Media Center

It is important for students to give proper documentation for sources used during the research process. Listed below are some sample entries. If the source does not have an author, just begin the entry with the title.

Book – One Author

Last Name, First Name. Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Copyright Year.

Encyclopedia Article

Last Name, First Name (author of article). “Title.” Title of Encyclopedia. Year.

Internet Article

Last Name, First Name (author of article). Title. [Online] Available http://address,

Date of document or date of download.

Periodical Article – Weekly

Last Name, First Name (author of article). “Title.” Periodical Name day Month

Year: page numbers.

Periodical Article – Monthly – same as weekly except omit day

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/ – MacTutor History of Mathematics archive – includes many biographies of mathematicians

http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm – biographies of women mathematicians

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Day_files/Year.html – mathematicians – anniversaries throughout the year

The following is a listing of web sites to be used to locate general information:

http://www.ipl.org/ – Internet Public Library

http://libraryspot.com – simplifies the search for the best library and reference resources on the web

www.amazon.com – a great site for reviews of books from professional library journals and the general public

www.google.com – a super search engine – offers users a choice of google search or “I’m feeling lucky”, which will go to just one site for the topic. Winner of PC Magazine’s Technical Excellence Award

http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/ – features American Library Association’s 700 top picks of the best Web sites for kids – also recommends references for teens, parents, families of award-winning books and multimedia

http://www.infoplease.com – an exhaustive almanac, encyclopedia, and dictionary

The following web site has been made available to schools and students by the Illinois State Board of Education:

http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org

The new FirstSearch is a Web-based online reference service providing access to 86 databases and more than 3.3 million full-text articles in a variety of subject areas.

Astronomy

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html – a multimedia tour of the solar system – excellent descriptions accompanied by beautiful NASA photographs and diagrams

Biomes – some excellent sites

http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/notebook/notehome.htm – from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game

www.animalsoftherainforest.com – rainforest animals

http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/index_e.cfm – Canadian Wildlife Service

http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/ – big cats on-line

http://www.desertusa.com/ – excellent information on desert plants and animals

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/ – excellent site from Missouri Botanical Gardens – information on biomes and plants and animals of each biome

http://www.weatherbase.com/ – excellent weather site with monthly temperature and precipitation data from many cities around the world

http://www.travelocity.com – use this site to help plan a trip to any destination in the world

Chemical Elements

http://www.webelements.com

History of Science

http://www.pbs.org/ – go to science, click on A Science Odyssey, click on Then and Now, click on each one to get dates from 1900 to present

http://www.firstladies.org – excellent site which has a photo, basic information, and an official White House biography of each First Lady

http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com – mammoth collection of satellite images – search by place name, geographic coordinates, or map location

http://www.flags.ndirect.co.uk/mainindex.htm – excellent site for locating color illustrations of the flags of the world’s nations

Information on World War I

http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/ – archive of primary documents from World War I

http://www.worldwar1.com/ – World War I – Trenches on the Web – an Internet History of the Great War

Information on countries

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ – a web site created by the CIA which contains information on current issues, history, geography, population, government, economy, communication, transportation, military and transnational issues for approximately 300 countries, principalities, and territories

www.teachersfirst.com – for country information, click on Content Matrix, click on Library Resources, click on CIA Factbook, click on Country Listing

Ancient Egypt sites

http://guardians.net/egypt/ – articles, pictures, essays, songs, games and facts and figures about everything Egyptian