Students
- Online Read-Online Surfing
- Online Databases
- Online Encyclopedias
- Library Resources
- Bibliography Forms
- Subject Directories and Search Engines
- Online Reference Tools
Your link to Student Research Pathfinders
Online Read-Along Collection
Online Databases
CultureGrams - quickly research over 180 world countries and all U. S. states. This database includes information on land and climate, history, population, economy, religion, greetings, gestures, recreation, the arts, events, maps, flags, anthems, symbols, recipes, famous people and more. This site can be accessed from home.
InfoTrac - provides access to many databases, including newspapers, magazines and reference books. Read descriptions carefully in order to select the database you need. Databases such as Student Edition, InfoTrac OneFile, Health Reference Center, General Reference Center Gold, General Business File, Expanded Academic, Computer Database and Contemporary Authors will be most useful for school projects
Proquest - is a database of newspapers from around the world. Users can search the full text of over 300 newspapers at once, including the New York Times, The Times of London, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and closer to home, the StarTribune.
SIRS - has full text articles, covering a variety of areas. This database contains SIRS Researcher (General Reference) SIRS Government Reporter (Information By & About the U.S. Government) and SIRS Renaissance (Arts & Humanities).
BrainPop- creates animated, curriculum-based content.
Online Encyclopedias
Grolier's- Three encyclopedias in one package: Encyclopedia Americana, Groliers Multimedia Encyclopedia and the New Book of Knowledge.
World Book - Includes dictionary, atlas and "Surf the Ages"
Library Resources
Hennepin County Library
(Note: Some of the resources from Hennepin County Library require you to enter your library card barcode.)
Internet Public Library (IPL) - has an annotated collection of high quality Internet resources, selected by IPL staff for their usefulness in providing accurate, factual information on a particular topic or topics.
Bibliography Forms
Electronic
Blogs, Wiki
Encyclopedia
Email
Interview
Newspaper
Books
Webpage
Search Engine
Use search engines to gather information about a specific topic. Search engines are like giant indexes for the Internet. They connect you to servers and web sites which provide information on your topic.
Google - Searches with this search engine result with sites that match all of your search terms, either in the text of the page or in the link anchors pointing to the page. You can also search for images at this site.
Twurdy- a beta google search that sorts by reading level. Thanks Mr. Sigmund
Online Reference Tools
Primary Sources
The Library of Congress American Memory
Citing Resources
Pictures and Images
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online