Reference
Reference
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A fun and graphic map that teaches kids how to research.
Databases
ArchiveGrid
An index of nearly a million descriptions of archival collections owned by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide. An OCLC database.
Use the following to log-in:
Authorization number: 100353461
Password: ARCHG3533
EBSCO
The main portal for all EBSCO databases, including Business Source Premier, Health Source Consumer Edition, and MasterFILE Premier.
Illinois Library Catalog
OCLC catalog of materials in Illinois libraries. An OCLC database.
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Authorization number: 100107379
Password: gxft#very
Lands and Peoples
Grolier's reference source for world cultures and geography.
Lands and Peoples GuideOAlster
A catalog of more than 19 million digital resources from over 1,000 organizations developed by the University of Michigan. Items include scanned books and articles, audio files, images, movies, and datasets. An OCLC database.
Use the following to log-in:
Authorization number: 100107379
Password: gxft#very
PapersFirst
Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. An OCLC database.
Use the following to log-in:
Authorization number: 100107379
Password: gxft#very
Web Sites
Contains white pages, yellow pages, reverse phone and address searches, and area and zip code information.
Acronym Finder is the world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.
Updated weekly from AT&T. Contains 90 million white pages listings, 10 million yellow pages listings, reverse phone lookup, international directories, and a toll free number directory.
Electronic versions of American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Columbia Encyclopedia, Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, American Heritage Book of English Usage, and other online literature.
Contains 14 searchable and easily comparable versions of the Holy Bible. Additional resources include an encyclopedia, a dictionary, text and audio/video commentaries, charts, outlines, timelines, and maps.
Searchable, hypertext version of the printed work.
From the United States department of Labor
Access to business statistics, financial ratios, and more.
Budget, savings, paycheck planning, college, business, credit card and automobile calculators.
Whenever you quote, paraphrase, summarize, or otherwise refer to the work of another, you are required to cite its source, either by way of parenthetical citation or by means of a footnote, as well as a complete reference in a bibliography. This site offers resources for some of the most commonly used citation styles.
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