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The Calverton School
Libraries' Online Catalog
http://172.16.0.240
Public Library Resources |
| SAILOR
Maryland's Public Information Network (access
to some sites may require Maryland library card number) |
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EBSCOhost:
general, business, and health periodicals database
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NoveList:
fiction database that provides subject heading access,
reviews, annotations, and much more for over 120,000
fiction titles. Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion
Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles.
Using NoveList: Short
intro to using NoveList |
Online
encyclopedias such as: Greek
Mythology, Encarta, and Smithsonian.
Links to all Maryland Public Libraries and links to many more resources. |
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AskUsNow:
online interactive service
of librarians to provide answers to questions, research
guidance, and help navigating the Internet. |
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COSMOS
- Southern Maryland Online Services homepage ** |
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Complete list of resources such as: Encyclopedias,
Periodicals (magazines and newspapers), Business, Health,
and Literature
Resources, LitFinder (poems, short
stories, speeches, plays, etc.), Biography, Education,
Opposing Viewpoints,
NoveList
K-8, children's databases, and interactive
practice tests and exams. |
| Gale
databases: LIterature, Biography, and Opposing
Viewpoints and Virtual Reference (business, law, and geo-data) |
| Geo-data:
The World Geographical Encyclopedia - Entries describe the
physical geography of every nation
and dependency on Earth. Physical features, climate, and
vegetation. |
| ** Access to these resources
is via Southern Maryland Regional Library Association's Remote
User Access
and requires a Calvert, Charles, or St. Mary's County Library
card number or user
name / password (provided on the COSMOS resource list web page) |
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| StartSpot
network - check out LibrarySpot,
HomeworkSpot, MuseumSpot, plus many other StartSpot web
sites. Historic
documents (such as the Bill of Rights), Encyclopedias,
Dictionaries, Quotations, Grammar /
Style, Maps /
Zip Codes. |
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| Refdesk.com -
General reference with news, current events, government
information,
search engines, religions. If you're on an information mission, the Facts
Subject Index and Facts
Encyclopedia or Quick Reference are
good places to begin. Editor
Picks 'Essential' ref tools at Refdesk |
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General Search
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| Google Scholar Search |
| Internet Public
LIbrary |
| Library of Congress |
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Art & Images
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| ArtLex:
Visual arts dictionary -more
than 3,600 terms,
along with supporting images, pronunciation
notes, quotations and cross-references. |
| Smithsonian
American Art Museum: Search artists, artwork, research
databases, "Ask Joan of Art" information specialists about
American art. |
| National
Gallery of Art: More than 5,600 objects
from the collection available online. Search the
collection by specific artist, title, or a combination
of criteria. |
| Art History
Research Center: AHRC is a tool for art historical
research on the internet. It shares key resources and methods
of online research so that art historians can find the resources
relevant to their work. |
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Geography & History
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| Accessible
Archives - Primary source material from 18th and 19th
century newspapers. |
| American Memory-Library
of Congress: Collections include African American history,
Culture, Environment & Conservation, Government, Immigration,
Literature, Maps, Native American history, Religion, Performing
Arts, Women's history, Military War history, etc. |
| Perry-Castañeda
Library Map Collection - University of Texas |
| Library
of Congress Prints and Photographs online catalog:
keyword searching, includes historical posters |
| Brooklyn
Daily Eagle: Full text articles from 1841-1902 |
| Valley
of the Shadow: Details life in two American communities
during Civil War. Original letters, diaries, newspapers,
speeches, census, and church records from 1859 to 1870. |
| CIA -
The World Factbook |
| FirstGov.gov -
U.S. Government's official one-stop web portal to all government
online services. Comprehensive search of government -
from federal and state governments, the District of Columbia
and U.S. territories |
| Bartleby's
World Fact Book - The U.S. government’s complete
geographical handbook, full-color maps,
flags of all nations and geographical entities. Tracks
such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy
rates, as well as political, geographical
and economic data. |
| Country
Studies: Presents a description and analysis of primarily
lesser known areas of the world or regions in which U.S.
forces might be deployed. |
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English
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| Common Errors in English |
| Folger Shakespeare Library |
| Literary
Connection: William Shakespeare |
| American
Hypertexts: Online texts of American literature. Also, maps relating
to American territorial expansion and extensive list of
links to historic and other map collections. |
| Bartlett's Quotes |
| Bartleby's -
publisher of fiction and nonfiction literature, reference
and verse. Search encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesaurus,
quotations, English usage, Gray's
anatomy, religion, literacy
history, etc. |
| Poetry 180 |
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