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Sources Cited NoodleBib MLA Style Guide Literature References Online Reference all categories Dictionaries,Thesauruses, and Encyclopedias Online Thesaurus  Encylopedias Dictionaries Copyright Issues Searching Subject Directories Wikis Blogs  Twitter General Search Engines

Sources Cited

• NoodleBib

  • Please sign in using the user and password Here (you will need to use your ABC user and password to access this page).Create your own user and begin compiling your bibliographies and note cards. See Mrs. Garcia or Ms. Shorrocks for help with this.

• MLA Style Guide

  • The new updated version is now out. This resource should help you understand the changes through clear examples. Click here to read about the 2009 MLA updates.

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Literature References

• Online Reference all categories

  • Bartleby: internet publisher of Literature, Reference and Verse
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Dictionaries,Thesauruses, and Encyclopedias

• Online Thesaurus 

  • Roget's Thesaurus

     

• Encylopedias

  • Encyclopedia of Life: a rich source of information on a enormous number of creatures.

  • Encyclopedia Britannica: our school subcription.  Click here and then "passwords" to log in to get this password.

     

• Dictionaries

  • Cambridge Dictiionaries Online

  • Oxford Dictionaries Online

  • Word Ahead

Copyright Issues

• The Code of Best Practice in Fair Use: CodeofBestPracticesinFairUse.pdf

• Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers) about Copyright and Fair Use

• learn.creativecommons.org

• School Library Journal’s column Carrie on Copyright

• Bound By the Law Comic Book on Copyright and Fair Use.

Searching

Sometimes you will need to to do deeper searches through the hidden web, for information that may not come up during regular searches. The links below will aid you in focussing in on these areas.

• Subject Directories

  • Subject Directories with an Academic Approach
  • Lee's Summit K-12
  • Infomine
  • Internet Public Library

• Wikis

  • Wiki.com Offers a variety of search options such as,  all wikis and only wikipedia.

  • Google Wiki Search 

• Blogs 

  • Technorai
  • Google Blog Search
  • Internet Public Library Blogs

• Twitter

  • SearchTwitter
  • TweetScan
  • Mailana
  • Twitterment
  • Tweefind

• General Search Engines

  • Tiny Ask "...a tool that provides simple access to the worlds best internet search engines and information resources."
  • Collecta  a real time search engine, good for current events, developing issues, plenty of twitter and blog hits.