Reference Sites & Tools

Royalty-Free Music

  • Soundzabound

Video Resources

  • Safari
  • United Streaming

Search the Web

  • Ask.com
  • Google
  • Google Directory

Citing Sources

  • Citation Maker
  • MLA Simplified

Reference Web Sites

  • APL QuickRef
  • Bartlby.com
  • Poetry 180

Biographies

  • Wilson Biographies
  • Musicians

Encyclopedias

  • Britannica (Middle School) *
  • Britannica (High School) *
  • Britannica (Spanish) *
  • Grolier

Maps

  • Map Library (Web Site)
  • Maps101 (Current Maps)

Dictionaries

  • dictionary.com

Tutorials

  • Searchpath
  • College Board for AP
  • Learning Express*

Research Assessment

  • Project Survey
  • Project Survey Results

Fitness Tracking

  • Personal Wellness Tracker
  • Class Wellness Tracker
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Library Catalogs

  • School Library Catalog
  • Middle School eBook Shelf
  • High School eBook Shelf
  • Appleton Public Library

Current Events / Important Topics

  • CQ Researcher
  • Discovering Collection
  • Opposing Viewpoints
  • SIRS Discoverer
  • SIRS Issues Researcher

Health, Science, and Technology

  • Auto Repair Reference Center *
  • Consumer Health Complete *
  • Salem Press Health (Cancer, Magill's Medical Guide, Psychology & Mental Health)
  • Salem Press Science (Global Warming)
  • Science Reference Center *
  • Teen Health & Wellness

Magazines, Newspapers, and Journal Articles

  • Access Newspaper Archive *
  • EBSCOhost *
  • Historical Newspapers (NY Times)
  • Post Crescent (Today's paper only)
  • WISCAT

Literature

  • Literature in Context (A media approach to studying 20 classic literary works)
  • Literary Criticism (Links to web resources)
  • Literary Reference Center *
  • LitFINDER *
  • Novelist K-8 *
  • Novelist *
  • Salem Press Literature (Critial Insights: Authors & Works)
  • Teaching Books *

Social Studies, History, and Culture

  • ABC-CLIO US & World History
  • CultureGrams
  • Daily Life
  • Decades
  • History Reference Center *
  • Lands and People
  • M.E. Sharpe (Core References in U.S. History and Culture)
  • Pop Culture
  • Salem Press History (Decades 30's-90's, Great Events, Great Lives, Milestone Documents, Musicians, Weapons & Warfare)

Web Sites to Search

  • American Memory (Library of Congress)
  • BBC (News, science, history)
  • CNN
  • Internet Public Library
  • National Geographic
  • PBS
  • Science.gov
  • Teenlink - Appleton Public Library
  • Thinkfinity
  • World Factbook

AASD Links

  • Course and Career Planning Guide (2010-2011)
  • Course and Career Planning Guide (2011-2012)
  • Moodle Course Work

Appleton Public Library Resources

Each of the following resources requires a card at the Appleton Public Library

  • Gale Biographies
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library
  • General Reference Center
  • Literature Resource Center
  • Post-Crescent (1999 - Current)

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