Library Links

Search Engines

• Webcrawler -- straightforward, basic search engine
  


• Google -- wide coverage, great place to look for images
  

Directories

• Yahoo -- popular directory with categories useful for student research
  


• Toll Free Directory -- this is the place to look for "800" numbers
  

Reference

• World Book Online -- good place to start your basic research. See Mrs. O'Connor for information about accessing from home.

• MARVEL -- general and academic full-text magazine and journal articles provided as a service to schools and libraries state-wide by the State of Maine. Also includes access to the Encyclopedia Britannica and several other reference databases. For access from home follow directions for "Remote Access."

• SIRS Researcher® -- is a general reference database with thousands of full text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political and global issues. Ask the librarian for the password.

• Milestone Documents of American History -- offers students the key primary source documents from U.S. history plus in-depth, analytical essays illuminating these documents. Ask Mrs. O'Connor for the password.

• Ancient History & Culture Database -- this comprehensive database provides a balanced, global view of the ancient world as it explores five civilizations -- Africa, Egypt, Greece, Rome and Mesoamerica.

Current News

• International Herald Tribune -- daily news of the world in English

• Ecola's Newstand -- access to newspaper websites from around the U.S. and the world

• The Boston Globe -- regional New England daily