| Writing Resources Have a question about citing works, grammar, punctuation, etc.? |
| Weopedia Have a question about Internet terminology? |
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This is a sampling
of "free" online versions of some of the same or
similar traditional print reference sources.
| Biographical
Biographical Dictionary Biography.com - entries from Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia and the Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography |
Dictionaries
, Thesauri, Quotations American Heritage Dictionary Dictionary.com Merriman-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus Roget's Thesaurus Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Tech Acronym Finder Bartlett, John. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. Onelook Dictionaries |
| Encyclopedias Britannica Columbia Compton's Encyclopedia Online Encarta Online Encyclopedia Encyclopedia.com (from Electric Library) |
Geographical The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. The World Factbook. |
| Religion and
Mythology Bulfinch Mythology Dictionary of Phrase and Fable |
Literary History
& Literature Cambridge History of English & American Literature |
| Etiquette Emily Post |
Phone Books AnyWho The Ultimate White Pages All Nationas Expatriates Telephone Search Engine |
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REFERENCE DESK by Barbara Falkinburg, onLINE Webmaster for LIS and Library Media Specialist, Hereford High School
Baltimore County Public Schools Mega Educational Sites Collection
The Gateway to Educational Materials
Internet Public Library
Librarians Index to the Interent
Social Science Information Gateway
Virtual Reference Desk
The WWW Virtual Library
PAGE "DIALOG, a service of The Dialog
Corporation, has been serving users since 1972. With over 450
databases from a broad scope of disciplines, it is truly
the one-stop service for all of your information needs. Contained
in the DIALOG information collection are millions of documents
drawn from more sources than any other online service - from
scientific and technical literature - from full-text trade journals,
newspapers, and newswires. There's more too...details on millions
of chemical substances, information on patents issued worldwide,
demographic data, and company financial statistics. Compiled
from the world's most respected and authoritative information
sources, DIALOG databases can provide you instant answers from
just one source." From DIALOG Training Page- DIALOG:
Training Homepage
- NEW USER Guide
- DIALOG Lab Workbook
(200+ page PDF format)
- DIALOG Web Tutorial
| DIALOG
Pocket Guide Tutorial | Successful
Searching on DIALOG |
Search Commands Quick Reference Card | Basic Skills Review for Classic DIALOG Searchers
- DIALOG Databases and Bluesheets (What databases and information are
available; database search options)
List by Title | List by Subject | List by Number | OneSearch Database Groups
- Search Worksheet
(print to plan search
strategy)
- Free Practice
Searching (ONTAP) Databases
- Dialog Searching Instructions (Bobst Library at NYU)
Search
Engines
How-to and About
- Comparison of Search Engine User Interface Capabilities
- Daypop.com
- Definition of a Search Engine
- Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
- Front Page Collection of Search Engines and Sites
- How Search Engines Work
- How to Search the World Wide Web: A Tutorial for Beginners and Non-Experts
- Learn to Search the Net: @ Seekhelp.Com
- Librarian's Index to the Internet: Searching the Internet Topics
- Meta-Search Engines: When to Use and Not Use Them?
- Multi-Search Engines: A Comparison
- Mystery Solved: Difference Between Search Engines and Directories Slide Show by Kathy Schrock
- ResearchBuzz News
- Search Engine Glossary
- Search Engine Quick Guide
- Search Engine Showdown: Users' Guide to Web Searching
- Search Engine Watch
- Search Engines: A Comparison
- Search Engines in Review: Beginner's Guide
- Search Engines: What they Are, How They Work, and Practical Suggestions for Getting the Most Out of Them
- Search Logic: Logical (Boolean) and Text (Proximity) Operators
- How to Choose a Search Engine
- Seven Steps Toward Better Searching
- Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools and Techniques
- Regional and Special Search Engines
- Specialized Search Engines: Alternatives to the Big Guys
- The Spider's Apprentice: A Helpful Guide to Search Engines
- Teoma.com
- Title Searching
- Tutorial: Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet
- Vivisimo.com
- Web Search Strategies
- Web Search Engines: A Webliography
- Wisenut.com
- Academic Info The Reference Desk: Search Engines
- All the Best Search Engines: Direct Query from One Page
- All Search Engines.Com
- Anne Clyde's Collections of Search Engines
- Argus Clearinghouse
- Child Safe Search Engines
- Education Search Engines
- EduHound.com: Everything for Education K-12
- Government Search Engines
- Guide to Meta-Search Engines
- Guides to Academic Search Engines
- Guides to Specialized Search Engines
- Aramedia SuperSearch Page
- Homework Helper Search Engines
- Internet Oracle Search Engines
- Internet Search Engines
- Internet Search Engines and Guides
- Introduction to Search Engines
- Ivy's Search Engine Resources for KIDS
- Major Internet Search Engines
- Maps Search Engines
- #1 Search Engines Page
- Search Engine Search:Search for Search Engines & Special Directories (3000 portal s indexed)
- My Search Engines: Subject Guide to Over 260 Search Engines
- Search Engines
- Search Engines by Country
- Search Engines & Specialized Directories
- Search Engines and Subject Indexes
- A-Z Search Engines and Directories
- Search Engines in Review
- Filtered Search Engines
- Top 50 Search Engines
- Top 99 Search Engines
- W3 Search Engines
Your instructor will provide you with login and passwords for those databases BCPS subscribes to, others require a BCPL or any Maryland library card. Some you can register by yourself for immediate access.
