Information Type Chart
What type of
information do
I need?
General, factual,
overview,
background,
statistics,
explanations
Which library resources and subscription
databases may deliver the information I need?
(EBSCOHost, iConn; Grolier New Book of
Knowledge; Grolier Multimedia; Grolier New
Book of Popular Science; ABC-CLIO American
History; SIRS Decades; CultureGrams; Facts on
File Science and Technology; Cobblestone
Online)
SIS LMC Reference:
 Compton’s Encyclopedia
 Encyclopaedia Britannica
 World Book Encyclopedia
 The World Almanac
EBSCOHost:
 Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Definitions,
including foreign
language
Grolier Online:
 New Book of Knowledge
 Grolier Multimedia
SIS LMC Reference:
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Scholastic Visual Dictionary
Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary
Merriam Webster Dictionary
New International Webster’s
Comprehensive Dictionary of the English
Language
Webster’s Dictionary plus Thesaurus
Webster’s High School Dictionary
Webster’s New World Dictionary for
Young Readers
Foreign Language
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American Heritage Larousse Spanish
Dictionary
Cassell’s German Dictionary
Cassell’s Latin Dictionary
Italian-English Picture Dictionary
Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary
Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary
Oxford Russian Desk Dictionary
Oxford Spanish Dictionary
Practical Polish Dictionary
Random House Spanish Dictionary
What other sources I can use?
(Cluster Wikis, Free Web)
Free Online Encyclopedias:
 Encarta Encyclopedia
 Encyclopedia Smithsonian
 High Beam: Encyclopedia.com
 Information Please
 Encyclopedia Britannica Online
 Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth
Edition
 AcademicKids Encyclopedia
 CIA World Fact Book
Free Online Dictionaries:
 Merriam Webster Visual
Dictionary
 American Heritage - Fourth
edition has 90,000+ entries.
 Cambridge Dictionaries Includes phrases and idioms.
 Dictionary.com - Definitions
from Webster's and more.
 Merriam-Webster - Familiar, fast
and easy dictionary.
 OneLook Dictionaries - Search
many dictionaries at once.
 World English Dictionary Includes audio pronunciations.
 yourDictionary.com Dictionaries for 230+ languages.
 Glossarist.com - A glossary
directory to 20+ topics.
Information Type Chart
Specific, indepth
SIS LMC - Please use the online catalog to
search and locate by keyword:
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Nonfiction
Reference
EBSCOHost:
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EBSCO Animals
Health Source
History Reference Center
Science Reference Center
Cluster Wiki: View pre-selected
web sites on teacher project pages
Experts: university professors,
business executives, lawyers,
doctors, accountants, directors of
nonprofit agencies, service
professionals: police, nurses, city
government
iConn:
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CT History Online
Encyclopedia of CT History
General Reference Center Gold
Health and Wellness Resource Center
History Reference Center
Legal Trac
Medline Plus
Science Reference Center
Virtual Reference Collection
Grolier New Book of Popular Science
Facts on File Science and Technology
ABC-CLIO American History
SIRS Decades
CultureGrams
Primary sources,
first person
accounts
Cobblestone Online
SIS LMC - Please use the online catalog
advance search; search by keyword AND
“primary source” to locate primary source
materials in Nonfiction and Reference
EBSCOHost:
 Middle Search Plus
 Student Research Center
iConn:
 Discovering Collection
 Heritage Quest
ABC-CLIO American History
Free Web Sites:
 Library of Congress American
Memory Collection
 American Social History
Project: History Matters
 Making of America
Information Type Chart
Controversial
issues, pro and
con
Images, audio,
video,
animations
SIS LMC - Please use the online catalog
advance search; search by keyword AND
“opposing viewpoints” to locate materials on
controversial issues in Nonfiction and
Reference
Subscription databases: Students will need to
read carefully to see if a slant (pro or con) is
presented.
EBSCOhost:
 Middle Search Plus
 Student Research Center
IConn:
 InforTrac Junior Edition
 Discovering Collection
ABC-CLIO History and Headlines
Subscription databases: Most include images,
some include audio and video, including:
EBSCO Middle Search Plus, iConn;
Grolier New Book of Knowledge; Grolier
Multimedia; Grolier New Book of Popular
Science; ABC-CLIO American History;
SIRS Decades; CultureGrams; and Facts
on File Science and Technology.
Free Web Sites:
 IDEA – International
Debate Education
Association
Experts in the field of study,
journalists, lay people (for
opinions)
Free Web sites:
 Art Favor
 Clipart for Educators
 Directory of Web Image
Sites
 Picsearch is Family
Friendly
 Classroom ClipArt
 Pics4Learning collection
 Microsoft ClipArt Gallery
 Amazing Picture Machine
 Associated Press Photo
Archive
 Awesome Clipart for Kids
 Clip Art Gallery
 Educational Clip Art
 FreeFoto.com
 Graphic Map’s—Clip Art
for Web Sites
 GRIN (Great Images in
NASA)
 Images of American
Political History
 NASA Multimedia
 New York Public Library
Digital Image Gallery
 OpenPhoto.net
 PD Photo—Free Photos
and Pictures
 Teacher’s Domain
 U.S. Graphics and Photos
Information Type Chart
Maps
Biographies
SIS LMC - Please use the online catalog
advance search; search by atlas AND
reference to locate maps.
Subscription databases: EBSCO Middle
Search Plus, iConn; Grolier New Book of
Knowledge; Grolier Multimedia; ABCCLIO American History; SIRS Decades;
and CultureGrams.
SIS LMC - Please use the online catalog
advance search; search by BIO AND last of
name of subject to locate specific
biographies.
Subscription databases: EBSCO Middle
Search Plus, iConn; Grolier New Book of
Knowledge; Grolier Multimedia; Grolier
New Book of Popular Science; ABC-CLIO
American History; SIRS Decades;
CultureGrams; and Facts on File Science
and Technology.
Free Web sites:
 Best of History – Maps Hotlist
 Altapedia Online
 CIA World Fact Book
Free Web sites:
Web Portals for Biography
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Biographical Dictionary
Biography.com
Multnomah Homework Center:
Biographies
Gale (free resources)
LibrarySpot: Biographies
Who2? (check out the links!)
Academy of Achievement
Historic Figures
Presidential Biography
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News and
current events
Peer reviewed,
scholarly
SIS LMC - Magazines Subscriptions
Grolier's American Presidency
POTUS
President of the United States
Presidents of the United States
Presidents Index
National Portrait Gallery Search
Subscription databases: EBSCO Middle
Search Plus, iConn; Grolier New Book of
Knowledge; and Grolier Multimedia.
Free Web sites:
 CNN
 MSNBC
 National Public Radio
 New York Times
 Wall Street Journal
Subscription databases: EBSCO Middle
Search Plus (check peer reviewed); iConn
(go to individual database; use advance
search; check peer reviewed)
Free Web sites:
 Google Scholar
 Directory of Open Access
Journals