Almanacs

Encyclopedias

Atlases and maps

Government information US and world

Biographical Information Proverbs
Quotations
Reference sources from Seattle Public Library - most need your library card number

General Reference:

  • Username: stjoes
  • Password: jaguars

Biography for Beginners

  • Username sjseattle
  • Password jaguars
Grolier Online: Encyclopedia Americana and Grolier Multimedia online - Dictionary, Thesaurus, Atlas, current news and links to international newspapers
  • Username: sjoseph
  • Password: jaguars

MLA citation example --
"Angola." Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Online, 2012. Web. 14 Mar. 2012.

Culturegrams - statistics, culture, recipes, famous people

  • Username: ar121sjsea
  • Password: culture

MLA citation example --
"Angola." CultureGrams Online Edition. ProQuest, 2012. Web. 14 Mar 2012.

Exploring Nature.org - Exploring Nature Educational Resource

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  • Password jaguars

Glossopedia - brief and simple online info on nature, animals and science - Globio.org (free)

Animal Diversity Web - University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (free)

Encylopedia of Life

International Wildlife Encyclopedia

  • username sjseattle
  • password jaguars

see also Animal Planet- Wild animals A-Z [with advertising]

History Study Center - historical documents, journal articles, maps, images and video

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Peoples of Africa

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  • password jaguars

Proquest Learning: Literature - authors - biography, criticism, reference

  • UserName : ar121sjsea Password: culture

SIRS Discoverer - - Biographies - Country Facts - Maps of the World - Science Fair Explorer

  • Username: ar121sjsea Password: welcome

MLA citation example--
"Angola." SIRS Discoverer: Country Facts. 2010: n.p. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 14 Mar 2012.

 

World Geography (ABC-CLIO) online database of information on countries

  • Username: joseph Password: sj2005
  • includes topographical map

MLA citation example--
"Angola: Country Overview." World Geography: Understanding a Changing World. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 14 Mar. 2012.

  

Many other Encyclopedias from the Seattle Public Libary - need your library card number

Almanacs

Atlases and maps (also Maps ( with games and relief maps) -- Mapping practice -- Latutude and Longitude or Country information)

Biographical Dictionary - very brief information

Dictionaries and thesauri

Encyclopedias: Grolier online: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Online and Lands and People

Government Information (see also Local Area Information)

Quotations

and Proverbs

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