North Hunterdon High School Media Center

  Modern World History Final Project 

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OPAC - Check the OPAC for books on your topic. 
 
Electronic Databases: [Found in Favorites at school and on the Media Center Page at home.]

Open ABC Clio American Government.  Go to Switch Web Sites.  Select World History or World Geography.  Search for your topic.
          Open Country Watch.  Search for the country.  Be sure to check the left side of the page for subtopics.
 

Open EBSCO.  Scroll down to the History Reference Center. Click on full text. Key your search term into the Find box.

Open Facts On File.  Password & Login Scroll down to Curriculum Resources and/or Geography [World Atlas.]  Then put in your search term. When the results come up after clicking on your topic, look at the tool bar for more choices. Also, check the web links in the left frame.

Open InfoTrac.  Click on Biography Resource Center. Key in person's name.  Be sure to check the tabs to see if there are magazine and/or newspaper articles or web sites.
Evaluated web sites:

 About.com Famous Inventions
  http://inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl12.htm
          Digital History
          http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/hyper_titles.cfm
 
          World Facts
          http://worldfacts.us/
 
          Reference Desk
          http://www.refdesk.com/
 
          Internet Public Library Pathfinders
          http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/
 
          Martindale's Reference Desk
          http://www.martindalecenter.com/
          American History
          http://www.kidinfo.com/School_Subjects.html#AmericanHistory
 
          World History
           http://www.kidinfo.com/School_Subjects.html#WorldHistory
 
           Infomine
           http://infomine.ucr.edu/
 
           Multnomah County Library
           http://www.multcolib.org/homework/index.html
 
           High School Hub
           http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm
 

  How Stuff Works [Space Age Technology]
  http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Metasearch engines
     Jux2 (Searches Google, Yahoo, and MSN simultaneously)
           http://www.jux2.com/

           Ixquick
           http://www.us.ixquick.com/

   KillerInfo
   http://www.killerinfo.com/
 
Images

Alta Vista Images
http://www.altavista.com/image/default

Amazing Picture Machine
http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
 
American Memory
http://loc.gov
 

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