Quitman School District G

Librarian's Index to the Internet - List of links by subject area; each category is subdivided (Ex. When you click Science you can then choose from more than 60 categories under science.) You may also search the site for a particular subject and get a list of websites specifically for your topic.

Addresses & Zip Codes: White Pages (look up mailing addresses), Zip code locator

Almanacs: Old Farmer's Almanac, Fact Monster, Farmer's Almanac, Baseball Almanac,

Atlas & Maps: World Atlas, MapQuest, Google Maps, National Geographic Maps, Atlapedia, InfoPlease,

Biographies: Biographical dictionary, Biography.com, Biography Maker; Congressional biographies, Astronaut Biographies, Academy of American Poets, Distinguished Women of Past and Present, Women in Science,

Calendars / On This Day: On this Day, Today in History,

Dictionaries: Cambridge, Webster's dictionary/thesaurus, Word Reference (translation dictionaries), Medical dictionary, Medline Plus, Dictionary of Spanish, WordReference (French, Italian or Spanish Dictionary), Literary Terms, Sports Glossaries,

Encyclopedias: Encarta, Grolier from school or public library, Grolier at home (log in to MAGNOLIA by clicking "access resources from home" at top right, then click High School Students at the top right, then click Encyclopedia Americana) Columbia, Funk and Wagnalls, Infoplease, Wikipedia,

General: Roberts Rules of Order, Statistical Resources (select from categories), , 2006 Statistics Abstract (U.S. Census Bureau), for Consumer Reports -- go to Magnolia, select Academic Search Premier, type in topic, check full text, type in Consumer Reports in the publication box and search (from home you'll have to check Access Resources from Home and use the password); ,

Quotes & Cliche's: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, Cliche' Finder

Weather: Weather.com, NOAA's Weather, AccuWeather,

Social Issues - MELO, Multnomah County Library, (Portland, OR) provides resources for both sides of controversial topics;

Vertical files - list of topics in QHS Library vertical files

Writing & Research -Research & Writing Step by Step; Making an outline; The difference between quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing; 10 Tips for Effective Writing, OWL at Purdue (lots and lots of great writing help, broken into neat categories on the right: research and citation is broken into style guides, plagiarism, summarizing, paraphrasing, etc.; grammar and mechanics is broken into adverbs, adjectives, appositives, dangling modifiers, commas, clauses, subject/verb agreement, etc.)