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Ms. Todd's pick: Beautiful Creatures
Astrology and Greek Mythology - Zodiac star pattern.
CIA Factbook - Government Central Intelligence Agency link which gives useful information about every country.
Citation Machine - you provide the bibliographic information; it puts it in correct MLA form
Dictionary (Webster's International on-line Dictionary) - username & password is the same as Encyclopedia Britannica or ask Ms. Todd
eBooks (Tennessee Electronic Library)
Note: to use ebooks, 1st access TEL, then return to this list & click on ebook link. Some ebooks have a Table of Contents & Index, others have a search window.
Biology
Endangered Species of North America (Beacham's Guide)
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (use search window)
Gale Encyclopedia of Science (use search window)
History of Science and Technology (use search window)
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
World Almanac and Book of Facts (2000-2009)
World of Earth Science
Capstone - 81 books on a variety of nonfiction and fiction subjects. Ask Ms. Todd for username/password.
Encyclopedia Britanica - online encyclopedia, ask Ms. Todd for username and password
Federal Statistics - links to over 100 Federal agency statistics
Live Binder It - binder of awesome resources; search for Rose Park
Nashville Public Library - Login to request books through Limitless Libraries
Nettrekker- a search engine that eliminates most websites whose primary purpose is to sell and selects more informative sites. Great for images (pictures)
Newspapers - Nashville Public Library offers New York Times, The Tennesseean, and Wall Street Journal - click on databases
Portaportal - Ms. Todd's guest access is rpscience; your teacher probably has hers/his own links - ask them for their password.
Primary Sources
Ebsco's Point of View particularly government documents Revolutionary War forward
Library of Congress
Proquest - a collection of CultureGrams, World Conflicts Today and SIRS knowledge source. User name mnps; ask Ms. Todd for the password
Rose Park Library Catalog
Tennessee Electronic Library - Home page including Ebsco's Point of View, Power Search, Test Prep, and Newspapers
Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture - detailed information about the great state of Tennessee
Tennessee History for Kids - Great trivia and historic information - both print and video.
Webster's International Dictionary - username is the same as Encyclopedia Brittanica or ask Ms. Todd
World Book Encyclopedia - part of Tennessee Electronic Library
Archived favorites:
Darren Shan's Cirque du Freak
Beijing Summer Olympics
Bell Witch is Tennessee's famous witch; Edgar Allan Poe is America's original horror author.
Potter fans will enjoy Leaky Cauldron. Find out the latest news on Rowlings' popular series.
Guys Read
Avi author of the Poppy books and YA Nothing but the Truth AND Hiaasen's Hoot - now a movie!
Scott Westefeld (Peeps, Uglies, So Yesterday) has a web page & a blog.
Paolini fans (Eragon, Eldest, Bressingr)
Silly Putty - history, how it's made, experiments
Pearson Education - Election
watch for the Kiki Strike and the Irregulars series
The Hunger Games series
Westerfeld's Leviathan
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