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Grolier
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need the definition
of a word. |
Merriam-Webster
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need to learn about a person and have to find biographical
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Grolier
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elementary (select pictures), Grolier
Online (Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge), World
Book Online, |
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CultureGrams,
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Middle
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I
am just beginning, and need some general
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Grolier
Online (Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge), World
Book Online, Gale
Student Resource Center, |
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I
need the definition
of a word. |
Gale
Student Resource Center, Grolier Online, Merriam-Webster
Online Dictionary |
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I
need to learn about a person and have to find biographical
information. |
Grolier
Online (Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge), World
Book Online, Gale
Student Resource Center, |
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I
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criticism. |
EbscoHost,
Gale Student Resource
Center, Twayne
Author Series from |
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I
need information about science,
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EbscoHost
(choose MasterFile Select, then Primary
Search, EBSCO Animals, or General Science Collection), Grolier
Online (Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, New Book of Popular Science), World
Book Online |
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I
need to find information about health. |
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need government
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Student Resource Center, Lands and
Peoples (Grolier Online), Thomas
- US Congress on the Internet |
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I
need to find out about the culture
of our country and others. |
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I
need information about countries. |
Country
Watch, CultureGrams, Lands
and Peoples (Grolier Online), Grolier
Online (Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, New Book of
Popular Science), World Book
Online, |
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I
need to learn about history. |
EbscoHost,
Gale Student Resource
Center, Grolier Online (Grolier
Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge), World
Book Online, |
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I
need a newspaper
article. |
EbscoHost,
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title), ”), Gale Student
Resource Center, |
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I
need background or general information written in Spanish. |
Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre
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I
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EbscoHost
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Student Resource Center, Grolier
Online (Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge), World
Book Online, |
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I
need maps. |
CultureGrams,
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I
need to find really good websites
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Nettrekker, OPAC (Internet sites about…) |
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I am
a teacher or administrator, and need to find helpful information on an educational topic. |
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| I need to locate tutorials to help me use software effectively. | Atomic Learning |
| I need to see movie clips on a topic. | Brain Pop, PowerMediaPlus, united streaming |
| I need to import sounds into a presentation. | Soundzabound |
High
School
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What kind of information do I need? |
Where can
I locate it? |
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I
am just beginning, and need some general
or background information
about my topic. |
Grolier
Online (Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge), World
Book Online |
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I
need the definition
of a word. |
Merriam-Webster
Online Dictionary |
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I
need to learn about a person and have to find biographical
information. |
Biography
Resource Center, Gale
Student Resource Center Gold, Grolier Online (Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge), World
Book Online |
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I
need literary
criticism. |
Contemporary Literary
Criticism Select, EbscoHost,
Gale Student
Resource Center Gold, Literature
in Context, LitFinder, Twayne
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short story. |
LitFinder
(Story Finder and World’s Best Poetry) |
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I
need information about science,
including animals. |
AP Science, EbscoHost
(choose MasterFile Select, then Primary
Search, EBSCO Animals, or General Science Collection), Gale
Science Resource Center, Grolier
Online (Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, New Book of Popular Science, ProQuest
AP Science, World Book
Online |
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I
need to find information about health. |
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I
need government
information. |
Gale
Student Resource Center Gold, Lands
and Peoples (Grolier Online), Thomas
- US Congress on the Internet |
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I
need information about business. |
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I
need information about controversial topics and current
issues. |
CQ Public Affairs
Collection, CQ
Researcher, Lexis-Nexis,
Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center |
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I
need to find out about the culture
of our country and others. |
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I
need information about countries. |
Country
Watch, CultureGrams, Lands
and Peoples (Grolier Online), Grolier
Online (Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, New Book of
Popular Science), World Book
Online |
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I
need to learn about history. |
EbscoHost,
Gale Student
Resource Center Gold, Grolier
Online (Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge), History
Resource Center, U. S., History
Resource Center, World, ProQuest
New York Times Historical Newspapers,
United States at War, World
Book Online |
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I
need legal
information. |
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I
need a newspaper
article. |
EbscoHost,
Gale Databases
from |
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I
need a general
magazine
article. |
EbscoHost,
FirstSearch, Gale
Databases from |
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I
need an academic
journal
article. |
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I
need a primary
source. |
Annals of American History,
EbscoHost
(choose Masterfile, enter "Essential Documents" as source
title), Gale
Student Resource Center Gold |
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I
need background or general information written in Spanish. |
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I
need statistics. |
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I
need pictures. |
EbscoHost
(choose Masterfile, enter "Images”), Gale
Student Resource Center Gold, Grolier
Online (Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge), World
Book Online |
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I
need maps. |
CultureGrams,
Country Watch, |
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I
need to find really good websites
on my topic. |
Nettrekker, OPAC (Internet sites about…) |
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I am
a teacher or administrator, and need to find helpful information on an educational topic. |
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| I need to locate tutorials to help me use software effectively. | Atomic Learning |
| I need to find information about colleges, scholarships, and take practice exams. | Testing and Education Reference Center |
| I need to import sounds into a presentation. | Soundzabound |
| I need to see movie clips on a topic. | Brain Pop, PowerMediaPlus, united streaming |