SBHS Library: Web Resources
List of internet sources organized by subject
Online Search Tips
When using an online search engine (such as Google), use the following tips to help find the information you are looking for:
1. Put phrases in quotations (ie. "global warming," "catcher in the rye").
2. Use a plus sign to include search terms and a minus sign to exclude a word. For example, if you are researching depression, you might search: depression -great -economic, to exclude results about the Great Depression and other economic downturns.
3. Limit the search results by site type. For university/college websites, use site:edu; for governmental websites, use site:gov; for nonprofit websites, use site:org. For example, if you are researching pollution in Lake Michigan, you might search: pollution +"lake michigan" +site:gov.
Search tips courtesy of K. Watkins' and K. Elder's "The Google Game" accessed online at http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6296500.html.
For a list of internet sources organized by subject, click here.
General
About Com
Acronym Finder
American Heritage Dictionary
Awesome Library
Bartleby.com
Biography.com
Brainy Kids Online
Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Columbia Encyclopedia
Dictionary.com
Education Index
Fact Check
How Stuff Works
Illinois Clicks - homework help
Information Please Almanac
Library of Congress
National Archives
National Geographic Homework Help
Oxford Dictionaries
Phrase Finder
Reference Desk
Rhyme Zone
Roget's II Thesaurus
Test Prep Review
Webopedia
News
ABC Channel 7
CBS Channel 2
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Tribune
Daily Herald
FOX Channel 32
NBC Channel 5
Time Magazine
USA Today
WGN Channel 9