Online Research

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Religion Resources Religion Magazines & Newspapers
Databases/Libraries	Dictionaries & Thesauruses	Encyclopedias
Maps/Atlases	Multimedia Resources	News/Newspapers
Search Engines & Directories

ONLINE DATABASES / LIBRARIES

Try the Citation Machine to help you create a bibliography

Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS)

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A FREE subscription to thousands of magazines, journals, newspapers, and more. Contains EBSCO, INFOTRAC, and ProQuest databases, including Informe (a Spanish magazine).

IMPORTANT: You need a Bergen County Library Card to use this site.
It's worth it, so GO GET A CARD if you don't have one and live in Bergen County, NJ.

EBSCOhost Databases (via IHA's account)
(see Mrs. Nudelman or Mrs. Sopelsa for the login information)

Business Searching Interface

Literary Reference Center

Points of View

EBSCOhost Main Page

NoveList Plus

Salud en Espanol

EBSCOhost Web

IPL2: Internet Public Library & the Librarian's Index to the Internet

Trusted online resources to use when doing research

Intute
Online resources to use when doing research

Jersey Clicks
Library gateway to quality information; use your local NJ library card to search full-text magazines, journals & encyclopedias.

Library of Congress

Online library of text, pictures, and sound.
Millions of books, photographs, prints, drawings, manuscripts, maps, sound recordings, and more.

Library Spot

Simplifying the search for the best library and reference resources on the web. A free virtual library resource.

SIRS Researcher (Social Issues Research Series)

Research a topic, view Pros/Cons regarding world issues, use a dictionary, use a thesaurus, find a map, and so much more.
You can login using IHA's User Name and Password (see Mrs. Nudelman or Mrs. Sopelsa)

ONLINE SEARCH ENGINES/DIRECTORIES

Accoona
A database of free online business information, with up-to-date records on millions of companies from around the globe.

Google

General search tool; provides searching for pictures (Images), images, news, etc.

All The Web
Searches the Web, News, Pictures, Video, and Audio

IxQuick

A Metasearch engine for general information, MP3,
news, and pictures.

ASK.com
General search tool; can "ask" a question such as "civil rights leaders of the 1960s"; provides searching for images, video, maps, news, etc.

Quintura
A visual search tool; clustered topics

Bing
General search tool; provides searching for pictures (Images), video, maps, news, etc.

Silobreaker
An online search service for news and current events that delivers meaning and relevance beyond traditional search and aggregation engines. The graphical search results enables users to quickly and easily understand connections, trends, and topics.

Dogpile

Uses Metasearch technology to "fetch" (search) the Internet's top search engines, including Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, About, FindWhat, LookSmart, and many more.

Yahoo!

General search tool/directory; provides searching by subject. Also provides searching for pictures (Images), video, etc.

ONLINE DICTIONARIES/THESAURUSES

American Heritage Dictionary

Roget's Thesaurus

Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Online Dictionaries: American English, Idioms, Phrased Verbs, French/English, Spanish/English

Dictionary.com

Dictionary.com Translator
Language translator

HyperDictionary
Online Dictionaries and Thesaurus with hyperlinks built into page for
cross-referencing; Dictionaries:
English, Computer, and Medical

InfoPlease

InfoPlease Dictionary
Online Dictionary

InfoPlease Thesaurus
Online Thesaurus

Merriam-Webster Online
Online Dictionary and Thesaurus

MSN Encarta's Dictionary
Online Dictionary and Thesaurus, including translations

Webopedia
Online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology definitions

yourDictionary.com
Online Dictionary and Thesaurus; also
includes a language translator

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Columbia Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia.com

InfoPlease Encyclopedia

ONLINE MAPS/ATLASES