Remember:  a clear topic sentence will guide your research!


BOOKS

• WHS Online Catalog (in-building use only) - Search by keyword, subject, title or author.  Books may be selected to be "locked," then printed to help compress the searching process.
• Kansas Library Catalog  - Books and journal articles WHS does not own may be obtained from holdings listed in this state-wide catalog through interlibrary loan.

Online Books


• Gale Virtual Reference Library  - a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.  Search all or one  of the following:
• Encyclopedia of Small Business 2nd ed., 2v, 2002
• Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America 6v, 2000
• Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History 2v, 1999
• St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture 5v, 2000
• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine 2nd ed., 4v, 2005
• Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer 2nd ed., 2v, 2006
• Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders 2nd ed., 2v, 2005
• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine 3rd ed., 5v, 2006
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America 2nd ed., 3v, 2000
• Biology 4v, 2002
• World of Earth Science 2v, 2003
• General Reference Center Gold - features a wide variety of general interest and business magazines and periodicals including:
• Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service Newspaper articles
• The New York Times
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Christian Science Monitor
• More than 20 reference books
• More than 4,500 titles including 3,500 in full text

• World Book Encyclopedia (via the Empowered Desktop gateway)
  
• Virtual Library gateway -  The following materials may be accessed through this gateway:
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online (reference book)
  
• Oxford English Dictionary (dictionary)
• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology

MAGAZINES/JOURNALS/NEWSPAPERS

Magazine and journal database links by subject can be found at the WHS Online Databases site (access any of these databases from outside the building through Empowered Desktop).  Those highly recommended include (in alphabetical order):

• Academic OneFile
• Custom Newspapers Index
• Expanded Academic ASAP
• Health & Wellness Resource Center
  
• InfoTrac OneFile
• InfoTrac Student Edition
• NewsBank Social Sciences
• SIRS Discoverer
• WilsonSelect

GOVT. PUBLICATIONS/DOCUMENTS

GPO ACCESS (Government Publications Office) - A myriad of government documents and information including books, pamphlets, and periodicals.   If you need statistics, the U.S. government usually has them!


WEB SITE SERVICES

• NetTrekker (via Empowered Desktop) -

• Log in with your network username and library/lunch number.
• Select NetTrekker from the Subject Web Searching box.
• Select the "high school" tab and type in your search term (or drill down through the general subject areas)

• WilsonWeb (via Virtual Library)

• Log in to Virtual Library (Wamego: raiders)
• Select "Periodicals"
• Select WilsonWeb

• Academic Web (via Virtual Library) - A portal to over 100,000 credible Internet sites, all carefully selected and cataloged by librarians as providing accurate, timely and balanced academic contents across all subject areas.

• Log in to Virtual Library (Wamego: raiders)
• Select "The Quality Internet"
  

• Library of Congress (U.S.):  American Memories - provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.