| Baltimore
County Public Schools Fee-Based Subscription Services Access with passwords from instructor ABC-CLIO | America the Beautiful | BigChalk | LION | ProQuest | Children's Literature (LIS subscription only; however can get free trial) |
| Baltimore County
Public Library Fee-Based Subscription Services Access with BCPL library card or Internet account EBSCO Animals | Biography Resource Center | Business Source Premier | ERIC | Encyclopedia Americana | Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia | Lands and Peoples | America the Beautiful | Health Source Consumer | Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition | USP DI Volume II, Advice for the Patient | Books in Print with Reviews | Literature Resource Center | Electric Library | EBSCO Magazine Database | Magazine Database MasterFile Premier | Middle Search Plus | Searchasarus | Sirs Discoverer | The News - Newspapers Online | Newspaper Source |
| SAILOR - Maryland State Library Access with Maryland public library card SIRS Discoverer | Baltimore Sun Archive | EBSCOhost Web | MasterFILE Premier | Business Source Premier | Health Source Consumer | Books in Print with Reviews | Searchasaurus | Novelist |
| Other
Databases For a comprehensive list of fee-based databases check out the webpage of databases annotated and arranged by Dewey Classification developed by Della Curtis for the K-12 Maryland Digital Library Committee. Use this list to find other databases by title, search for their marketing website, and get a free trial password. |
- Baltimore
County Public Library (homepage)
Databases available and access privileges | Community Info Center resources (Make sure you check out Legacy Web, a collection of historic photos and magazines, and the Community Information Directory, a searchable database of over 2700 Baltimore County organizations and agencies. - Baltimore County Public Schools
District website | onLINE: The Librarians' Information Network for the Essential Curriculum - Baltimore County Public Schools:onLINE
- Maryland Share A Community Information Database which was created by local public libraries in Maryland. It allows keyword searches of database files, and presents the information in a relatively uniform format.
- Maryland State Archives
- Maryland Digital Resources
Howard Levy Collection of Sheet Music | Baltimore County Legacy Web | Archives of Maryland Online - Maryland Electronic Capital
- Maryland State Department of Education
- Maryland School Performance
- SAILOR:
Maryland's Public Information Network
InfoTrac (Full text magazine database with graphics that is FREE to Maryland library card holders.) | Link to Libraries in Maryland - Towson
University Cook Library
Research Tools (databases available with Cook Library Card authorization) | VictorWEB
- Academic Info Ask the Experts
- AskA+ Locator
- AskUsNow (BCPL)
- SAILOR Reference Services
- Ask An ERIC Expert (education special interest)
Counting Angels on a Pinhead: Critically Interpreting Web Size Estimates (Michael Dahn)
History of the Internet (Vinton G. Cerf)
Greg Notess Website (excellent articles that support course content)
Overview of Search Engines (Gillian Westera)
Grazing the Net: Raising a Generation of Free Range Students (Jamie McKenzie)
Deep Thinking and Deep Reading in an Age of Info-Glut, Info-Garbage Info-Glitz and Info-Glimmer (Jamie McKenzie)
Searching for the Grail? Power Searching with Digital Logic (Jamie McKenzie)
The Answer Machine (Susan Feldman)
The Internet Search-Off (Susan Feldman)
Evaluating Search Engine Models for Scholarly Purposes (Anthony Beavers)
How a Search Engine Works (Elizabeth Liddy)
Negotiating: From First Contract to Final Contract (Seymour Satin)
The New Digital Divide: Dissecting Aggregator Exclusivity Deals (Steven Bell)
The Vertical File: Delivering Great Images and Data to the Desktop (Jamie McKenzie)
D-Lib Magazine
Information Today
Internet
World
Online
Searcher:
The Magazine for Database Professionals
Go to Professional Journals on
the BCPS
Online Procedures Manual for School Library Media Specialists.
Select from this list journals that relate to the purpose of
this course. Be careful - the titles may be misleading; therefore,
you will have to actually go to the journal and search the contents
using keywords that describe the course content.
Baltimore
County Public Library
Baltimore
County Public Schools Union Catalog
Maryland
College and University Libraries
Maryland
Public Libraries
Maryland
Special Libraries
Periodicals
in Maryland Libraries (PIML)
To the future in Baltimore County Public Schools - Follett's Find It All Web Catalog
- Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation (Purdue Writing Lab)
- NoddleBib: The MLA Bibliography Composer
- Writing (Planning/Writing/Revising/Genres) (Purdue Writing Lab)
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