The following resources are available to
all students and staff of Naperville Central High School. Some of
them are subscription databases requiring an account name and password.
These
are available in the LRC at NCHS. Students can submit Inter-Library
Loan requests for materials located in libraries other than NCHS's by completing
this I.L.L. Form.
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AccessScience
(* requires account name & password)
http://www.AccessScience.com
Database with full access
to the 8th edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology,
7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, biographies, new breakthroughs
and discoveries in science and technology, related web sites, and learning
resources and study guides for all types of students.
Accuweather/AP Multimedia Archive
(*requires account name & password from HOME)
http://accuweather.ap.org/cgi-bin/aplaunch.pl
This database contains more than
700,000 photographic images from the Associated Press archives. Images can
be downloaded and used for presentations and educational documents.
Searchable by keyword, date, location, and photographer, each image offers the
caption and data needed to properly credit the source.
ALLTHEWEB
(search engine)
http://www.alltheweb.com
Another comprehensive search engine (like Google) which
indexes web pages. Offers access in 49 languages and claims to be the
largest engine. Indexes not only web pages but multimedia, audio and FTP
files, as well as PDF and MS Word files.
American Memory Project
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
"American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to
written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints,
maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital
record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections
of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events,
people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as
a resource for education and lifelong learning.... Library of Congress
launched the American Memory historical collections as the flagship of the
National Digital Library Program -- a pioneering systematic effort to digitize
some of the foremost historical treasures in the Library and other major
research archives and make them readily available on the Web to Congress,
scholars, educators, students, the general public, and the global Internet
community."
American National Biography (*requires account name & password)
http://www.anb.org
ANB is "the premier biographical work on
people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and
culture. You'll find profiles of more than 18,000 men and women
[who are no longer living] from all walks of American life, from the
well-known to the infamous to the obscure."
Ask?Away Illinois
http://www.askawayillinois.info/
This innovative virtual reference program allows Internet
users to chat live with, or e-mail questions to, librarians anytime - 24/7!
It is a free service provided by the Illinois State Library and a grant from the
Institute of Museum & Library Services. Anyone can use the service and
have access to qualified librarians around the state of Illinois who will answer
questions posed online.
Awesomestories.com (*requires account name & password)
http://www.awesomestories.com/
According to its website, "AwesomeStories.com uniquely uses
the Internet to link its story content to hundreds of thousands of the world's
best on-line primary sources." This includes "...maps, pictures,
artifacts, manuscripts and documents, IN CONTEXT, within each story." Free
access to all schools and libraries!
Background
Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Background Notes are
factual publications that contain information on all the countries of the world
with which the United States has relations. They include facts on the country's
land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and its
relations with other countries and the United States. The Notes
are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of
the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from regional bureaus and are
added to the database of the Department of State web site you are now using.
Beaucoup
http://www.beaucoup.com
This site is a "master" index of search engines,
categorized by content or subject searched. Very helpful when you need
specific types of information or materials, you can select the category of
search engine you want then click on your choice. Links to "search tips"
are provided for each engine when available.
Bedford-Martin U.S.
History Images
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/historyimages/
"Images in the U.S.
History Image Library are public-domain pictures published in Bedford/St.
Martin's U.S. history survey texts."
CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Data provided by the CIA on countries of the world. Most
information available as of January, 2003, is used to prepare this annual
publication.
Citation
Machine
http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm.php
Provided free through the Landmark Project, SLATE Citation Machine
provides an easy-to-use means of creating accurate citations for Works Cited
Pages and bibliographies. Users select from the pick-list of resource
types to view a form requesting the necessary information to complete a
citation. Click on "Process" and the user sees a correct MLS or APA
citation which may be copied and pasted into the user's own document.
Columbia International Affairs Online
(CIAO) (*requires account name &
password)
http://www.ciaonet.org/
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a "comprehensive source
for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of
scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university
research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded
research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy
briefs. CIAO is also widely-recognized source for teaching materials
including original case studies written by leading international affairs
experts, course packs of background readings for history and political science
classes, and special features like the analysis of a bin Laden recruitment tape
with video."
Congress.org
http://www.congress.org
Fast and easy database of congressional information:
biographies & photos of officials (state & federal), contact information,
current legislation and issues tracked and explained in lay terms, roll calls
for laws passed, House and Senate committees' schedules, a media guide and a Zip
code search tool for finding your area representatives.
C-Span.org's Congressional Information Center
http://www3.capwiz.com/c-span/home/
Created by the nation's cable networks as a public service, C-span's
Congressional Information Center "provides
coverage of a variety of public affairs events."
There are live feeds, daily news updates, links to other sites, and a myriad of
current affairs pieces, most of which stem from Capitol Hill.
Culturegrams
(*requires account name & password)
http://onlineedition.culturegrams.com
Culturegrams, long known as a wonderful print source for country information, is
now available online. Users can view maps, statistics, and in depth
information on 181 countries, and in the "States Edition", all 50 states.
Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com
Dictionary.com is a multi-source dictionary
search service produced by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, a leading provider of
language reference products and services on the Internet. It includes the
American Heritage Dictionary, Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary,
Wordnet (Princeton University), The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, Jargon
File, CIA World Factbook (1995), Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary, Hitchcock's
Bible Names Dictionary, U.S. Gazeteer, Acronym Finder, and On-line
Medical Dictionary.
Direct
Search (meta-search engine)
http://www.freepint.com/gary/direct.htm
Direct Search is a growing
compilation of links to the search interfaces of resources that contain data not
easily or entirely searchable/accessible from general search tools like Alta
Vista, Google, or Hotbot. Material "hidden" from the general search tools is
said to reside on the Invisible Web. This tool helps you search that "invisible
web".
Dorland's Medical Dictionary
(*requires account name & password)
http://www.dorlands.com
This is the online version of Dorland's
Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 30th Edition. This resource allows you simple
access to search and browse the full contents of the most comprehensive and
up-to-date medical dictionary on the Internet.
DuPage County Offices
http://www.dupageco.org/index.html
This index to all county offices and officials gives fast
clean access to phone numbers, addresses, and information that residents need.
Much easier to use than the telephone book!
Easybib.com
http://www.easybib.com
For those who struggle with creating correct
bibliographies, this site can be a life-saver. Select the type of source
you need to cite, enter the pertinent information, click "finish" and you see
the correctly cited source. Select another source and keep adding.
The site offers you three options for printing: print from the screen,
save the bibliography as a Word document, or e-mail the file to yourself.
Citations are based upon the 5th edition of the MLA Style Manual.
E-Library Curriculum Edition (*requires account name & password)
[A ProQuest Product]
http://portal.bigchalk.com/
Broad range of resources including over 2,000 full-text and multimedia
sources - reference sources, magazines, newspapers, TV & radio program
transcripts, pictures, maps, etc.. The History Study Center and ProQuest
Learning: Literature databases are also available here.
E-Library
SCIENCE (*requires account name & password)
http://www.proquestk12.com
eLibrary Science offers laser-focused
science content and tools along with unique video and dozens of manipulatives
found in no other online science reference product. eLibrary Science,
in partnership with premier reference publisher Salem Press, also includes more
than 20 of Salem's high-quality, high-interest reference titles, such as Animal
Life and Plant Life from the Magill's Encyclopedia of Science program;
science-related titles from the Great Events in History series, and other
award-winning titles such as the Encyclopedia of Genetics. Most of these works
are available for the first time in electronic format via eLibrary.
Students will love the updated science news links, information about famous
scientists, a today in science history feature, clickable periodic table,
hundreds of educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, and dozens of
model Science BookCarts that can be copied and support research activities
immediately. eLibrary Science supports the information needs of both AP
and mainstream science courses.
FACTS.com
(*requires account name & password)
http://www.2facts.com
"FACTS.com brings together complete content from the Facts
On File World News Digest since 1950 and selected content from six other core
reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and
people of the last 50+ years." It also includes data from an 60-year
historical archive. There are also "maps, photographs, historic
documents, and overviews of key issues, newsmakers and events since 1950."
Find it! -- State of
Illinois
http://findit.sos.il.us/
Your portal to Illinois governmental
and library information on the Web. This "search engine" provides links to
various governmental agencies and offices such as the Governor's office, the
Secretary of State's office, and the Department of Tourism. Provides access to
governmental agencies, Illinois legislative information, government forms,
libraries, museums, and various educational institutions receiving state
funding.
FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov/
Whenever you need ANY information FROM or ABOUT the U.S.
government head for this site. It is a search engine for ALL online links
related the United States government.
First Search (* requires account name &
password)
http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/
First Search gives users access to a
number of indexed and full text databases which include Medline, Wilson Select,
Articles1st, World Cat, and others. Articles or references can be read on
screen, faxed, or e-mailed to the user depending upon availability of service.
Access number and password can be obtained from the NCHS Library Staff.
Gale Virtual
Reference Library (* requires password)
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nape46071rpa
This is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference books
for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were
only accessible in the library, but now can be accessed - full text - from
any computer 24/7. This unique collection of e-books is determined by
the library staff and is specifically selected for the students and staff at
NCHS.
Google (search engine)
http://www.google.com
One of the largest, if not THE largest, and most popular of
indexed search engines. Offers many side features, advanced search
options, image searching, and more.
Grove Art
(*requires account name & password)
http://www.groveart.com
"Grove Art provides access to every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to
the present day. There are over 45,000 articles on fine arts, decorative
arts, and architecture; scholarship written by over 6,000 international
contributors. The database includes over 130,000 art images and links to
museums and galleries around the world as well as more than 21,000 biographies
of artists, architects, photographers, designers, patrons, dealers, theorists,
and writers. It incorporates cultural materials on almost every major
world culture, art styles, movements and techniques."
Grove
Music (*requires account name &
password)
http://www.grovemusic.com
Grove Music offers more than "45,000 articles on people, places, instruments,
techniques, and genres written by more than 6,000 international contributors.
It also includes links to more than 5,000 images, sounds, and other related
websites. There are also 500 plus audio musical examples. There are
also more than 20,000 biographies, plus information on the music of world
cultures, styles and movements, and the development and construction of
instruments."
