Reference Links

ALHS Online Public Access Catalog: Destiny Quest

Online Catalog to ALHS library books, resource lists, popular books, new 
acquisitions.
Copy and Paste this link to your browser.

http://library.cjuhsd.k12.ca.us/


Grolier Online Encyclopedias Subscriptions.  Includes Academic 
American, 
Multi-Media Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of Popular Science and an 
Encyclopedia in Spanish.
Ask the library/media teacher for login/password

Ebsco Periodicals Subscription contains thousands of articles 
with links and 
cross references to thousands of topics. An updated Literary 
Resource Center 
was added in 2008, great for Senior and Junior Literary Research 
Projects.
Due to budget constraints, we could only renew the Literary 
Resource Center database.  Sorry for the inconvenience.
MI
Ask the library/media teacher for the login/password

Social Issues Resource Series (SIRS)
A subscription database suitable for current events and 
controversial issues.
Due to budget constraints 2009-2010, we were not able to renew 
this service.  Please review other links for information on 
controversial issues, or access through your public library.
Ask library media teacher for login and password information

Smithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu/

The Center for Academic Integrity
http://www.academicintegrity.org/

California Department of Education with links to testing 
requirements and 
scores.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/

Government web sites springboard.
http://firstgov.gov

White House and related links
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Math helper directory
http://archives.math.utk.edu/k12.html

Cyber Safety Project AB 307
http://www.ctap4.net/projects/cybersafety/38-cybersafety/180-are-you-cybersafe.html

Global information links
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

California legal information.  Be sure to search for AB 333
pending legislation for Calif. Public School Libraries!
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/

For More Research Links, go to the library page of our School's 
website
http://www.altalomahigh.com

Exploring Careers.  Ask library or career center for login 
information.
http://www.careercruising.com

Explore and Research Colleges and Universities
http://www.collegetours.com

More Math Help
http://www.mathforum.org/

Hot Topics and Controversial Issues
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/alpha.htm

World Fact Book and General Information
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Primary Source Documents such as the Constitution.  National 
Archives 
website.
http://www.archives.gov/

California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
http://www.ctc.ca.gov/

California Voter and Election Information
http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/

A tutorial on how to find information on the Internet and how to 
evaluate 
the sources you find.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use offers 
strategies to help 
young people behave in a responsible and legal manner.
http://www.csriu.org

A tutorial for choosing search engines and strategies for 
successful 
searching on the Internet.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html

Public Speaking and Oratory
Extensive, scholarly discussion of the development of rhetoric 
after Plato, 
from the online version of 'The Dictionary of the History of 
Ideas' 
(Scribner 1973-1974). With a detailed bibliography.
http://etext.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv4-23

California High School Exit Exam Help.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/resources.asp

Teen health issues, internet safety issues, etc;
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/

Federal NCLB Press Release. 2002
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/01/20020108.html

Weblinks related to the Core Subject Areas, Math, Science, 
Language Arts and 
Social Sciences.
http://www.score.k12.ca.us/

This Harvard University site provides links to many academic, 
political, and 
independent organizations.
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/library/research/guides/think-tanks-directory.htm

Link to the American Library Association and American School 
Libraries 
Associations.  Library Bill of Rights, Freedom to Read, Library 
User Rights 
and more.
http://www.ala.org

Links for help with Math and Language Arts.
http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org/index.html

Parent Information Sites for Internet Safety.
WiredSafety.org

Internet Safety
StaySafe.org

More Internet Safety
NetSmartz.org - Natl. Center for Missing & Exploited Children

California Closing the "Acheivement Gap"
http://www.closingtheachievementgap.org/cs/ctag/print/htdocs/home.htm


Library of Congress American Memory Primary Source Documents
http://memory.loc.gov/

California Learning Resource Network, lots of great links for 
teachers, digital textbooks, supplemental materials and much 
more.
http://www.clrn.org

Information Literacy, several links to Library, Research and 
Information 
Literacy in general.
http://www.ilile.org/resources/informationLiteracy.html

Excellent source for teachers, students and parents in all 
subject areas, 
provided by ALA (American Library Association)
http://thinkfinity.org/AtYourLibrary.aspx

Librarians' mega search engine. Librarians Internet Index, sites 
you can trust in all subject areas.
http://lii.org

Excellent site for links to the arts.  Making of America 
collection.
National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities

The BEST of the BEST web links and site.
National Endowment for the Humanities


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