Gale Group includes the Infotrac database with more than 3000
journal and
magazine titles. The database includes Health Reference Center,
General
Business File, Expanded Academic, most-studied Authors and the
Junior
Reference Collection. You must get your username and password at
the IMC.
http://infotrac.galenet.com
FIND-IT-ALL
This site searches the school online card catalog along with
databases that
are available for Cannon Falls students
Username: cfstudent and password: cf
http://www.find-it-all.net/fiacollection
Grolier
Americana Encyclopedia
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
New book of Knowledge for the elementary student
More than 80,000 articles with 40,000 articles containing links
to other
websites. Maps, tables and fact boxes included.
http://auth.grolier.com/cgi-libscript/entrypoint.pl?30510
Follett WEB COLLECTION CARD CATALOG
This is the card catalog for the High School and Elementary
School plus
websites that the Follett company has researched and added to
their database.
Great for your first search on most any topic.
http://imc.cannonfallsschools.com:8080/webopac/main?siteid=1
Research Project Calculator
From MINITEX and MNLINK Help Organize your research project with
this new
web-
tool. Gives research tips and timetables to keep you on track.
http://elm4you.org/research/
Library Spot
Encyclopedias, maps, online libraries, quotations, dictionaries
and so much
more.
http://www.libraryspot.com
RESEARCH RIGHT by answers.com
Starting a research project is exciting, but the process is often
frustrating
for students. To reinforce the skills necessary to conduct
thorough and
organized research, we have prepared this Research Right guide
and its
accompanying worksheets. Instead of searching through numerous
sites and
jotting down random notes, students can use Research Right as a
tool to help
them focus and organize information that is pertinent to their
final product.
Go over these steps each time your class begins a new research
project, and
they'll be getting their research done right in no time!
http://www.answers.com/main/research_center.jsp
The New York Times Learning Network
This site offers News summaries, test prep, daily lesson plans,
puzzles and
much more.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html
SELCO
Search the Cannon Falls public library and the entire SELCO area.
http://www.selco.info/
SEARCH ENGINES FOR KIDS
A great spot to start your research project!
http://ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidssearch.html
WORLD ALMANAC FOR KIDS
Great site for all kinds of information
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/
NATIONAL ATLAS
This Atlas updates a large bound collection of paper maps that
was published
in 1970. Like its predecessor, this edition promotes greater
national
geographic awareness. It delivers easy to use, map-like views of
America's
natural and sociocultural landscapes. Unlike the previous Atlas,
this
version
is largely digital.
http://nationalatlas.gov/
About Geography, blank maps to study and copy. Free for
educational
proposes.
http://geography.about.com/cs/blankoutlinemaps/
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE
Site contains links to biographies, Trail of Tears, Cherokee, and
many
Indian
Tribes.
http://www.duncanville.k12.tx.us/mautry/diversity/nativeamericanheritage.htm
The Wordsmyth Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus
(WEDT) is the premier online American English dictionary with an
integrated
thesaurus. Contains 50,000 headwords, and very precisely defined
and hyper
linked synonyms.
http://www.researchhaven.com/Dictionary.htm
Kids' Search tools
Great for elementary and middle school. A collection of
children's search
tools taht allow kids to find information on a topic, access age
appropriate
web sites.
http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
Digital pictures in numbers areas, English and Literature,
History, Art,
Cities and buildings etc.
more.
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
ANSWERS.COM
The best definitions and explanations for over one million topics.
http://www.answers.com/
The ERIC online system provides the public with a centralized
ERIC Web site
for searching the ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1
million
citations going back to 1966. More than 107,000 full-text non-
journal
documents (issued 1993-2004), previously available through fee-
based
services
only, are now available for free.
http://eric.ed.gov
Internet Public Library Teen Space
Research papers
http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/
HISTORY OF INVENTIONS
http://www.cbc.ca/kids/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/default.html
Free Access to the TIME Archive
Search over 80 years of TIME, thousands of TIME articles and
browse the
complete collection of TIME covers
http://www.time.com/time/archive
The Shaker Historic Trail
The Shakers, also known as the United Society of Believers, are
one of the
most compelling religious social movement in American life.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/shaker/
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is the Internet's oldest producer of FREE
electronic books
There are hundreds of full text books that you can read on-line
or download.
http://www.gutenberg.net/
Jazz in America
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz has developed this site, an
Internet based
jazz curriculum for social studies, American history and Music
classes.
http://www.jazzinamerica.org/home.asp
HOME WORK HELP
By the New York City Public Library System
http://www.homeworknyc.org/
NET LIBRARY E-Books
Now Featuring 122,472 Titles
NetLibrary's TitleSelect is a powerful collection development
tool that can
help you streamline your title selection and ordering process.
Using the
navigation tools on this page, you can view special collections
developed by
our librarians, browse new content, select titles by searching
our complete
catalog, and place your order online.
http://legacy.netlibrary.com/index.asp
IZZIT
Current Events questions and discussions for teachers and
students.
http://www.izzit.org/events/index.php
Research Paper Constructor
Have a little fun doing your research
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/Hovercraft/InfoSkills/KnowFlow/Become/index.htm
State of Minnesota Legislative manual, student edition 05/06
http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=149
Minnesota Guidebook to State Agency Services
2004-2007
http://www.comm.media.state.mn.us/bookstore/files/GB2004%20121404.pdf
Subscripton Databases from the SELCO Public Library system. If
you have a
Library card you can use these services.
http://www.selco.info/research
Arrowhead Technology Literacy Association of Schools (ATLAS)
Great resource for lessons etc.
http://www.atlas.arcc.org/
TIES Minnesota Learning Loops.
http://mnlearnloop.informns.k12.mn.us/
Browse the internet using the Dewey Decimal System.
http://www.deweybrowse.org/
QUIA
Here you will find a sampling of activities in more than 100
categories. All
of the activities were created by instructors using Quia's tools
and
templates. This area is continually being updated with new
activities and new
categories. Feel free to search, copy, and customize these
activities.
http://www.quia.com/shared/
A great Meta-search engine. Cut your research time by using this
helpful
site.Viv�simo�s novel, patent-pending Remix clustering takes the
searcher�s
productivity to a new level. It works like this: The user first
sees
clustered results in the usual style. Then, a single click on
Remix reveals
submerged or secondary topics that were not generated in the
initial
clustering. It works by feedback: cluster the same search results
again, but
explicitly ignore the topics that the user already saw.
http://vivisimo.com/
Indispensible ICT Tools for teachers
The following list of ICT tools was crowd sourced from individual
educationalists and not companies when the question 'What
Indispensible ICT tools do you use in education' was asked and
is not meant to be exhaustive in any way.
This particular wiki was created by Drew Buddie attributions
where possible are below.
http://indispensibletools.pbworks.com/
Excellant webtools to use
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
Boolean Searching
This website explains how to do this type of searching on the
internet.
http://lib.colostate.edu/tutorials/boolean.html