WELCOME TO RESEARCH TOOLS
CAREERS
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CAREER QUIZ
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BEST CAREERS
U.S. News report of the best jobs
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COLLEGE VIEW
Matches colleges with career/majors.
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COLLEGE BOARD
Click on
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CAREER ONE STOP
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CAREER ADVICE
CITING SOURCES
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BIBLIOGRAPHIES
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NOODLE QUEST - a great way to begin any research project
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NOODLEBIB MLA STARTER - bibliography tools for grades 1-5; personal ID - dcastudent password - wildcats
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BIBME
Works Cited Source
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EASY BIB
Elementary Bibliography Source
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SON OF CITATION MACHINE
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
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BRITANNICA ONLINE- username: dcastudent...password - wildcats
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WORLDBOOK ONLINE
username-dcastudent: password - wildcats
LITERATURE ANALYSIS
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BARTLEBY
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BIOGRAPHIES
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BIOGRAPHIES OF WOMEN
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AMERICAN LITERATURE
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READ PRINT
online full texts of books, poems, plays, and short stories
ONLINE DATABASES
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HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT DATABASES
username - dcastudent; password - wildcats
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GEOGRAPHY DATABASE
username - dcastudent; password - wildcats
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GREENFILE
Database for enviornmental information.
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SCIENCE DATABASE
username - dcastudent; password - wildcats
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LITERATURE DATABASE
username - dcastudent; password - wildcats
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ISSUES
username: dcastudent - password: wildcats
OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
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DEBATE TOPICS
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ISSUES DATABASE
username - donelson; password - history
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POINTS OF VIEW
username - elvis; password - elvis
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DEBATE TOPICS
RESEARCH TOOLS
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TENNESSEE ELECTRONIC LIBRARY - extensive collection of databases - password - elvis
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NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
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BEDFORD ST. MARTINS - Source for history research
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ATOMIC LEARNING
Find quick answers to questions about Word, PowerPoint, and Excel username - dca; password - learn
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LITSUM
Source for literary summaries
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VISUWORDS
Visual dictionary
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PICS4LEARNING
Picture database
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UN for Kids
Great site to find information about countries
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DISCOVERY EDUCATION (United Streaming)- username: dcastudent - password: wildcats
online video database
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NEWS BANK
Newspaper collection - username: elvis password: elvis
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THINKFINITY
excellent site for interactives
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BRAINPOP
username: dca - password: learn
SEARCH ENGINES
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YAHOO - Each web link is reviewed. Not a serach engine, a directory!
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LYCOS - This search engine has its own library of over 40,000 free pictures.
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GOOGLE - Sends back the most relevant site. Rated the top search engine.
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HOT BOT - Allows search for sites with unique features such as Java scripts or flash components
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CLUSTY - metasearch engine that clusters information
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VIVISIMO - metasearch engine that clusters information
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YAHOOLIGANS - database for elementary and middle school
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ONE KEY - database for elementary and middle school
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LIBRARIANS INTERNET INDEX - websites that have usable information
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NETTREKKER (EXCELLENT SEARCH ENGINE FOR FINDING APPROVED WEBSITES) username: dcastudent; password: wildcats
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GOOGLE SCHOLAR
Provides access to scholarly sources
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TEKMOM
Search engine directory for elementary students
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IVY'S SEARCH ENGINE RESOURCES
A directory of search engines for elementary students
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DIGITAL LIBRARIAN
A web directory for serious researchers
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DIRECT SEARCH
A directory of links to search interfaces of resources that contain data not easily accessed by general search tools.
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INFOMINE
Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
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DOGPILE
A meta-search engine that accesses information from Yahoo, Google, Live Search, and Ask.com.
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KIDSCLICK
Librarian developed search engine for children