Research Help
How Parents can Assist Students ( Page 1)
How Parents can Assist Students (Page 2)
Citation Styles for Research Papers - This web page is a good guide describing different types of citation styles and what fields use them.
Diana Hacker MLA a paper writting guide
Capitol CC-Capito Community College Research Help
Citation Machine
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Mrs. Ruland's Plagarism Tutorial
Mrs. Ruland's Site on Writing and Other Skills
Virginia Montecino's Help with writing research papers
Research Paper Checklist>
What is a thesis statement?
How to write a thesis
TRAILS test - Test Your Information Literacy Skills

Research Help
Internet Public Library- A+ Reasearch & Writing for high school and college students
CCC-Carroll Communtiy College Research Help
University of Wisconson's Guide to Research
Mrs. Ruland's General Internet Sources
CORE: Comprehensive Online Research Education
Prentice Hall's Overview of their Practical Research Text Book
Research Types http://techdigest.jhuapl.edu/

Opportunities
Science opportunities

Research Links

Debate and Topics

 

Opposing Viewpoints - This site has links to thousands of articles on many debate topics. Contact the Media Center staff for logon information.

 

High School Debate Topics - From the University of Michigan's Documents Center.

 

Issues and Causes - This site links to Yahoo's website of debate topics.

 

Debatabase - Debatabase is a searchable reference utility for debators around the world.

 

Social Issues - This web page has been created to meet the needs of middle and high school students researching current social issues from mulitpole perspectives.

 

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Statistical Abstract

 

Dictionary - This is the Merriam Webster Online dictionary.

 

Encyclopedia.com - The articles are from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia.

 

Information Please - Users may search an encyclopedia, dictionary, and several almanacs.

 

Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia - Users have access to the full text of this encyclopedia.

 

Uncle Sam's Reference Shelf -- The Statistical Abstract contains a collection of statistics (over 1400 tables and graphs) on social, economic, and international subjects.

 

B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper, Reference Section - This site has a long list of links to dictionaries, both general and specific, thesauri, and books of quotations.

 

Newspapers, Magazines, Journals

 

Cogito

 

PubMed Global Access to Educational Resources - This site gives links to newspapers and searchable news indexes around the world.

 

MediaINFO Links - This site provides links to online newspapers and magazines around the world. Publications are listed by country and within the United States they are listed by state.

 

Reuters - Top news stories from Reuters may be found at this site. The latest headlines, new stories, photographs and audio newsclip are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

 

Baltimore Sun Sunspot. -- Use the Baltimore Sun's Sunspot page for today's headlines, sports, and weather.

 

British Broadcasting Company - Check the daily news from Great Britain.

 

Los Angeles Times - Find daily news from Los Angeles, California.

 

New York Times - Find daily news from the New York Times.  This site also provides links to past articles, providing background information about a current story.

 

U.S. News and World Report

 

Newsweek

 

http://techdigest.jhuapl.edu/

 

Washington Post - A great way to keep up with the latest news stories