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Live Reference Help

Get answers on any topic through Q and A New Jersey's real-time service for public and college libraries -- available 24 hours, 7 days a week.  (You'll need your library card.) Q and A New Jersey

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EbscoHost Libraries purchase subscriptions to high quality databases for their patrons to use both in-house and remotely. A database will give you the information you want much more quickly than a search engine will!
Full Text Magazine Articles. You can choose to search from one or a number of EBSCO databases, including General Reference, Biographies, Health, Business, and Current Events.

JerseyClicks Libraries purchase subscriptions to high quality databases for their patrons to use both in-house and remotely. A database will give you the information you want much more quickly than a search engine will!
Available to all New Jersey library patrons.  You can search 15 databases simultaneously.  These databases cover subjects such as health, history, business, education, science, current events, literature, and popular fiction. The suite also includes Informe, a Spanish language full-text database. 

Discovering Collection Libraries purchase subscriptions to high quality databases for their patrons to use both in-house and remotely. A database will give you the information you want much more quickly than a search engine will!
In-depth reference content for Literature, History, Biographies, Science, and Social Studies for grades K-12.

Facts on File Libraries purchase subscriptions to high quality databases for their patrons to use both in-house and remotely. A database will give you the information you want much more quickly than a search engine will!
Facts on File is a collection of databases highlighting science, geography, history, health, and multicultural sources. It also has a career guidance section.

BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
 http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/index.html

Multnomah County Library Homework Helpers
 http://www.multcolib.org/homework/index.html
 Try these great homework helpers from Multnomah County Library.  Includes
dozens of subjects!

Internet Public Library Youth Division -- Great Homework Help
 http://www.ipl.org/youth/

Homework Spot
 http://www.homeworkspot.com/
Divided into categories for elementary, middle and high school

High School Hub
 http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm
Features interactive learning activities, an ongoing poetry contest, a reference collection, college information, and subject guides for English, mathematics, social studies, science, global languages, arts, and technology.

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The Arts

Art History Resources on the Web
 http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
From prehistoric art to the 21st century, and all around the world.

Artcyclopedia
 http://artcyclopedia.com/index.html
Art encyclopedia where you can browse or search for an artist and their art.

Museums

Welcome to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/
Find out about events and the collection of the museum.

Exploratorium
 http://www.exploratorium.edu
There's plenty to explore at this online version of San Francisco's Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception.

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Biography

Wilson Web Biography Plus Illustrated Libraries purchase subscriptions to high quality databases for their patrons to use both in-house and remotely. A database will give you the information you want much more quickly than a search engine will!
Wilson Biographies contains the full text of the articles from more than 100 volumes of biographical reference books.

Contemporary Authors  Libraries purchase subscriptions to high quality databases for their patrons to use both in-house and remotely. A database will give you the information you want much more quickly than a search engine will!
Biographical information on 112,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters.

Biographical Dictionary
 http://www.s9.com/biography/
covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.

Biographies of Famous Contemporary People
 http://www.achievement.org/
Biographies of well known people in the fields of science, sports, art, public service, and business - complete with photos!

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Books, Poetry & Writing

MagillOnLiterature Plus Libraries purchase subscriptions to high quality databases for their patrons to use both in-house and remotely. A database will give you the information you want much more quickly than a search engine will!
Contains critical analyses, brief plot summaries, and extended character profiles.  Also contains over 6,500 biographical essays on more than 3,500 different authors, including up-to-date lists of each author's principal works.

NoveList Libraries purchase subscriptions to high quality databases for their patrons to use both in-house and remotely. A database will give you the information you want much more quickly than a search engine will!
Fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and  more for over 120,000 fiction titles. Also includes Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles

What Do I Read Next? Libraries purchase subscriptions to high quality databases for their patrons to use both in-house and remotely. A database will give you the information you want much more quickly than a search engine will!
Includes more than 88,500 recommended titles, more than 47,000 plot summaries, and awards information from more than 552 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author title and more.

Granger's World of Poetry
23,000 poems in full text with over 250,000 poetry citations. Contains several important new features—commentaries, biographies, bibliographies, notes on form, and a glossary of prosodic terms. Searchable by author, title, first line, last line and more. (If Prompted: Username - CAMDEN Password - COUNTY)

Camden County Library Pathfinder: Literary Criticism
 http://www.camdencountylibrary.org/pathfinders/litcrit.htm

Camden County Library Pathfinder: Literary Criticism - Shakespeare
 http://www.camdencountylibrary.org/pathfinders/shaklit.htm

Shakespeare: Chill with Will
 http://library.thinkquest.org/19539/front.htm
 Helping high school students learn to love Shakespeare.

