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Research ToolsThese resources will help students in grades K-8 to conduct effective online and print research.
| Other Libraries | Search EnginesSearch engines pull web site results from across the Internet based on keyword searching. Results are not vetted by information professionals and need to be evaluated. Click "search tips" for each to get the most out of your search! Clusty (search tips) Suggests broader, narrower, and related search terms. Includes an image search, video search, and news search. Returns results by its own ranking system. Includes an image search, news search, video search, and U.S. Government search. Directories include only web sites that have been specially chosen and organized by category, and also include links to reference sources, maps, online newspapers, and more! You can browse sites by category or do a keyword search of the directory. Web sites especially for kids by category, chosen by librarians From the Library of Congress, Encyclopedias, Almanacs, Maps, Statistics, and much more, organized by type of information needed Web sites by category, chosen by librarians. Click "through a Librarian's Eyes" at the bottom to see sites organized by Dewey Decimal numbers! Web sites and special collections by category, maintained by librarians and library science graduate students. Includes a KidSpace and TeenSpace!
Subscription DatabasesFull text and citations for thousands of U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, and reference sources. Includes access to Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, Newspaper Source, Health Source, ERIC, Professional Development Collection, and an Image Collection, as well as NoveList book recommendation databases! From home, enter the user ID and password available from the library. Explore animals in the Amazing Animals of the World database, or look at news, special features, this day in history, atlases, and dictionaries! From home, use your PS community login.
Image ResourcesEBSCO Image Collection Web-wide search engines Individual sites American Memory from the Library of Congress Search or browse "written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience." "...a service of Internet Archive ( www.archive.org ), a non-profit library, to offer public access to NASA's images, videos and audio collections."
Other LibrariesTake advantage of your local public library! In addition to hours, locations, and catalog access, public library web sites offer reading lists, news about special events and services, and access to many online databases that you can log into with your public library card information. Contra Costa County Library (includes El Cerrito, Hercules, Kensington, and Richmond)
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