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Online Services Provided by the PLHS Library to Meet Your Information Needs ALL Online Subscriptions include home access!
(Students may pickup a personal access code from the Library Circulation Desk) #1 Grolier Online Encyclopedias: http://go.grolier.com/gol Includes 6 Encyclopedias: Science, Spanish, and Lands and People. Accessible for home use via link on the PLHS Library Page. Grolier Online (Remote Access Form- Required of All faculty/students for use of this service at home). #2 The Reference Suite:http://www.2facts.com DESCRIPTION:The Reference Suite augments each of the following core sources with coverage specifically created for the Internet. It interconnects relevant articles so that even novice researchers quickly and easily get the answers they seek on current events, statistics, health, science and controversial issues. Full text from the Facts On File World News Digest includes over 78,000 full text news articles dating from January 1980. Special Historic Events covers landmark events back to 1940. The Reference Suite delivers each of the following reference sources to our staff and students. FACTS.com DESCRIPTION : A searchable full text version of the Facts On File World News Digest database (75,000 articles originally written based on newspapers, magazines, wire services, electronic sources and government reports); 180 country profiles; several hundred biographies; government agency directory; 300 full color maps; 200 news photographs; 400 primary source documents); frequent updates from Reuters, links to otherFacts On File News Services databases, and expanded content. The World Almanac Reference Database DESCRIPTION: The new World Almanac Reference Database has been created specifically for schools and libraries and features vastly expanded depth and breadth not available in print almanacs. Issues and Controversies on File Probing the kind of sizzling issues on which current information is crucial, Issues and Controversies On File covers over 70 controversial topics each year. Today's Science On File DESCRIPTION: Researchers have turned to the monthly print editions ofToday's Science On File for years to find authoritative yet accessible information on the latest developments in science. It bridges the gap between textbooks and what's happening in science today. Today's Science covers science related areas such as: biology, health, environment, technology, chemistry, astrology, evolution, earth science, physics, psychology and computers. Citation Notes : As a researcher you are responsible for giving credit to all sources for any information created by them that you use in your research project. PLHS has adopted the MLA Documentation and Citation style for all student research projects and you are expected to use that style unless you are specifically instructed by the teacher to use a different format. You may find complete bibliographic information for citing and documenting Internet, electronic, and print materials from any of the links found on ourInternet information retrieval page.
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