AOMS LIBRARY REFERENCE HELP


What question do you need to answer? What type of information do you need?
Before you start clicking.....THINK about what you already know,
what you expect to find, where you might find it and what KEYWORDS you will use.


GOOD ONLINE MAGAZINE & REFERENCE SOURCES

These great resources are also available from home ... PASSWORD NEEDED FOR ENTRY FROM HOME- contact Mrs. Kelsey!
OSLIS (Oregon School Library Information System) Secondary and Elementary websites have a variety of web sources, research tutorials, and bibliography format information.


LINKS TO OTHER REFERENCE SOURCES

GENERAL REFERENCE

* General Reference Sources (dictionaries, encyclopedias, calendars, etc.)
* Newspapers, Periodicals, Current Events
* Sites Covering Many Subjects

SOURCES ON SPECIFIC SUBJECTS

* Art & Art History * Geography of the World * Music & Theater
* Biographical Resources * Health and Medicine * Oregon Resources
* Business and Economics * History * Portland Resources
* Careers * Law, Government & Politics * Sciences
* Computers and Technology * Literature & Language Arts * Sports and Hobbies
* Education and Schools * Media, Movies & Television

INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES -

Use these to look up information if you have already decided what subject and key words you need to use and what exact questions you need to answer! Remember - Items from OSLIS sources are from reliable sources... check items found through general Internet searches for authors, page hosts, etc., for reliablilty!!! Put "quotes" around words and whole phrases so it knows exactly what to look for! Look over the search choices you have in their home screens to help narrow your search:

AltaVista

HotBot

Infoseek

Excite

Webcrawler



Reference - Help! I have a research project!

Student Reviews - New Books - Authors
Curriculum Ties for Teachers - Library Rules
Library Home PageSchool Home Page


created by Sue Kelsey 1998, last updated 9/11/00