Core Resources
- Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia This link opens in a new windowFull-text online encyclopedia appropriate for students of all ages. Articles are cross-linked within the encyclopedia. For example, the ecology article links to articles on environment, natural selection, biosphere, parasites, and many more related concepts.
- MAS Complete This link opens in a new windowDesigned for high school libraries, covering a wide range of subjects. Full text for more than 550 popular magazines, more than 430 full-text reference books, more than 120,000 biographies, more than 73,000 primary source documents, & more than 1.6 million photos, maps, flags and color PDFs. Articles indicate reading level.
- MasterFILE Complete This link opens in a new windowMulti-disciplinary database with full-text coverage of more than 2,300 magazines and journals. Emphasis is popular, rather than scholarly publications. Contains over 870 full-text reference books, over 73,000 full-text primary source documents, more than 1.6 million photos, maps and flags, and over 70,000 videos from the Associated Press.
Developing Keywords
Make a research question from your topic.
- For example: "What is currently being done to help conserve the endangered Giant Panda population?"
- Keywords: conserve and Giant Panda
Think of related words.
- Conserve: conservation, preservation, protection
- Giant Panda: panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca (scientific name).
Get searching!
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