Library Resources

Reference Books Online (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Quotations)

• Bartleby.com: Great Books online. www.bartleby.com

  Named "Best Literary Site for 2002," Bartleybay.com is collections of reference books featuring the Columbia Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, Columbia World of Quotations, Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, King James Bible, The Oxford Shakespeare, Gary's Anatomy, The World Factbook, and The Columbia Gazetteer. The entire text of these books is searchable.

Biography

The Biographical Dictionary. http://www.s9.com/biography

• Contains short biographies of more that 28,000 individuals from ancient history to the present.

A&E Biography. www.biography.com

• Over 25,000 biographies available.

Calendars

The 10,000 Year Calendar. www.calendarhome.com/tyc

• Use this site to get a calendar for any month in history and future.

This Day in History. www.historychannel.com/thisday

• Find out what happened on any day in history.

College

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center. www.fofweb.com

• User ID:  carrollshs | Password:  Please see librarian.

Dictionaries

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. www.bartleby.com/61

Acronym Finder. http://www.acronymfinder.com

• Find out what those letters stand for!

Dictionary.com. www.dictionary.com

• Contains both a dictionary and a thesaurus

Encyclopedias

Columbia Encyclopedia. 6TH Edition. www.bartleby.com/65

• Search through more than 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Edition.

Encyclopedia Smithsonian. http://www.si.edu/

• Find answers to questions about the Smithsonian and links to resources on many subjects.

Encyclopedia Britannica

http://school.eb.com  
Username:  dragon
Password:  Please see librarian.

Grove Art Online

www.oxfordartonline.com
The most comprehensive visual arts online reference resource.
Username:  cshs
Password:  Please see librarian.

Images

Many of the common image websites are blocked by district filters.  Listed below are a few image databases and sites that you can use from a school computer.

Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html  
Provides access to historic photographs, maps, and other images.

Facts on File.  http://www.fofweb.com
Each of the Facts on File databases contain extensive image galleries.  Choose a database and enter a search term related to your image need.
Username:  csh
Password:  Please see librarian.

Newspapers

Ft. Worth Star Telegram. www.star-telegram.com

Dallas Morning News. www.dallasnews.com

USA Today. www.usatoday.com

Quotations

Quoteland.com. www.quoteland.com

• Searchable database of quotations organized by topic, literary quotations, humorous quotations, and random quotations. Audio clips from speeches, commercials, movies, and music are available.

Simpson's Contemporary Quotations. www.bartleby.com/63

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. www.bartleby.com/100