LIBRARY PORT

Student Research links 

Learn about various search engines and their strengths and weaknesses

Librians' Index to the Internet

Library of Congress

Infomine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections

The Internet Public Library

The New York Public Library
    All students must sign up for a Access Card. Use the school address when applying for a card. It will be sent to your school mailbox in 2-4 weeks.

Search the EBSCO Periodical Database
    User Name lakeplacidpl and password: lakeplacidpl
    Conduct a Topic Search to find and view periodical articles on your research topic via your computer.

Use INFOTRAC/GALE to find articles on health-related topics and also search hundreds of local and national newspaper articles.
    Password: empirelink. 

Try the ERIC database, which bills itself as the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. With well over one million sources in this database, it's pretty darn good. College students and their professors use this resource all the time.

Faculty Resources 

NYSAIS

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

MLA Research Tools
Three Choices for creating your works cited page.

        Build a Works Cited page

        Build a Works Cited Page at Easybib.com 

        Build a Works Cited Page at NCSU

Research Overview and Guide

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