High School ACE
http://highschoolace.com/
A source for a wealth of links to
homework helping resources. All areas of the school curriculum are covered
and provided for. Just the place for a busy student who is "desperate" for
help or immediate resources.
Historical Chicago Tribune
(*requires account name &
password)
http://hn.bigchalk.com/hnweb/hn/do/search
PHN offers users total access to the Chicago
[Daily] Tribune from 1849 to 1985. Every issue is reproduced
cover-to-cover in full page images. It is searchable by keyword,
subject, article type or date. Users can access full text speeches,
documents, excerpts from some Supreme Court decisions, transcripts of most
presidential press conferences, and other significant events of the past
century and a half.
History Study Center
(*requires account name & password)
(a ProQuest product)
http://www.historystudycenter.com/info/index.html
"The History Study Center is aimed at meeting the needs of undergraduate
historians and their teachers and promoting historical research. It acts as a
gateway to historical study, acquainting students with the form and content of
primary sources while supporting their study with key articles from historical
journals and a library of respected historical reference resources. It consists
of nine integrated resources: Study Units, the Reference Library, the Map
Library, the Document Library, the Journal Library, the Picture Library, the
Video Library, KnowledgeNotes™ History Guides and the Web Gateway, all of which
can be accessed separately or searched together."
Historyteacher.net
http://www.historyteacher.net/
Highly respected, award-winning teaching website developed by
Mrs. Susan M. Pojer, Horace Greeley High School, in Chappaqua, NY,
provides links to tools, resource, and information that is directly related to
curriculum for AP US and European History, American History & Government, and
Global Studies.
HOT Research
Topics
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/hot-topics.html
Produced by Kingwood College Library, HOT Research Topics gives quality links to
web pages on many of the popular current social issues in today's news. It
is basically a webliography by subject.
IMSA Wizard
Search Engine
http://21cif.imsa.edu/locate
Highly recommended meta-search engine
developed by students and staff at Illinois Math & Science Academy.
Searches seven major engines simultaneously, providing abstracted links to
resulting hits. All search parameters are customizable including which
engines to search, ranking, and number of hits displayed.
INFOMINE
(meta-search engine)
http://infomine.ucr.edu
"INFOMINE is a librarian-built virtual library of Internet
resources relevant to faculty, students, and [researchers]. It contains
useful ... resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books,
bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles,
directories of researchers, and [more]." It is built and maintained by
librarians from the University of California, Wake Forest University, California
State University, the University of Detroit - Mercy, and others. It is
constantly being updated and changed so as to keep it useful and accurate.
Infoplease Atlas
http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/
"Information Please is part of
Pearson Education, the
largest educational publisher in the world and owner of Prentice Hall, Scott
Foresman, Addison Wesley Longman, and other distinguished imprints. Pearson also
owns the Financial Times and Penguin Putnam publishers." The publisher provides
access to several of its online tools such as this Atlas which is a large
interactive map file. All maps are printable in PDF format and incorporate
statistical information as well as the maps of every country and region of the
world.
Illinois Periodicals Online
http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/
According to the Illinois State Library, IPO is a
project of the Northern Illinois University Libraries, DeKalb, Illinois. IPO
start-up funding was provided by the Illinois State Library, a Division of the
Office of the Secretary of State, using federal Library Services and Technology
Act (LSTA) funds awarded to them by the Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS)."
To date, the IPO project has reached agreement
with ten journals: Illinois Country Living, Illinois Heritage, Illinois History:
A Magazine for Young People, Illinois History Teacher, Illinois Issues, Illinois
Municipal Review, Illinois Parks & Recreation, Outdoor Illinois, Point of View,
and Prairie Farmer. The digital imaging of these titles is an ongoing process.
The goal is to scan a magazine's entire backrun up to the current time. The IPO
Web page also has links to a number of related Illinois sites.
Illinois Statistical Abstract
http://www.igpa.uillinois.edu/abstract/
Compiled by the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University
of Illinois, the Illinois Statistical Abstract offers a "comprehensive
compilation of economic and demographic data relating to Illinois and to
political subdivisions within the state. The most current data is posted
to the site. Previous Abstracts are archived on the site.
Internet Public Library
http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/ref/index.text.html
Gives the researcher access to links to
a multitude of online documents and reference materials. You can even leave
questions to be answered. Sponsored by the University of Michigan.
KartOO
(meta-search engine)
http://www.kartoo.com
"KartOO is a meta-search engine with visual display interfaces.
When you click on OK, KartOO launches the query to a set of search engines,
gathers the results, compiles them and presents them in a series of interactive
maps through a proprietary algorithm." The relational form of the engine
require Flash but is also available with results in normal HTML format.
Librarians'
Internet Index
http://lii.org/search/file/about
According to the LII's mission statement, "The mission of Librarians' Internet
Index is to provide a well-organized point of access for
reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet resources, serving
California, the nation, and the world." As a result, you have access
to "a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 11,000 Internet
resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of
public libraries. lii.org is used by both librarians and the general public as a
reliable and efficient guide to Internet resources."
Library Catalogs
(Interlibrary
Loan privileges are available to NCHS students and staff with all of
the following libraries.)
