Electronic Research

Online Resources (available from school and home)

Blue Skyways-
A service of the Kansas State Library where the researcher will find information on Kansas communities, Kansas libraries' catalogs, and a wealth of additional information.
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/

First Search-
(obtain KS Library Card from librarian for off-site use)
This site connects the researcher to information in 13 databases.
http://firstsearch.oclc.org/

Infotrac Web-
(obtain KS Library Card from librarian for off-site use)
Access a variety of databases relating to health, business, computers, literature, and the Spanish language.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/klnb_main

Owl Online Writing Lab-
Purdue University offers information and examples of documenting sources in MLA style along with grammar, spelling, and punctuation information.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Merriam-Webster Online-
Merriam-Webster Online offers a dictionary and thesaurus.
http://www.m-w.com/

Internet Public Library-
University of Michigan School of Information offers this list of online sources; the Reference links are particularly useful.
http://www.ipl.org/

Bartleby-
The site includes Shakespearean plays, quotations, World Factbook, and Strunk's Elements of Style.
http://www.bartleby.com/

ITools-
Has forms for dictionary searches, thesaurus searches, maps, currency converters, maps and more.
http://www.itools.com/

Infomation Please-
Offers an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and several continuously updated almanacs.
http://www.infoplease.com/