Resources

Resource Tips

There are many places to find quality information for your research projects. To separate good sources from questionable ones, ask yourself the following questions: Who wrote the information? Is this person an expert on the topic? Is a bibliography provided to tell where the information came from?

It's always a good idea to use a variety of resources. Your library has print and electronic sources to meet all your research needs. Check the online catalogue for books and use the electronic encyclopedias, databases, and subject links in the tabs above to get you started. Be sure to take notes in your own words and record the bibliographic information when you find those quality resources. Sample note-taking sheets for different kinds of resources are provided on the Taking Notes link under Library.

Books

Check the PPHS Library Catalogue for books. Username: 260ipac Password: abc

View the ebook version of the following titles: (See your teacher-librarian for the username and password).

Abraham Lincoln

Alexander the Great
Attila the Hun
Charlemagne
Cleopatra
Cyrus the Great
Darius the Great
Desmond Tutu
Eleanor Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Frederick Douglass
Genghis Khan
Hammurabi
Hannibal
Harriet Tubman
Jesse Jackson
Jimmy Carter
Julius Caesar
Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams
Margaret Sanger
Mohandas Gandhi
Mother Teresa
Nefertiti
Nelson Mandela
Queen of Sheba
Saladin
Susan B. Anthony
The Abolitionist Movement
The Civil Rights Movement
The Medicis
Xerxes

Encyclopedias

For user names & passwords see pg.15 of your agenda.

		The Canadian Encyclopedia (The Canadian Encyclopedia, Youth Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, MacLean's)

		Grolier Online features three standard encyclopedias, and an array of databases including Lands and Peoples, The New Book of Popular Science, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, and America the Beautiful.

		WORLD BOOK Online contains articles from the 22 volume encyclopedia plus 3,700 more articles, 1500 web links, etc.

Databases

For user names & passwords see pg.15 of your agenda.

eLibrary Curriculum Editionincludes newspapers, magazines, books, maps, audio/video, radio/TV transcripts, and pictures.

Estat Statistics on all things Canadian.

SIRS contains thousands of full-text articles exploring social issues, health topics, the arts and humanities.

There are also maps and World Almanac data.

Canadian Points of View covers a variety of topics from a Canadian perspective

INFOTRACThis site contains links to 15 different Thomson Gale databases.

Teen Health and Wellnessfor teens offers information and self-help on topics including diseases, drugs & alcohol, nutrition, mental and emotional health, cy-ber-literacy, family life, sexuality and more.