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You can submit your question 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and receive an e-mail answer from the library.
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Have a question? Go online live with a librarian to get the help you need.
Ask.com
Ask this search engine the same way you would ask a friend, "What are the Colorado fourteeners?"
Choose the Best Search for your Information Need
Need help finding a topic, locating primary sources, current opinions, and more? This site breaks down the research process and lists several search tools that you might find helpful for each step.
CSU Libraries: Research for Teens
"A web resource designed to help teens and young adults do research more effectively."
Google
Just "Google it" with this excellent, all-purpose search engine.
High School Ace: Academic Resources for High School Students
Look under English, social studies, mathematics, science, or select a reference site from this well-organized index to information.
How Stuff Works
Go here to find out how anything and everything works.
Study Guides and Strategies
Study guides and strategies, straight talk tools and methods for succeeding in school.
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Subscription Databases - details
EBSCOhost - details, guide
Literature Resource Center - details, guide
MAS Ultra - details, guide
Middle Search Plus - details, guide
NewsBank InfoWeb - details
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - details, guide
Pop Culture Universe - details, guide
Science Reference Center - details, guide
TOPIC Search - details, guide
World Book Discover - details, guide
World Book Info Finder - details, guide
Research Tools
Librarians' choices for the best online resources in more than 30 categories - your first stop for web sites, databases, library resources, news, and more.
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Language Arts
Absolute Shakespeare
Comprehensive resource for Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography and the legendary Globe Theatre.
Babel Fish Translation
Translate from or to popular foreign languages.
Booknotes and Study Guides
Connect to sites that provide literature summaries and analysis. Find detailed summaries, character information, critical analysis and literature references.
CliffsNotes from NetLibrary
Access summaries of many of the great works of literature through the library's e-book source, netLibrary. Create your own account to browse, search, read and "check out" these books online. "Check out" loan period is 3 days. Once you have an account you may use this "eLibrary" from anywhere. NOTE: If you are using netLibrary for the first time from home, you must create an account here. Once you have an account, use any of the NetLibrary links on our website or in the catalog to read and check out ebooks.
CliffsNotes
Most titles are also available free to read online and can be downloaded and printed for $5.99 per copy.
Elements of Style (by William Strunk)
Wondering whether you need a comma in that sentence, or where the apostrophe goes?
Getting an A on an English Paper
How to turn your topic into a finished paper.
Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation
Create your own unique research paper - all the steps from gathering information to using it for communicating your ideas.
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Online! Citation Styles
Help in making bibliographies for all kinds of Internet sources using the major style manuals.
Online Writing Lab - Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling
All the details for writing your paper.
Rocketbook
These video study guides provide summaries and detailed analysis of literary works.
Poetry 180
A poem a day for American high schools from Billy Collins, former poet laureate of the United States.
Shmoop Literature
Shmoop wants to make you a better lover (of literature, history, poetry and writing). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time.
Sparknotes
Sparknotes are Cliff's Notes online. Find a detailed summary, content, and characters for well-known novels, plays, poems and several non-fiction books.
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Music
Music History 102
A guide to Western composers and their music from the Middle Ages to the present. A quick and easy survey of music history with sound.
Musictheory.net
Ricci Adams' music theory and teen-created basics of music.
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Online Books
Bartleby.com Great Books Online
Full text of classic books like Crime and Punishment and The Scarlet Letter, and basic reference books like the Columbia Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations and many more.
The Online Books Page
When the copies of Moby Dick are checked out and you need to write a paragraph on Chapter 11, here's your emergency source.
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Science - Earth and Space
Ask the Astronomer
This is where Ask the Space Scientist started, and it has archives of the questions that were asked then.
The Constellations and their Stars
Stars, stars, and more stars! Tour The Galaxy - Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.
This Dynamic Earth: the Story of Plate Tectonics
The earth's surface is continually shifting, leading to earthquakes, volcanoes and a huge mountain range in the middle of the ocean.
Hunt for Alien Worlds
NOVA Online searches for life beyond Earth.
The Eight Planets
You want great pictures and information about our solar system? This is the place!
NASA: Lessons of a Widowmaker (and Other Aircraft)
NASA's hangers have been the home to the Black Widow, the Widowmaker, and the Betty Joe. Learn more about these aircraft and others by exploring this interactive site.
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Subscription Databases - details
Science Online - details, guide
Science Reference Center - details, guide
PhysicalGeography.net
Spatial patterns of weather and climate, soils, vegetation, animals, water in all its forms, and landforms. Also how these interrelate with human activities.
Rocks and Minerals
Rocks are minerals, but not all minerals are rocks. Click here for information on both.
Savage Earth
Volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis explained, with animations for viewing how they happen.
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Science - Physical Science
General Chemistry Online!
Compounds, tutorials, FAQs, and "Chemistry Exam Survival Guide."
The laws list
Physics laws, rules, principles, and other related topics.
The Physics Classroom
This popular physics tutorial gives you the basics, using graphics and practice questions.
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Social Studies & History
The American West
History and development of the American West through modern times, including different peoples, events, and western expansion.
Ben's Guide to Government for Kids
An easy version of government facts, including a description of branches of government and how they work. Also has good sources for national high school debate topics.
Biography.com
Search over 25,000 biographies, past and present.
Black History Month
Black history, contemporary isues, biography and many other resources
CIA: The World Factbook
General information and extensive statistical data on countries of the world.
Country Studies
Historical, social, economic and political background of countries throughout the world.
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Biographies of women writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, and many others throughout history.
Elections...The American Way
An explanation of American elections from The Learning Page.
Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black History
Timeline, biographies, source documents and articles on many aspects of Black history and culture.
Encyclopedia Mythica - mythology, folklore and legend
Folklore and myth from countries around the world, including biographies of all the goddesses, gods, and heroes.
Famous Trials
Defendants, prosecutors, developments and outcomes of famous trials through history.
FedStats
The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. federal agencies.
High School Debate Topics
A wealth of material on the national debate topics from 1995 through the current date.
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Subscription Databases - details
America the Beautiful - details, guide - User name: jcpl, Password: jcpl
American Indian History Online - details, guide
Biography Resource Center - details, guide
CountryReports.org - details, guide
CultureGrams - details, guide
Europa World Online - details, guide
Gale Virtual Reference Library - details, guide
Greenwood Daily Life Online - details, guide
History Reference Center - details, guide
Lands and Peoples - details, guide - User name: jcpl, Password: jcpl
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - details, guide
Pop Culture Universe - details, guide
Salem History - details, guide
The Holocaust History Project
Documents, photographs, recordings and essays regarding the Holocaust.
History Place - Holocaust Timeline
A timeline with Holocaust events and photographs.
History refdesk.com
Browse these great history links, from general to specific.
Hyper History
Detailed timelines, charts, maps, text and links.
Mrs. Donn's Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations
Daily life in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, China and early man.
Our Courts
Launched by former Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O’Conner, this website is designed to teach students civics and inspire active participation in our democracy.
WWW Virtual Library - Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
Links to the nations, their histories and cultures. Scroll down past the notices to the index on each page.
Year-by-Year: 1900 - 2006
An online almanac of current and historical information.
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