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Electronic
Resources
ASFM libraries offer access to a comprehensive
list of electronic resources including the World Wide Web, subscription
databases, and on-line encyclopedia, magazine and newspaper subscriptions.
In addition, this site includes an easy access collection of valuable,
bookmarked websites in our e-reference collection and will soon incorporate into the collection NET Links, a collection of pre-evaluated, high quality educational websites.
Databases:
EBSCO:
login:mshs
password:mshs
(Login and password
must be used to access the site from outside the school.)
http://search.ebscohost.com/
Columbia
International Affairs Online:
login: asfm2
password:
asfm2
(
Login and password
must be used to access the site from outside the school.)
http://www.ciaonet.org/
United
Streaming (Videos):
login
and password available from librarian.
View over 4,000 videos
and 40,000 clips in all school subject areas - great for research projects!
Just search, click and watch!
http://unitedstreaming.com
Britannica Online School Edition:
http://www.school.eb.com
e-references:
The Citation Machine
Creating Works Cited pages in MLA formate or bibliographies in APA is as easy as 1, 2, 3!
1. Click the type of resource you wish to cite
2. Complete the Web form that appears with information from your resource, and
3. Click Make Citations to generate standard MLA & APA citations.
http://citationmachine.net/index.php
Citing Sources in MLA
Format
This site will help
you to correctly cite the sources you use in your papers; for example
it shows you how to use parenthetical
citation and create a works
cited page in MLA format.
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLA.html
The Writing
Center
The
above site also
includes how to cite sources in APA and other formats, and it has
sections on the writing process, grammar and punctuation, improving
your writing
style, and how
to write common types of writing assignments.
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/index.html
Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/
CIA World Fact Book
Up-to-date maps and country profiles on every country in
the world.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
X-rates.com
Currency calculator – converts monetary
amounts between currencies of different countries.
http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html
OnlineConversion.com
Convert just about anything to anything else.
Over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions.
http://www.onlineconversion.com/
Why search a database when you
can simply “Google” something?
Here’s why:
| Database |
The Web |
| Reliable, safe,
authoritative sources |
Unverified sources |
| Non-commercial
and advertising-free |
Uncontrolled, promotional,
full of ads |
| Efficient - content
chosen for curriculum value |
Inefficient – lots
of distractions and “clutter”
(ads, irrelevant content) |
| Contains many sources
simply not available elsewhere on the Internet. |
Lacks many sources
(e.g. back issues, out-of-print publications, international materials,
specialized reports) |
| URL is constant |
Links change or
disappear |
| Full citation on
each article, document, statistic |
Citation incomplete
or absent |
| Materials are indexed
to assure search results are relevant |
Search retrieves
100,000 of web sites, many not relevant…lose valuable time |
Databases within the EBSCO package:
MAS Ultra - School Edition
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides
full text nearly 600 popular general interest and current events
publications with
information dating back as far as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra
- School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets,
268 full text reference
books, 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an
Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database
is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a
variety of subject areas.
EBSCO Animals
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals.
The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records
describing the
nature and habitat of familiar animals.
Middle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 150 popular, magazines
for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included
in the database
are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information
dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 82,968
biographies, 90,915
primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos,
maps and flags. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines
for elementary school research. All full text articles included in
the database are assigned
a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates
as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides selected full text
for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also
contains full
text
television & radio
news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional
(U.S.) newspapers.
This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly
specialized collection of more than 750 full text journals, including
more than 350 peer-reviewed
titles. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive
collection of full text education journals in the world.
ERIC
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center contains more than
2,200 digests along with references for additional information and
citations and abstracts
from over 980 educational and education-related journals.
TOPICsearch
This current events database allows researchers
to explore social, political & economic
issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed
in today's classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 78,000
articles
from
more than 3,000 diverse sources, including more than 1,550 full text
periodicals.
Health Source - Consumer Edition
This database is the richest collection of consumer health information
available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health
topics including
the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports
medicine and general health. Health Source - Consumer Edition features
searchable full
text for nearly 300 journals. This database is updated on a daily
basis.
CIAONET.ORG – Columbia International Access
Online
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the most comprehensive
source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes
a wide range of
scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university
research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded
research projects,
proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Additional electronic subscriptions:
Students may also access the
following online publications: El
Norte, New Internationalist,
Business Week, Discover,
and Economist magazines.
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