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Award-winning Book Lists

Click Here for the Young Adult Library Services Association's Book Lists

Other Lists

SeeMore Booklists for Teens on the Web - This is the mother of all booklists includes fiction, non fiction and other sources divided into numerous subject categories

Favorite Teenage Angst Books This site celebrates teenage angst and personal discovery. Here, you'll learn about great books for teens, meet interesting authors and other creative folks.

 

 

 

 

 

Teen Book Review Sources

Amazon.com for Teens - Look for any book you want and find review info as well as other books on similar topics.

Teen Reads - A Great site that reviews books for teens.

No Flying No Tights - Graphic novel review site for all ages and all genres. These people know their stuff and it's not all superheroes you know!

Reading Rants! - Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists - This review sit features books you may not see everyday!

 

 

 

 

 

Research Tools

Sometimes the hardest part of writing your research paper is getting started!

Searching for a Topic - This list of websites will provide you with a great starting point for choosing topics.

Searching for Sources - Once you choose a topic, use this information to search for sources

Online Subscription Databases    

 Grolier Online  

See Circulation Desk for usernames and passwords 05-06 Magazine List

OWL-Online Writing Lab @ Purdue University -  A Great How-To Guides to Writing the Research Paper

How to site sources in MLA & APA Format

Turnitin.com Research Resources - How to Avoid Plagiarism

Citation Machine - This helpful site can help you create your own bibliographic citations in minutes whether it's APA, MLA or any other format.

EasyBib - This site helps you fill in the blank of your Works Cited page just like Citation Machine!

OWL-Online Writing Lab @ Purdue University - This portion of the OWL website is dedicated to citing MLA  in your research papers.  

OWL-Online Writing Lab @ Purdue University - This portion of the OWL website is dedicated to citing APA in your research papers.  

Web Site Building Tools

How to build a web page -  links coming soon

How to evaluate web sources - links coming soon

Information Literacy: The Big 6

How to Build a WebQuest: Coming soon

 

 

 

 

 

  VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY - OPEN 24/7

 Grolier Online  

See Circulation Desk for usernames and passwords

 

Local City & University Libraries

The West Covina Public Library

County of Los Angeles Public Library Catalog

Teen Space @ The Internet Public Library (IPL)

Mt. San Antonio College Library Homepage

Cal Poly Pomona University Library

Azusa Pacific University Libraries

 

 

 

 

 

Local & International News

The New York Times On The Web

Los Angeles Times - latimes.com                    

 

 

 

 

Online Encyclopedias

 Grolier Online Encyclopedia - See QuickRef Sheet @ Circ Desk  for logon info.

go to  MSN.com MSN Encarta Encyclopedia

Encyclopędia Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Online Dictionaries & Thesauri

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

Urban Dictionary.com - A Slang Dictionary with YOUR definitions

Thesaurus.com

Search Engines

Google.com          Yahoo.com         Dogpile.com          Altavista.com          Ask.com          

Homework Help

High School Hub

High School Hub - a free, online learning center for HS students  

Online Magazine/Journal Articles

Lists of Online Sources for Magazine & Journal Articles

FindArticles.com

 

 

 

 

 

Fun Links

Guinness World Records

WordIQ.com - where words have meaning

 

 

 

 

 

Class Projects

WCHS Links

Daily Announcements - Check out what's happening on campus

The Career Center - Plan for your future

WCHS Sports Calendar - Who's playing when and where?

The Living Yearbook - Send in your pix and we'll post them

 

 

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