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Catnyp: Research Libraries Online Catalog

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the resources you need at the New York Public Research Libraries, including the Schomburg Center for Reasearch in Black Culture and the Dance Collection.
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University System of Georgia: What All Libraries Have

For Students 9th - 10th
A good general look at the resources commonly available in most academic and public libraries, this site provides a framework for students to use in their own library research.
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State Library of North Carolina

For Students 9th - 10th
The library provides a wealth of resources online: e.g., access to local libraries and their card catalogs, the "North Carolina Encyclopedia," genealogical research, and newspapers.
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Swan Catalog: Searching All Libraries

For Students 9th - 10th
This System-Wide Automated Network serves 77 libraries in the Chicago suburbs. It's instructive in how a computer catalog of library materials works.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Lesson Plans Library K 5

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource presents a lesson plan library which holds hundreds of lesson plans organized by grade level and subject area. Often rooted with an Internet research piece, each lesson plan contains specific objectives, procedures,...
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Stanford University

Stanford University: Catalogs and Search Tools

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource provides Stanford University catalog collections, as well as databases and search tools.
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British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: Twelfth Night: Festive Comedy, Gender & Confusion

For Students 9th - 10th
The ideas contained in these teacher notes are intended to present a range of creative activities to assist the development of independent research. It is hoped they will reinforce work undertaken collaboratively in class and develop...
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Library of Congress

Loc: The u.s. Congress: Resources a to Z

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Start your research of the U.S. Congress here! Superb links to any information you may need on history, current profile of Congress, and many other sites.
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University College London

University College London: Internet Resources on Bosnia and Herzegovina

For Students 9th - 10th
Resources include links to information on government, history, culture, and much more. You must see this site if you are researching Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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University College London

University College London: Internet Resources on Latvia

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site if you are researching Latvia. Includes links to economic sites, historical sites, and many more.
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University College London

University College London: Internet Resources on Romania

For Students 9th - 10th
Any research on Romania will not be complete unless you visit this site. Included are links to historical sites, culture and society sites, and government sites.
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University College London

University College London: Internet Resources on Finland

For Students 9th - 10th
A lot of information is at your fingertips on this site. You cannot miss this if you are researching Finland!
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Cern Document Server Library Catalogue

For Students 9th - 10th
Search the library catalogue for any term or subject. Provides multiple display search options and access to articles and preprints, books and conferences, periodicals, viedeotapes and more.
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Library of Congress

Loc: The Library of Congress: Science Tracer Bullets Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Science Tracer Bullets Online (created by the Library of Congress) is a resource to find published materials on a particular topic in the field of science and technology. This resource is designed to help those who only have general...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Library Dictionary

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can be used in a library/resource center to illustrate alphabetical order and how books are arranged on the shelves in the library. It also discusses alphabetical order to help teach...
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Oregon School Library Information System

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An excellent site that supports school libraries which includes tools for both elementary and secondary students. Choose the appropriate level to find resources on citing sources, research process, choosing research resources, finding...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Mc Ardle Notebooks: Dawn at the Alamo

For Students 9th - 10th
Henry Arthur McArdle's "Dawn at the Alamo" notebook is "packed with letters, notes, and photographs," which McArdle used when researching for his well-known painting recording this important moment in Texas history. Browse the pages to...
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Usda: Natural Agriculture Library: Invasive Species: Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
This government resource allows users to research a variety of invasive plant species by name.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Library of Congress Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Research activities for students commemorating the day in 1800 when Congress approved the Library of Congress. Provides lesson plans, web links, and a bibliography. From ReadWriteThink's calendar on April 24, 2007.
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Bailey/howe Library: Citations, Style Guides, and Information Management

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from University of Vermont's Bailey/Howe Library focuses on citing sources including why it's important, the different citation styles (with links), tools to manage information, and a citation builder to create citations.
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University of Delaware: Major Resource Kits

For Students 9th - 10th
Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....
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Online Library Learning Center: Evaluating Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this "Weed and feed," approach to get only the best resources for your research project.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Cornell Center for Materials Research: Friction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of experiments where students can learn about how friction works and affects the physical world. At the end, students design a tortoise to win by slowing it down using friction. Lesson includes explanation of the concept of...
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Duke University

Duke Libraries: Citing Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource contains the basic citation information for articles from journals, articles from books, articles from databases, books, newspapers, government publications, and web sites. Students can click on one of theses publications...

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