Reference sources are available in general or subject specifics contexts and in print or online formats. You need to evaluate each source and determine which are helpful to you and appropriate for you to use.
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Reference materials are good starting points for research projects because they can provide:
Find biographies of people, searching by occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth and death date, and of course by name.
Search hundreds of reference sources - dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases - for topic overviews and links to our other online resources. Includes mind map/concept map search feature.
A collection of reference resources in many subject areas.
Visual portal for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5 to help students move from broad to narrower topics in a variety of disciplines. Formerly Kids InfoBits.
Find topic pages, images, magazines and journal articles for 6-12th grade students and teachers. Also includes a link to Curriculum Standards and Educators Edition for teachers. Replaces EBSCOhost Student Resource Center.
Search magazines, reference books, primary sources, and photos, maps and flags in this general multidisciplinary collection.
Fiction and narrative nonfiction recommendations aimed at young readers through 8th grade,
Find topic pages, images, magazine and journals for K-6 students and teachers. Includes a link to Curriculum Standards. For Educatiors includes curriculum standards, lesson plans & student tools.