK HELPERS |
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Homework Help at Discovery School |
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Encyclopedia.com |
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The
Guinness Book of World Records |
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Internet
Public Library - Encyclopedias and Other Reference Sources |
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Columbia
Encyclopedia |
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MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY
ONLINE |
When the dictionary in
the spell-check function of your word processing software just isn't
good enough, check here! This is a high-quality dictionary with an
excellent thesaurus for looking up synonyms and antonyms. |
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Acronym Finder |
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DICTIONARY.COM |
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My
Dictionary.com |
There is a website where you can access 1800 dictionaries
in 230 languages. |
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WRITE
EXPRESS ONLINE EXPRESS RHYMING DICTIONARY |
Great
resource for poets and musicians. Search for end rhymes, last syllable
rhymes, double rhymes, triple rhymes, beginning rhymes, or first
syllable rhymes. You may also specify the number of syllables or letters
you want in your search. |
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Statistical information plus
access to encyclopedia, dictionary and other reference databases. |
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Old
Farmer's Almanac |
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Ebsco Online: Description and Access
Ebsco Online: Direct
Access |
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250
Online newspapers and magazines |
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Find
Articles.com - A Great Resource for Magazines and Newspapers |
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MagPortal.com |
This site catalogs fewer
publications, but it includes magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly,
Sports Illustrated, and PC World. |
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Country maps, flags, facts
and profiles by National Geographic. |
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Maps
and Geography of the World |
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The
National Atlas of the USA |
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Historical
Maps of the USA |
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BIOGRAPHY.COM |
A good, basic source of
information, especially for contemporary biographical information. |
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STATES
AND CAPITALS |
Good source of information
on individual states. |
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U.S.
CENSUS BUREAU |
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Digital
Librarian (Tons of Reference Links) |
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The
Reference Desk |
All Manner of Reference Sites - A One Stop Reference
Source |
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University
of California, San Diego |
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U.S.
Census Bureau |
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Federal
Statistics: Fast Facts |
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Social
Statistics Briefing Room |
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Roper
for Public Opinion Research Center |
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SEARCH
TOOLS
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Search
Tools are resources for finding the BEST sites for research on the web.
Try using one of these before you use a search engine. |
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StudyWeb is a guide to
links on the web. It is especially strong because it provides
information regarding images that may be available at a particular
website. If you need pictures for a report check here first. |
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SEARCH
ENGINES
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Search engines are a
great tools for searching the net, but you should know that different
search engines may give you different results. If you don't find
what you are looking for you may want to try a multiple-search search
engine. |
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YAHOO |
Yahoo is not really a
"search engine." It is a directory created by people
rather than computers. |
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ALTAVISTA |
This is one of the largest search engines on the
net. |
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NORTHERNLIGHT |
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GOOGLE |
TIME magazine rated this search engine as one of the best
in 1999, 2000 & 2001! |
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LYCOS |
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ASK
JEEVES |
If you like to search using
"natural language" rather than key words, try this search
engine. |
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EXCITE |
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All
Readers |
If you don't know the title of a book but can give some
specific, this engine will find the book for you. |
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THE "INVISIBLE" WEB |
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Comb the invisible Web. Search engines routinely
miss certain types of information, such as scholarly tomes, government
publications, and other online databases. If you're having trouble finding
information that falls within this so-called "invisible Web," try
Infomine and the
Resource Discovery Network. Or you can use
SearchEdu.com, which has links to
SearcheBooks.com (online books),
SearchMil.com (military information), and
SearchGov.com (government sites). Finally, the
Librarians' Index to the Internet indexes site categories such as
food, sports, and travel. |
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MULTIPLE-SEARCH
SEARCH ENGINES
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Multiple-search search
engines are also a good way to search. They take your key words and
search specific search engines. |
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Do a super search. Metasearching (using a single
Web site to scour several search engines at once) is nothing new.
SurfWax calls on major search engines like AltaVista and AllTheWeb, as
well as on tools such as SearchEdu.com. I also like
Beaucoup, which lets you select several results and view them in
separate windows. |
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College Board Online |
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Educational
Testing Service Net |
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Kaplan Education Center's Web Site |
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Test Prep Preview - Free ACT & SAT Practice Tests |
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University
Links |
. . . alphabetical list to link to every
college you can think of. Includes some International and Canadian
schools, as well as a link to a directory of community colleges. |
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Collegeview.com |
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College
Prep at Oklahoma State |
This site covers such things as selecting a college, what
to bring to college, roommates, where one should live on campus etc.
