HOMEWORK HELP AT THE RIDGEFIELD LIBRARY

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HOMEWORK HELP AT THE RIDGEFIELD LIBRARY
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Welcome to the World of Online Resources

• Online Resources are reference books (like
  encyclopedias), articles from magazines and
  journals, and images that we have here on our
  library website.
• YOU CANT FINDTHEM BY USING GOOGLE!

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So..you may be wondering How do I use Online
Resources?

• Its easy.
• Go to the Library's website www.ridgefieldlibrary
  .org
• Click on Research/Resources
• If youre doing your research from home or school
  youll need to enter the number on the back of
  your library card to access an Online Resource

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Heres what that will look like

• Welcome to the Ridgefield Library. Please enter
  you library card number here

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O.K., Lets give it a tryOnline Resources for
Think Like a Scientist.

• From Britannica Online for Kids, the links below
  will take you directly to articles about the
  scientists youre studying
• Charles Darwin
• Marie Curie
• Albert Einstein
• Isaac Newton
• Jane Goodall
• Thomas Edison
• Leonardo Da Vinci
• Galileo Galilei
• Benjamin Franklin

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Lets look at some more great Online Resources
for your project

• Biography Resource Center Search by name.
• Kids InfoBits Scientists Click on the name.
• Science Resource Center Person Search (click on
  articles with the green dot)
• Searchasaurus Login, click on Searchasaurus
  Elementary School, click on Science Math and
  then enter the name of the scientist in the
  search box. Click search!

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What About Books?

• We have those too! And lots of them.
• Check out our Kid's Catalog

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For upcoming assignments, check out these great
resources!

• Britannica Online for Kids
• Primary Search Primary Search provides full text
  for more than 70 popular, magazines for
  elementary school research. All full text
  articles included in the database are assigned a
  reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text
  information dates as far back as 1990.
• Kids InfoBits
• Biography Resource Center
• History Resource Center U.S.
• InfoTrac Junior Edition  with articles updated as
  recently as September 21, 2009.
• NoveList K-8 Plus Your guide to reading. Login,
  click on NoveLis K-8 Plus and find a great book!
• And as always, our Kid's Catalog
• COMING SOON!!!! RIDGEFIELD LIBRARYS NEW
  WEBSITE. CHECK OUT OUR NEW HOMEWORK HELP PAGE !

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OK, now the final touch!

• You need to let everybody know where you found
  your information.
• We call this a Works Cited page.
• We have information on our website that can help
  with this too! Just click hereWorks Cited
• Heres what my Works Cited page looks like.

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WORKS CITED

• Citation Machine. September 25, 2009.
  www.citationmachine.net
• Darien Library. September 25, 2009.
  www.darienlibrary.org
• Ridgefield Library Association. September 25,
  2009. www.ridgefieldlibrary.org