Free Reference Resources for High School Libraries
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Basic Reference Information
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A short encyclopedia article on a general topic
Information about words and their meanings
A translation of some words or of the contents of a website
A symbol
A picture
A quotation
Help with the correct bibliographic style
To generate a bibliographic citation for a book in APA, MLA or Turabian style
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Research It --English dictionaries and thesauri as well as foreign language dictionaries.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary--The 10th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary.
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The Visual Dictionary--Illustrations that name the parts of objects.
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Word Reference Dictionary--Defines and translates.
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Net Lingo --The vocabulary of the computer world and the Internet.
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One Look Dictionary--63 specialized dictionaries.
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SAT Word of the Day
Newspaper and Magazine Articles
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A magazine article on a general topic
A scholarly article on a general topic
An article from an international newspaper
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Biographical Resources
Information about a famous person, past or present
Literature Resources
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Literary criticism, an author's biography, or an overview essay
Information about mythology
Help with the correct bibliographic style
History and Social Studies Resources
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Information about a country
A map
To know what happened in the world on a particular day or year
Pros and cons about current issues
Primary sources
A political cartoon from American history
Economics terms
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Avalon Project --documents in law and diplomacy
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Internet History Sourcebook --ancient, medieval, and modern resources
Science Resources
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A scholarly article in science
A scholarly article in biomedicine
Help with Exams
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Help with New York State Regents Exams
Help with AP Exams
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Copies of Old Regents Exams --Dating back to 1957.
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AP Central--Samples of all AP exams
This site was created by Diane Romm for use by Avi Chai Bookshelf high school libraries