Camden County Library Pathfinder: Mythology
 http://www.camdencountylibrary.org/pathfinders/mythology.htm

Plotbytes
 http://www.schoolbytes.com/list-p.php
Cliff Notes with a sense of humor. 

The Elements of Style
 http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
 The classic by William Strunk.

MLA Bibliography Composer
 http://www.easybib.com/

A+ Research and Writing for High School and College Students
 http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/
Includes a step by step guide, hints for finding information on the web and at the library, and links to other great sources.

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Current Events 

TOPICsearch Libraries purchase subscriptions to high quality databases for their patrons to use both in-house and remotely. A database will give you the information you want much more quickly than a search engine will!
Allows researchers to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms.

Opposing ViewpointsLibraries purchase subscriptions to high quality databases for their patrons to use both in-house and remotely. A database will give you the information you want much more quickly than a search engine will!
A complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Issues & Controversies @ Facts.com Libraries purchase subscriptions to high quality databases for their patrons to use both in-house and remotely. A database will give you the information you want much more quickly than a search engine will!
A comprehensive online source of up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day.

CNN
 http://www.cnn.com/

 This Day in History
 www.thisdayinhistory.com

 The World Factbook
 http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Includes information on every country in the world.

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Geography and Political Science

Camden County Library Pathfinder: States
 http://www.camdencountylibrary.org/kids/states.htm

Camden County Library Pathfinder: Terrorism
 http://www.camdencountylibrary.org/pathfinders/terrorism.htm

 Atlapedia Online
 http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html
 Atlapedia Online contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world. (Opens in new window.)

50 States.com
 http://www.50states.com/

Camden County Library's Pathfinder:  Countries of the World
 http://www.camdencountylibrary.org/pathfinders/countries.htm

 Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids
 http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
 Separate sections for grades 6-8 and grades 9-12.

 Elections Around the World
 http://www.electionworld.org/index.html

Flags of the World
 http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/

 National Anthems of the World
 http://www.thenationalanthems.com/

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Math

The Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math
 http://mathforum.org/dr.math/dr-math.html

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Reference Materials

Oxford Reference OnlineLibraries purchase subscriptions to high quality databases for their patrons to use both in-house and remotely. A database will give you the information you want much more quickly than a search engine will!
This is a database of over 100 ready reference dictionaries offering integrated coverage of a broad range of subjects: everything from General Reference, Language and Quotations to Science and Medicine, and from Humanities and Social Sciences to Business and Professional.

Funk & Wagnalls New World EncyclopediaLibraries purchase subscriptions to high quality databases for their patrons to use both in-house and remotely. A database will give you the information you want much more quickly than a search engine will!
For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics.  The database contains various images and offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.

 Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
 http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/
The familiar resource now on the web.

 Foreignword.com
 http://www.foreignword.com/Tools/dictsrch.htm
Translating dictionaries for 63 languages.

 Free Translation.com
 http://www.freetranslation.com
Use this site to get a translation where you can get the "gist" of foreign language text and web pages.  For an exact translation you'll need an interpreter!

 Dictionary.com
 http://www.dictionary.com
 Easy to use -- and an easy to remember URL. 

Dictionary of Difficult Words
 http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/
If an ordinary dictionary doesn't have it....

Roget's Thesaurus
 http://www.thesaurus.com/

Encyclopedia Mythica
http://www.pantheon.org/
What's the story behind all those Gods and Goddesses?

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Science

CHEMystery
http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/
A virtual chemistry textbook for high school students.

Fizzics Fizzle: Your Interactive Guide to Physics!
http://library.thinkquest.org/16600/

From the FactMonster Homework Center
 http://www.factmonster.com/homework/hwscience.html

Human Anatomy Online
 http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

Science Fair Project Resource Guide
 http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/

Camden County Library Pathfinder: the Periodic Table
 http://www.camdencountylibrary.org/kids/periodic.htm

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Search the Web

Google
Search the web Search Camden County Library Website

Evaluating Internet Information (from Johns Hopkins University)
 http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/

Safe Surfing Tips for Teens
http://kidshealth.org/teen/safety/safebasics/internet_safety.html

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