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NetTrekker is an academic search engine
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Research
Information Literacy
Ask tough questions
Research Rubric
Research Guide
(All of the above are
from the Virtual Library of Springfield Township School District.)
Annotated Bibliography
Answers.com -
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Ask.com and Ask for Kids.com - easy to use search engine
Directory of Open
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and scholarly journals
Official
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Basic Steps to Creating a Research Project
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Career Cruising - available through POWER Library
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English
Writer's Workshop
Literary Resources on the Net
Litline.com
- an online resource for the study of Literature
doollee.com
- information on over 30,000 Plays produced or published in English since 1956
Literary Resources on the Net (Lynch)
Purdue University Writing Lab
- List of handouts on the mechanics of writing
Shakespeare Resource Center
A descriptive, selective listing of online publishing venues for K-12 students.
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Religion
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Vatican: the Holy See
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Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Homepage
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Catholic Church
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Artcyclopedia: The Fine
Art Search Engine
Classics for Kids
Timeline
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Social Studies
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
CIA
Factbook - Reference maps, Country profiles, flags
National Geographic
Philadelphia
Historical Digital Image Library
Voices of Civil Rights
The Library of Congress
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AmericanPresident.org
- Miller Center of Public Affairs - University of Virginia - bios,
time charts and organizational graphs
U.S.
Department of State - Background Notes - factual
publications about land, people, history, government, political
conditions, economy, and foreign relations
Digital
History - high-quality historical resources
United Nations Cyberschoolbus - information and resources about international affairs
International Crisis Group - history and current analysis of potential crisis locations
US Census - quick facts about US states
Portals of the World-resources on the nations of the world
Constitution Finder - offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents.
HotChalk - NBC news archives dateing to the early 1930s; emphasis on U.S. History
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Science
Biology/Chemistry Hub
- online education center
Discover Magazine
Scientific American
ActionBioscience.org
- examines bioscience issues
Nature Publishing Group
MadSciNetwork
Rader's CHEM4KIDS.COM
- Chemistry basics and related activities
American
Institute of Biological Sciences - current research
ScienceWorld - resource for Math and Science
National
Center for Biotechnology Information - links to the National
Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health
Online Periodic Table of Elements- From the Jefferson Lab, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Scirus is a science-specific search engine for grades 6-12. You can search by keyword, refine your search, save and/or e-mail your search results. The focus is on Web sites containing only scientific content.
The Periodic Table of Videos - a collection of videos for each element in the table.
Science Fair Projects - from the Librarian List-Serv |
Foreign Languages
Spanish Grammar Exercises
La Gramática Española
Learn Spanish
E. L. Easton Online
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