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A pathfinder is a guide for researchers. Pathfinders have been used in libraries for many years to save researchers time, and to help them avoid frustrating dead ends.

 
American Studies American Dream
Word Document

Integrated Science 9

Catapults and Trebuchets

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American Studies

Liberty, Freedom and the Individual

Timeline

Pathfinder

Essay Note Tracker

T-Chart

Word Documents

Legal and Illegal Immigration
 Word Document

 

 

American Studies

Uncle Sam Trials

Background Information

Hiroshima

Human Rights: Indian  Removal and Slavery

Imperialism/Mexican-American  & Spanish-American Wars

Iraq/War on Terror

Japanese Internment

Vietnam War

Word Documents

Literary Criticism
Word Document

 
Marketing Legislation
Word Document

American Studies Role of Government Social Responsibility

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Online Notes Recorder (ppt slides)

Primary Sources -- Social Studies
Word Document
Battle of the  Little Bighorn
Word Document

 

Renaissance Links -- web page

added 4/06

 

 

Biology: Career Search

Word Document
added 9/06

 

World Cultures
Word Document

 
Biology: Genetic Disorders
Word Document
added 1/06

World History

Greek-Roman Influences

Word Document

added 9/26/06

 

Contemporary Issues

Political Parties

Word Document

added 9/26/06

 

 

Current Events and Pro-Con Resources

Word Document

   

Ecosystems and Fire

Word Document

added 5/30/06

 

   

Energy Resources

Word Document

added 5/06

 

   

English 9

Annotated Bib Info Record

Word Document
added 02/08/07

   

English 10: Poetry

Haiku Resources

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PAHS Research Model--Big6™

bullet PAHS Moodle -- open source e-learning platform
bullet RESEARCH RESOURCES
bullet Bibliographic Citation (citing your work)
Citation Machine
KnightCite -- Heckman Library, expanded list of choices
BibMe -- free automatic bibliography generator that supports MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian
OSLIS Citation Maker
Easy Bib -- export to Word
NoodleBibExpress -- export to Word

MLA 7th ed. Style Guide -- the OWL Writing Lab Purdue
Online Citation Style Guide - from Bedford St. Martin's Press
MLA Citation Examples -- Peninsula College
bullet Fast Choices for Successful Searching
Internet Public Library
Librarians' Index to the Internet
WWW Virtual Library --
-- subject guides mostly academic, on many subjects, not annotated or evaluated but many excellent
BUBL --
Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas
CIA-World Fact Book up-to-date political maps and info about countries, societies, and economies throughout the world
Citizendium -- expert driven, wiki-based on-line encyclopedic source
Google Scholar -- broad
search for scholarly literature - an invisible Web resource
Internet Search Engines -- annotated PDF doc listing current engines and what they do
Inter Press Service News -- stories and analyses explaining how events and global processes affect individuals and communities
National Geo
graphic source for maps and geographical information
Online Newspapers -- Thousands of newspapers, search by country
Vivisimo -- document clustering web search
AltaVista Text Search

Mzinfo's Reference Desk - list of links for general reference questions
Complete Web -- a deep web search engine searches documents in PDF and other formats that don't normally show up in a standard search
OAIster -- a deep web search engine searches documents in PDF and other formats that don't normally show up in a standard search

Turbo 10 --
a deep web search engine searches documents in PDF and other formats that don't normally show up in a standard search
Veropedia -- vetted and uneditable Wikipedia content
Virtual Learning Resources Center -- index thousands of the best academic information websites
bullet Professional Tools
Adobe Reader Download
Bartleby.com -- Great books, verse, drama...online freely downloadable
EdSelect -- collection of links addressing educational issues
Edsitement -- The Best of the Humanities on the Web from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Education World - a free resource for all things education
Discover Zone -- support site for the student planners and Advisory

Gutenberg Project -- world's largest collection of freely downloadable books in the public domain
InfoPeople - help with search tools and other tech questions related to library information services
Intute --
access to the very best Web resources for education and research created by a network of UK universities and partners
JSTOR -- Journal Storage -- requires subscription but searchable without fee
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Lexile Framework for Reading -- measuring reader ability to material difficulty
Literacy Web -- best practices in literacy instruction
LOC Wise Guide - Library of Congress  Portal.

Media Web -- booking with the IMC at OESD114
Noodle Tools -- suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research and teaching
OSPI School Report Card -- Homepage
School District Demographics Homepage
Teaching that Makes Sense -- teaching technique, curriculum delivery and Six Trait™
Teaching Tools and Utilities -- graphic organizers, on-line bookmark storage, rubric templates, etc.
United Streaming -- Educational Video Library
bullet Student Links
General Browsing
High School Hub

Homework Spot
Learning Express Library -- practice SAT, ACT, ASVAB, GED tests and skills improvement coursework -- requires a NOLS library card to access
Peninsula College Student Services -- link to college info regardless of location
Study Buddy -- Free search engine built just for homework help, leveled by grade
bullet Affiliated Libraries
NOLS. -- North Olympic Library System
KCLS -- King County Library System
bullet Teacher-Librarian Links
WLMA -- Washington Library Media Association - info for school libraries and librarians across the state
OEMA -- Oregon's sister org. to WLMA
ALA -- American Library Association
AASL -- American Association of School Librarians
Baldwin Online Children's Literature Project -- public Domain children's lit
bullet Library/Media Coordinators' Corner -- Tech Learning's link for teacher-librarians
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