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Welcome to our Research Portal - Your Door to Finding Answers

Search Engines & Directories

www.askkids.com
Search your topic. Get suggestions for narrowing or expanding your search. Want to search images or videos? You can do that from here too.

http://clusty.com
Clusty finds results for you from other search engines - how awesome is that! It also “clusters” results by search topics in a side bar. Want to search images? Wikipedia? You can do it all from here.

www.answers.com
Here's a Question & Answer site for you. Just type a question and possible answers are displayed. Dictionary definitions, encyclopedia articles and more!

www.google.com
Make general searches, or choose options to search images, videos, and maps.

www.yahoo.com
Search your topic. Yahoo will show your results, and give you suggestions for other sites and related topics in a side bar on the left. You can change your options so that you just search images or videos as well.

Dictionaries

http://dictionary.reference.com
Definitions are provided from multiple reference works. Word origins are included, and audio pronunciation. Also includes Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, and Translator.

http://www.wordcentral.com Dictionary, rhyming dictionary, and thesaurus are all available here. Audio for pronunciation is available.

Primary Sources

http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html
Find original print documents -maps, photos, journals and diaries, photos, and newspapers - as well as audio, video, and web page materials.

http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adaccess/
Find images from over 7000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines from 1911 - 1955. Wow!

Graphic Organizers

http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.jsp
You can find over 40 different organizers here, including a Step-by-Step chart, Venn diagram, Story map, Sequencing chart, Fact and Opinion sheet, and charts for Problem-Solution and Time-Order.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/
It's worth listing this site again just for the organizers found here. 38 different organizers plus help for choosing the right one for your research needs.

http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/graphic-organizers.html
Need a Venn diagram? How about a comparison chart or a fact-gathering sheet? Organize your information easily with one of these tools.

Bibliography & Citation Helpers

http://www.easybib.com
Creates citations for over 50 different types of materials. Entries can be stored in lists, added to over time, and edited.

http://www.palomar.edu/dsps/actc/mla/

MLA Citation generator. Choose the type of material, enter the information, and this site will create the bibliographic citation for you. You can copy the citation to a clipboard, then paste it into a document.

Encyclopedias

www.factmonster.com
Search by category, or use the Search box to have FactMonster find your topic for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that contains information submitted by users from all over the world. The content covered is extensive, but may not always be accurate. Older articles tend to be more reliable than newer ones, but because it is continually updated, it does have information about events that have occurred sometimes only minutes before.

http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/cgi-bin/worldbook or www.aacpl.net
Here you will find World Book, World Book Kids, and World Book Student. To access these sources online, you will need a Maryland public library card. You can access it directly through the Sailor link (the first link) or through the Arundel County Public Library link (the second link). For the county site, choose "Search the Web", then "Reference".

An Encyclopedia Plus+

www.enchantedlearning.com
An excellent encyclopedia plus so much more -- picture dictionary, charts, illustrations, diagrams, maps, coloring pages, activities, crafts, jokes...

Databases - Magazines, Newspapers, Biographical Information

www.aacpl.net
Numerous databases are provided to Anne Arundel County residents through the public library.

You can search for current magazines and newspaper articles, as well as historical newspapers (NY Times and Washington Post), and find biographical information from numerous reference materials.

Use the homepage's Research/Reference link to begin.

Note Taking & Bookmarking Tools

http://www.mynoteit.com/
Take notes, share notes, keep track of assignments on your calendar... you can do all that here with MyNoteIt. You'll need to create an account to get started.

www.IKeepBookmarks.com
Here's a way to keep your favorite web pages bookmarked so that you can find them on any computer with internet access. Create your own account, then upload your favorites. Your favorite websites are now web-based, and you can add to them, organize them -even share them with others.