Michelle Bolin
Library
Research Assistance?
First, have you exhausted your KSLC options? This includes looking in the audio books, and ebook databases!Don't forget to look at Google Scholar or for full-text ebooks at Project Gutenberg or look for "full view" books at Google Books!
Other places for research, however, please note that the sites with an ** must be approved by me or the teacher to use in research papers or projects:
| Library of Congress: Primary resources such as American Memory, images by topic, government sources, congressional records, and more. | National Archives: Primary resources, and don't miss the Digital Vaults! |
IPL2: Internet Public Library provided by Drexel University. If I am not available, chat with another librarian, search by subject, find newspapers and magazines, a special teen section, plus many extras. ** |
Infotopia: A research search engine. Pick your subject area, then several websites will be recommended. ** |
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Country Information, and Statistical information |
Primary Resources on countries and cultures |
The Smithsonian Museum: is the world's largest museum, contains 19 museums, the national zoo, and numerous research programs.
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As always, you can come by and see me or email me at michelle.bolin@theindependentschool.com and I will be glad to help you.
Citation Help?
If you can't figure it out using your handy dandy MLA Pocket Style Manual, Try EasyBib or BibMe or the Citation Machine.
Looking for a Great Read?
Take a look at these books that have received numerous stars from professional reviewers: http://www.overbooked.org/stars/index.html
Or try Award Annals, a literary award database.
Let me know if you have suggestions for our library! Tell me what you are reading!
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Offers free ebooks and magazines. |
More than 29,000 titles that you can download to your iPod, or ebook reader. Browse by Library of Congress Categories. |
Classical Literature (Including many of the titles read in the Upper School: |
Prize Winners, Banned Books and more. Site created by the University of Pennsylvania.
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Bookyards.comShares Presidential Speeches, news links, videos, and much more. Their goal is to become the Library of the World.
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More than 90 categories. You can find scientific, engineering, programming, fiction, drawing and more. |
Contains a large selection of fiction and non-fiction including mathematics, biograpies, science, and religion. This site also has an interesting resource page for other free stuff.
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Classical literature, government reports, legislative texts and some databases. |
Science Fiction |
Classic texts, author biographies, book reviews, reference links, plus more! |
Plagiarism/Copyright:
Do you need to know more about how not to plagiarize? What you need to cite? Where I can find citation help? Take a look at this PowerPoint here.
Concerned about a paragraph in your paper? Try this free Plagiarism Checker
If you still have questions, email me @ Michelle.Bolin@TheIndependentSchool.com