Junior Debate Research
SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES - See whiteboard in the library or the librarian for user names and passwords.
Facts on File - Use Issues and Controversies
Points of View by EBSCO - Click on the the third database from the top, Points of View on this page. Newspaper Source, and Student Reference Center may also be useful.
PUBLIC LIBRARY DATABASE
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - You will need your Peninsula Library System card to access this database. If you do not have a public library card, then click here for access numbers.
INTERNET RESOURCES: LEGAL INFORMATION
FindLaw - Search for laws, court cases, discussion of laws for many topics. Use key words in the search box.
Thomas (The Library of Congress) - Search for the latest legislation.
INTERNET RESOURCES: ISSUE WEBSITES
Gallup Poll Analysis of Public Opinion - Search upper right box for topics using key words for reports on current issues and public opinion.
Almanac of Policy Issues - Comprehensive background information and links on major U.S. public policy issues--links to reports and organizations.
SpeakOut.com - Check the Activism Centers for background articles and the Links section for more information or to find sites.
GovSpot.com - Links to issues and special interest groups.
Public Agenda.com - Research on current issues
Vote-Smart Think Tanks - Organizations that research and work for political change
ARAGON BOOK CATALOG - Search for the following series in the school library
Information Plus Reference Series
Opposing Viewpoints Series
Current Controversies Series
At Issue Series
CQ Researcher
Pro/Con Issue Series
Issues in Focus
BIBLIOGRAPHY TOOL - NoodleBib
Elizabethan English Research Project
Online Articles:
Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge
Elizabethan Crime and Punishment
Executions & Beheading at the Tower of London
William Shakespeare/ William Shakespeare on Biography
Elizabethan Marriages and Weddings
Elizabethan Medicine and Illness
Elizabethan Food/Of the Food and Diet of the English (A Primary Source)
Queen Elizabeth I - Folger Shakespeare Library
Children and Childhood in Elizabethan England
Elizabethan Era Servants, Grooms and Maids
Databases:
EBSCO's Student Research Center
Electronic Books
Please click here to access electronic books on Elizabethan England at the Aragon Library. See librarian for username and password.
NoodleTools
Please click here to make your Works Cited page.
Senior Historical Research
Search for the following series in the Aragon online book catalog : Information Plus Reference Series, Opposing Viewpoints Series, Current Controversies Series, At Issue Series, CQ Researcher, Pro/Con Issue Series, and Issues in Focus.
Aragon Databases (see whiteboard in the library for username and passwords):
Facts.com - Articles on current issues.
EBSCOHOST - Use Points of View, Newspaper Source and Student Research Center
Other Databases and Websites
Opposing Viewpoints - Use your Peninsula Library card to access this database
Findlaw.com - Search for laws, court cases, discussion of laws for many topics. Use key words in the search box.
Thomas (Library of Congress) - Search for the latest legislation.
Gallup Poll Analysis of Public Opinion - Search (upper right) for topics using key words for reports on current issues and public opinion.
Almanac of Policy Issues - Comprehensive background information and links on major U.S. public policy issues with links to reports and organizations.
SpeakOut.com - Check the Activism Centers for background articles and the Links section for more information or to find sites.
GovSpot.com - Links to issues and special interest groups.
PublicAgenda.com - Research on current issues.
Economist.com Country Briefings - News, country profiles, forecasts, statistics, and more.
Country Profiles from BBC News - Includes a brief overview, facts, leaders and media. Select a region and then pull down the menu for the country.
Short Story Research
NoodleTools allows you to enter your bibliographic sources and create a works cited list in MLA Format as well as take notes collaboratively.
EBSCOHost Literary Reference Center - Obtain username and password from your teacher or librarian , then click on the second link from the top); after a search for an author, notice the tabs for Biographies, Literary Criticism, Plot Summaries, Reviews, Interviews, Reference Books, Magazines, Poems, Short Stories, Images.
World Book Advanced - Obtain username and password from your teacher or librarian. Articles in this database also include related e-books and literary cricitism to the right of the biographical information.
A&E's Biography - most authors...some with videos
American Authors on the Web - a list of authors with resources...you need to seach the page to find the authors...but ALL authors have something
Lord of the Flies Trial Project
Gale Virtual Reference Library
EBSCO - Click on EBSCO Student Research Center or EBSCOhost Research Databases (and then choose EBSCO MAS Ultra - School Edition)
Humanitarian Project
Licensed Databases
Gale Virtual Reference Library
EBSCO - Click on EBSCO Student Research Center or EBSCO MAS Ultra (found in EBSCOhost Research Center)
Public Library Database: Biography Resource Center - you will need your PLS library card number. If you do not have a public library card, then click here for access numbers.
General Websites
Peace Heroes by Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
