RENAISSANCE & REFORMATION PATHFINDER

1. STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER JUNIOR

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/fres89581

THE STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER IS NOW HERE! SEE MR. BARNETT FOR THE LOGIN


2. FACTS FOR LEARNING http://www.factsforlearning.com username: terronez – password: facts.

a. Click on the tab that says “grades 5 and above.” Enter your search term. You will be offered encyclopedia articles, reference books, and magazine articles. Also, take note of the additional websites to which you are referred.


3. NETTREKKERhttp://school.nettrekker.com/frontdoor/ See Mr. Barnett for username and password. Nettrekker is a safe and reliable way to search the Internet. It offers sites written at your grade level.


4. BIOGRAPHY RESOURCE CENTER (InfoTrac)

http://www.fresnolibrary.org

a. Click on “Articles and Databases”

b. Next to “Biography Resource Center” – Click on “outside of the library”

c. Enter your Fresno County Library Barcode without any spaces.

d. Enter the last name of your person, click on “start of last name” button

e. Click the “Search” button

f. Next, click on one of the articles about your person.


5. INFOPLEASE. http://www.infoplease.com/


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WorldBook – to access World Book locally on your computer, simply click on the oval blue icon at the bottom of your dock. If it asks you to register, just click on later – click “no” if it asks you to update.

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For citation help, please go to http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/ — Click on “New MLA Citation Maker” – select the type of publication you are using and follow the prompts.

You may copy and paste information your find into either “Word” or “Apple Works.” SAVE ALL WORK!!!!

DO NOT PRINT OUT MULTIPLE PAGES. CONSULT WITH MR. BARNETT, MRS. TUCKER, OR MS. SOUZA BEFORE PRINTING.

PRINT TO PRINTER B

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1) REF 030 WOR

The World Book Encyclopedia: 2002, 2003, & 2004. Use the index in volume 22 to help you find your information.

(Location: Fifth shelf and between OPAC computers)


2. REF 509.2 BIO

Biographical Encyclopedia of SCIENTISTS: Use the index in volume 5. Information is organized by the scientist’s last name. (Location: Reference Room)


3. REF 510.92 BIO

Biographical Encyclopedia of MATHEMATICIANS: The index is in volume. (Location: Reference Room)


4. REF 909 PRO

Profiles in World History

Most of the information you seek is found in volumes 3 & 4. Use the index in the

back of each volume. (Location: Reference Room)


5. REF 920.003 ENC

Encyclopedia of World Biography

Presents brief biographical sketches that provide vital statistics as well as

information on the importance of the person listed. Information is organized

alphabetically. (Location: Reference Room)


6. REF 920.02 PEA

Explorers & Discovers

Use both the alphabetical “Content” page at the front of each book and the “index” at the back of the book to locate the information you need.

(Location: Reference Room)


7. REF 910 EXP

EXPLORERS AND EXPLORATION

Provides information on explorers — arranged alphabetically – Index in vol. 11.

(Location: Reference Room)

8. REF 940 REN

Renaissance & Reformation Biographies – Vols. 1 & 2

Excellent biographies on many key figures involved in the Renaissance and Reformation. (Location: Reference Room)


9. 92

Biographies

There are many fine biographies in the biography section of the library.

(Location: Fourth Shelf – General Collection)

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CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT PATHFINDER

Electronic Databases


1. STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER JUNIORplus, many eBOOKS (online books)

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/fres89581

THE STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER IS NOW HERE! SEE MR. BARNETT FOR THE LOGIN

No longer available.

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2. Facts for Learning http://www.factsforlearning.com username: terronez – password: facts.

1. Click on the tab that says “grades 5 and above.” Enter your search term. You will be offered encyclopedia articles, reference books, and magazine articles. Also, take note of the additional websites to which you are referred.

3. Nettrekker — http://school.nettrekker.com/frontdoor/ See Mr. Barnett for username and password. Nettrekker is a safe and reliable way to search the Internet. It offers sites written at your grade level.

4. Check out the many links found at my Black History Page.

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia also offers students another board online reference work. Use this resource only if you find another source that verifies its information. (Note: that is a piece of advice you should follow for all reference works).

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WorldBook – to access World Book locally on your computer, simply click on the oval blue icon at the bottom of your dock. If it asks you to register, just click on later – click “no” if it asks you to update.

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Books – Reference

1. The Worldbook Encyclopedia – REF 030 WOR
2. The Biographical Dictionary of Black Americans – REF 920 KRA
3. Encyclopedia of World Biography
4. Contemporary Heroes and Heroines – REF 920.009 CON

Books – General

1. We Shall Overcome – 323.1 FIN
2. The 1963 March on Washington – 323.1 MIL
3. The Montgomery Bus Boycott – 323.1 MIL
4. Sit-Ins and Freedom Rides 323.1 MIL
5. American Voices From the Civil Rights Movement – 323.1 STR
6. Struggling for Civil Rights – 323.119 FIT
7. Struggling for Civil Rights – 323.119 FIT
8. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka – 344.73 MIL
9. Going to School During the Civil Rights Movement 379.2. KOE
10. The Little Rock Nine – 379.2 MIL
11. Extraordinary African-Americans – 920 ALT (Students, this is the a great resource).

Biographies are in the “92” section of the library.

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Remeber Students — You can access all the electronic resources listed above via the library website at: <https://terronezlibrary.edublogs.org/>).

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