Free Reference Sources for High School Libraries

Free Reference Resources for High School Libraries

Basic Reference Information

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A short encyclopedia article on a general topic	Columbia Encyclopedia
An almanac for quick facts	Information Please (World Almanac Online)
Information about words and their meanings	Research It --English dictionaries and thesauri as well as foreign language dictionaries. WWWebster's Dictionary--The 10th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. The Visual Dictionary--Illustrations that name the parts of objects. Collins Dictionary--Defines and translates. Crossword Puzzle Guide Net Lingo --The vocabulary of the computer world and the Internet. Roget's Thesaurus Visual Thesaurus One Look Dictionary--63 specialized dictionaries. Rhyming Dictionary SAT Word of the Day Glossarist--Specialized dictionaries in various subject areas
A translation of some words or of the contents of a website	Babelfish Language Translations Translate Now! Translations by Google
A symbol	Symbols.com
A picture	Picsearch Pics4learning Copyright Free Photo Library Google Image Search AltaVista Image Search Artcyclopedia
A quotation	Quotations Page Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
Help with the correct bibliographic style	MLA format APA format
To generate a bibliographic citation for a book in APA, MLA or Turabian style	OttoBib

Newspaper and Magazine Articles

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A magazine article on a general topic	FindArticles MagPortal
A scholarly article on a general topic	Google Scholar OAIster
An article from an international newspaper	The Big Project All Newspapers Internet Public Library Newspapers.com

Biographical Resources

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Information about a famous person, past or present	Biography Resources from the NY State Library Biography.com amillionlives.com

Literature Resources

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Literary criticism, an author's biography, or an overview essay	Literary Criticism from the Internet Public Library Literary History
Information about mythology	Enyclopedia Mythica Greek and Roman Mythology: Text and Pictures
Help with the correct bibliographic style	MLA format APA format

History and Social Studies

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Information about a country	CIA World Fact Book US Department of State Background Notes Compare Data about Countries Rank Countries by Various Statistics
A map	Delorme Maps Atlapedia Online
To know what happened in the world on a particular day or year	Any Day in History The Connected Calendar
In-depth reports about current issues	Public Agenda
Primary sources	Library of Congress - American Memory Avalon Project --documents in law and diplomacy European Visual Archive --historical photos from 1840 to the present Internet History Sourcebook --ancient, medieval, and modern resources
A political cartoon from American history	American Political Prints, 1776-1876 from Harper's Weekly Political Cartoons collected by Jim Zwick from the 19th century to 1920 Cartoons from The Ram's Horn from 1890 to the early 20th century Herblock's Cartoons from the Crash of 1929 to 2000
Economic statistics	Economagic

Science

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A scholary article in science	Scirus CiteSeer
A scholarly article in biomedicine	Medline PubMed Central

Help with Exams

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Help with Regents Exams	Copies of Old Regents Exams --Dating back to 1957. Oswego City School District Regents Exam Prep Center EduSolution--practice tests with answers in all subject areas that you can take online or download Regents Review Live--Televised review sessions 5000 SAT Words
Help with AP Exams	U.S. History--1600 notecards, documents for the DBQs. U.S. History--Take online quizzes and get your grade immediately. Biology--Includes study guides, lecture notes, and links for high school, college, and virtual courses on the web. Biology--Syllabus with relevant links and practice questions. Chemistry--Set of study cards in pdf format. Macroeconomics--Support materials from the publishers of Principles of Economics. Macroeconomics--Supplementary materials created by a teacher.

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