Internet Research

**Sites in green require a password for home use.

Newspapers and Periodicals
 A.  For new and old articles from the Kansas City Star and St. Louis Post-Dispatch, see  Newsbank.

B. For a vast array of newspaper, magazine, and journal articles,  let EBSCO help!

C.  Need to catch up on local news, events, and issues?  Visit the Kansas City Star.

 D.  Find out what's going on in Independence with the Independence Examiner.


Reference Databases and ebooks
   A.  Research thousands of reference books, biographies, primary source documents,
journals, and newspapers at EBSCO.

 B.  Discovering Collection emphasizes information about school-related research topics.

C.  Search all reference ebooks at the same time or look at individual titles

Arts

Arts and Humanities Through the Eras

Biography

Encyclopedia of World Biography

Business

International Directory of Business Biographies

History

American Decades Primary Sources

Dictionary of American History

New Dictionary of the History of Ideas

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture

Medicine/Health

UXL Complete Health Resource

Science

Animal Sciences

Social Sciences

Encyclopedia of Bioethics

 
Helpful Sites
  A.  Use NetTrekker to find pre-approved websites for research.

B.  Internet Ready Reference gives many reputable websites to use for school papers.

C.  Do you want more databases to research?  Try the Mid-Continent Public Library. (You must have a library card)

D.  Find out about jobs and careers at Missouri Connections and the Occupational Outlook Handbook

E.  For health and  medical information, visit the National Library of Medicine

F.  Let National Geographic help with science and geography projects.

G.  For information on citing sources, see Duke University and Citation Machine.

H.  Practice the ACT and other standardized and licensing tests at Learning Express Library.

 Teacher Sites

Turnitin.com checks students' writing for possible plagiarism.I
Literacy Handbook