Mr. Shanahan's Economics Project

Livebinder
Senior Economics Budget Project

Databases
Career Cruising


Websites
Occupational Outlook Handbook

Life Insurance Quote

CNN Money: Best Places to Live 2010

New York Times Real Estate (Search by location and how much $$$ you want to spend)

The Living Network (Search real estate listings for 47 states including Washington D.C)

Realtor.com (search by location and price range)

Syracuse.com-Real Estate

8 College Degrees with the worst return on investment

7 High Growth Jobs that don't require a college degree

Hipius/Yarnell 9th grade

Websites

Renaissance (Notable Names from the Renassiance)

Renaissance

Renaissance Faire

Virtual Renaissance

Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

Renaissance Architecture

National Museum of Science and Technology


Elizabethan Era
Elizabethan Era

Elizabethan England

The Lost Colony

Crime and Punishment in Elizabethan England

The Plague during the Elizabethan Era

Diseases in Shakespeare's London


Real Life Romeo and Juliet
Modern Day Romeo and Juliet-United States

Modern Day Romeo and Juliet-United States

Real Life Romeo and Juliet-Video #1

Real Life Romeo and Juliet Video #2

Modern Day Romeo and Juliet-Iran

Modern Day Romeo and Juliet-Ireland

Modern Day Romeo and Juliet-Somalia



Remember to use the C.R.A.P. test

Currency
Reliability and Relevance
Authority
Purpose and Point of View 

Databases

News and Opinion eResources

Biography In Context

ABC-CLIO Social Studies


Citation Machine
Easy Bib

Halliwell and Delmonico's Classes

Databases
ABC-CLIO
or
www.youseemore.com/scsd
eResources
Social Studies eResources
ABC-CLIO Databases

Search Engines
Google Advanced Search

Citation Machines
Easy Bib

Ms. Yarnell's Classes- Endangered Species

Endangered Animals 

Databases
Encyclopedia Britannica High School

Grolier

Websites
Earth's Endangered

When searching in Google or another search engine use keywords

e.g. cheetah and habitat or biome
e.g. red kangaroo and diet
e.g. snow leopard and reproduction



Books
599's

Citation Machines
Easy Bib

Ms. Babilonia's Classes-European Musical Time Period Exhibit Project

Resources:
History, Concepts and Styles of all periods:

http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/history-mod.htm

http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/

http://www.wikipedia.org/

http://www.naxos.com/education/brief_history.asp

http://www.top20musichistory.com/


Composers:
Biography in Context

OR
www.youseemore.com/scsd
Click on Databases
Select Biography In Context

http://www.geocities.com/heartland/fields/8616/cmusic.html


Instruments:
www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html



Music:

www.mfiles.co.uk/classical-periods.htm

Photos: Google Images


Citation Machine
http://www.easybib.com/

Avoid Plagiarism!!!

 Video explaining the types of plagiarism and how to avoid it

Plagiarism Detectors
Plagiarisma

Paper Rater: Checks for plagiarism in addition to spelling and grammar!

Purdue OWL: Using Research (note-taking, paraphrasing, citing, avoiding plagiarism)

See Sources : Text can be analyzed by uploading a document or copy and paste in the search box. NOTE: Can only be used once a day from the same computer.

Plagiarism Checker: Searches Google and Yahoo.

Scan My Essay (needs to be downloaded)

Dupli Checker:

Cross Ref Me

Plagium

The Plagiarism Checker

Google: Copy and paste text into the search box

APA Style
Purdue OWL APA

Official APA site

APA Citation Machines
Bib Me

Citation Machine

Cite Fast

Miczan/Bartolotta/Slater- Roaring 20's Talk Show

SCSD eResources
Biography in Context


Citation Machines
Easy Bib

Ms. Patapow's Classes: ELA Research Project- Grade 10: Assassination

SCSD eResources
ABC-CLIO

Biography in Context


Websites
Last Diary Entry of John Wilkes Booth

Assassinations and Attempts in the U.S. since 1865

History.com

NBC Learn


Citation Machines
Easy Bib

Mr. Dougherty's Class

Search Engines
Google Advanced Search


Databases
Biography Resource Center

ABC-CLIO

Citation Machines
Easy Bib

Ms. Behan's Classes-IB

How can you tell if a website has trustworthy and reliable information?

Use the C.R.A.P test
Currency- How current is the information?
Reliability and Relevance- Can you trust the source? Is it appropriate for your topic?
Authority- Who wrote the information? Is the person or organization an expert on the topic?
Purpose and Point of View- Why was the article written? Is it biased?

Scholarly Databases/Search Engines

INFOMINE
Virtual library of websites, databases, electronic journals and more

Google Scholar


Citation Machines

Easy Bib

Son of Citation

Bib Me