Although some of it is specific to OK State, most is generic information. |
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Biographies |
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Quotations |
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Specialized Search
Engines from PC World |
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BoardReader |
Message board central. Find postings
from all over the Web on topics such as arts and antiques, computers,
outdoor recreation, sports, and travel. |
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CompletePlanet |
Deep links. The site says that its
public directory gives you access to over 100,000 databases and search
engines. |
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Digital Librarian |
A librarian's eyes. Here you'll get a
librarian's view of the best links for both mainstream and offbeat
research. It's also useful for academic topics. |
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Dmoz |
Completely commercial-free. This
volunteer-led directory categorizes sites in much the way that Yahoo's
directory does, but without all the sponsored links and banner ads. |
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GPO Access |
Gov granddaddy. This catalog of U.S.
government publications might overwhelm you with information. The Web
site has copies of all federal agency reports from 1994. |
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Ixquick |
Metasearch master. Carry out
metasearches using combinations of popular sites that you pick and
choose. You can search the Web, MP3s, news, and pictures--and avoid
the paid sites that most other metasearch tools favor. |
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MapPortal.com |
Magazine mania. You can search through a
huge archive for specific magazine articles, or browse topics like "small
business" or "recruiting." |
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Pandia Search Central |
Search on search. This site offers
useful lists of search engines and directories that handle queries on
images, news, shopping, online radio, discussion groups, and more. |
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Search Engine Colossus |
Going global. Here you'll find links to
regional search engines in 196 countries (and counting). You can
search by topic, as well--art, Buddhism, kids, music, and wine are a
few. |
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Singingfish |
Multimedia jackpot. Search international
sources for audio and video clips, news stories, and more. Where else
will you find the Moulin Rouge soundtrack in different languages on
the first try? |
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Statistical Resources on the Web |
Stats in a sec. The site gives you a
quick way to search for everything from A to, er, W. Hunt for
statistics on everything from aging and ancestry to watersheds and
wildlife. |
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Switchboard.com |
People and places. Want to call the
plumber you used in the next town over, but can't remember the name of
his business? Search here for "plumber" by town name. |
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Vivisimo |
Hooked on organization. This unusual,
ad-free, and highly useful search tool queries multiple search sites
and organizes the results by type of document--message boards, maps,
or images, for example--not just by site name. |
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Vroosh |
MP3s and more. This Canadian metasearch
site lets you search news topics, online auctions, MP3s, and books.
You can use its friendly MP3 search tool without viewing any music ads. |
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Xrefer |
Bit o' Brit. This British site gives you
everything from art history facts to academic topics to music terms to
famous quotations, using a collection of reference books. |
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Search Tips from PC World |
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1. Play Favorites If you choose
two or three search sites to use most often, familiarize yourself with
their advanced search rules. The more you use them, the better your
results.
2. Specify What You Want When
you're researching a product, for example, use a query that helps the
search site know what you want. Try entering "Sony Mavica reviews" instead
of just "Sony Mavica." The words "compare" and "buy" help, too.
3. Quote Me Putting quotation
marks around a search phrase often works magic. For example, if you
include quotation marks when you search for the historian "Studs Terkel,"
you will avoid getting listings for cufflinks or building materials.
4. Be a Task Master You can
often locate what you want by entering a task into the search field. Try
typing in "update my social security" or "File my taxes," say.
5. Brush Up on Boolean Try the
Boolean command AND first, to see links with all search terms, as in Intel
AND memory. Go to Danny Sullivan's
Boolean tips.
6. Make a Date If you want
links that relate to a particular time, include the date or year in
quotation marks. Example: "Olympics and 2002."
7. Learn Your Lingo If you're
searching for specialized material, make a note of the specific phrases
that others use in the field. For example, a fundraiser who often
researches potential donors' biographies tells us that the quickest search
is often "John Smith" combined with "honorary degree."
8. Think Before You Click Avoid
wasting time on irrelevant sites and pages. Scan the search results blurb
for the context in which your terms were used, the URL, the identity of
the publisher, and the date (if available).
9. Ask the Expert Web Savvy
columnist Brad Grimes says that you can often save time by going to an
expert. Got a question about wine? Head to
Wine Spectator
(Site may be down),
for example, instead of going to Google or Yahoo.
10. Quit It, Already It's
important to know when to stop Web searching, says pundit Danny Sullivan.
Depending on your query, sometimes it might be faster to pick up the phone. |
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