On-line databases
ON-LINE
DATABASES
The following web site addresses are sites that you can go to that will
give students
valuable research information without browsing the entire web. These
sites, with the exception of the sites that the Waverly Senior High
Media Center provides, are provided by the Nebraska Library Commission.
The following sites can be accessed by clicking on the following address:
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/nebraskaccess which takes you to the Nebraska Library Commission database page. NOTE: Wilson Web and Books in Print are located on the Nebraska Library Commisson page.
Angel is a web site for taking quizzes and acccessing web sites that will help you in your research.
ANSWERS.COM
This web site is a general reference site that helps you discover detailed
information on many topics; people, places, dictionary terms, finance,
technology, science, nutrition, health, literature, sports,
entertainment and more.
http://www.answers.com/
HUMAN ANATOMY ONLINE
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
WILSON WEB
If you need passwords, please see Mrs. Bielenberg. Passwords are only available for Waverly High School students and staff.
Click on Wilson Web
Select Wilson Biographies Plus or Omnifile Full Text Select
WILSON BIOGRAPHIES PLUS
Click on search
Type in the name of the person, first name first
Click on Search now
Click on desired name
OMNIFILE FULL TEXT
Over 1800 periodicals indexed and these are full-text articles.
Click on search
Type in topic
Click on search
Click on full text
ALMANACS, DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Libraryspot.com allows you to seach in many different reference areas by clicking on the desired source.
www.libraryspot.com
Click on encyclopedias, almanacs or dictionaries on the left side of the screen
ALMANACS
FACTMONSTER.COM
http://www.factmonster.com/
FIFTY STATES.COM
http://www.50states.com
INFORMATION PLEASE ALMANAC
http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html
ATLASES
WORLDATLAS.COM
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/na.htm DICTIONARIES & THESAURUS
AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY
http://www.bartleby.com/am/
MERRIAM WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY
http://www.m-w.com/home.htm
YOURDICTIONARY.COM
A
great dictionary to look up not only English words, but words that are
in a different language for example, English to Spanish, French,
German, etc.
http://yourdictionary.com
ROGET'S THESAURUS
http://thesaurus.reference.com/Roget-Alpha-Index.html
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
COLUMBIA ENCYCLOPEDIA
http://www.bartleby.com/65/
ENCARTA.COM
http://encarta.msn.com/
ENCYCLOPEDIA.COM
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA ONLINE
http://www.britannica.com/
ANIMATED CLIP ART PICTURES
Some of the animated pictures on this web site have been taken from the site below.
http://www.sevenoaksart.co.uk/books.htm
A great site for animating power points and other presentations is
http://www.animationlibrary.com/
BIOGRAPHIES
THE BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL
http://www.biography.com/search/index.jsp
BOOKS IN PRINT
Go
to the Nebraska Library Commission web site listed below, click on
Books in Print, then click on Bios at the top right of the page.
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/nebraskaccess
FULL TEXT PERIODICAL DATABASE
http://www.findarticles.com
LIBRARIANS INDEX TO THE INTERNET
This site will link you to many sites concerning the topic typed in the location line or by clicking on an area already listed.
http://lii.org/search
LOVE LIBRARY CARD CATALOG-UNL
If you are looking for books from Love Library on the UNL campus click here:
http://iris.unl.edu
Click on area you want to search
MEDLINE PLUS
Trusted health information
http://www.medlineplus.gov/
NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK
The
Blue Book is Nebraska's official reference manual, with information
about the state's government, geography, economy, history and culture.
http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/bluebook/
NEBRASKA@ONLINE
This
is an informative site that speaks to all aspects of Nebrsaka
including; Business, Citizen info, Education, Employees, and Ask a
Librarian. One can find state and government statistics, state
standards for education in Nebraska and other pertinent information.
http://www.nebraska.gov/
OCCUPATIONAL HANDBOOK
If you are looking for information on careers, click here:
http://www.bls.gov/oco
Type occupation in Search box and go to information desired.
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