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The Owl at Purdue MLA Formatting and Style Guide

The Owl at Purdue MLA v.7 Style Guidelines Overview Poster (link needed)

Media Mill

• Click icon on left to view a U of MN tutorial on How to Cite Sources

Noodle Tools

• Set up your account on-campus for instant authentication.
• Citations Step by Step and MORE syncs with Google Drive and Moodle.

bibme

• Select Source Type and fill in the blanks

Landmarks Citation Machine

• Select Source Type from Left Column

EasyBib - Write Smart

• Book Citation
• Website Citation

BritannicaOnline School Edition

Search Reference Articles, Journals and Magazines, the Web’s Best Sites, Multimedia, and Curriculum Content.

Britannica eBooks 

Access to the following titles:

• The 100 Most Influential Inventors
• The 100 Most Influential Musicians
• The 100 Most Influential Painters
• The 100 Most Influential Philosophers
• The 100 Most Influential Scientists
• The 100 Most Influential Women
• The 100 Most Influential World Leaders
• The 100 Most Influential Writers

EBSCO HOST

• Choose one database or EBSCOhost Web to search all with one simple search.
• Enter EBSCO with your Id number Off Campus
• Click here to view EBSCO Overview Tutorial.
• View more specific EBSCO Tutorials by clicking here.

Choose EBSCOhost Web to search any of the following databases: MegaFILE Premier, Academic Search Premier, Alt HealthWatch, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier, Regional Business News, Science Reference Center, STUDENT RESEARCH CENTER, Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, Consumer Health Complete, ERIC, Health Source: Consumer Ed, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, MAS Ultra-School Edition, Professional Development Collection, Points of View Reference Center, and eBooks

Gale Online Resources

Gale Tutorial HELP for easier navigation. Infotrac offers a variety of databases free to MN residents. Gale Online Resources include access to the following databases: Student Resource Center, Informe (in Spanish), General Science Collection, Professional Collection, Discovering Collection, Expanded Academic ASAP, Junior Reference Collection, Junior Edition 6-12, Student Edition 9-12, Kid's Edition, Kid's InfoBits, and Educator's Reference Complete.

Gale Virtual Reference Library - Gale eBooks

Glogster - Poster Yourself

Make an electronic poster to present materials to your classmates.

MackinVIA

GoodSearch

Support St Croix Lutheran High School with every internet search you make.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Spanish-English Dictionary and Thesaurus, World Atlas and Workspace.

Naviance

Student Gateway to Colleges and Careers.

Proquest Newsstand

Daily newspapers from local, national and international news regions.

Social Issues Research Series

Search Leading Issues, Historic and Government documents, directories and almanacs. Find current perspectives on the Arts and Humanities as well as Editorially selected websites.

Public Broadcast Service

Watch full-length videos on Arts and Literature, Health and Wellness, Nature and Environment, Religion, Cinema, History, News and Public Affairs, Science, Culture, Home and How To, Performing Arts, and Technology that have previously aired on our local channel 2.

Purdue OWL Writing Lab

MLA Citation Examples.

The WWW Virtual Library

ipl2 - Internet Public Library 2

ipl2 is the result of a merger of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarian’s Internet Index (LII).

CAMIO

The Catalog of Art Museum Images Online is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums. CAMIO highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms.

J. Paul Getty Museum

The Getty Villa in Malibu and the Getty Center in Los Angeles, houses European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European and American photographs.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

There is much quality material for art students, educators, and enthusiasts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Explore our local MN collection and featured exhibits online.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States. It contains more than 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas.

National Gallery of Art

Located in Washington D.C., the mission of the National Gallery of Art is to serve the United States of America in a national role by preserving, collecting, exhibiting, and fostering the understanding of works of art at the highest possible museum and scholarly standards.

SIRS Renaissance

Current Perspectives on the Arts and Humanities

Purdue Owl

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue.

SIRS Renaissance

Current Perspectives on the Arts and Humanities

SIRS Literary Corner

A guide to the curricular study of prominent authors in major literary periods and regions. Select from one of our featured authors below or browse topics on the right.

Authors & Books

Enrich your author studies with Scholastic's collection of biographies and interviews with the best-loved authors in children's literature.

American Literature Library

Featuring literary classics from America and around the world. Novels and short stories listed by author, or title. Able to read some full works as well.

American Folklore

Find re-told folktales, myths, legends, fairy tales, superstitions, weather-lore, and ghost stories from all over the Americas.

Time Search Books and Writers

Search by Genre and location.

The Internet Public Library

The Internet Public Library is hosted by Drexel University's College of Information Science & Technology, and a consortium of colleges and universities with programs in information science are involved in developing and maintaining the ipl2.

English Grammar Help

Grammar Mechanics™ is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the teaching of English grammar and related English language skills through the innovative use of information technology and the Internet.

Luminarium

This site provides a starting point for students and enthusiasts of English Literature. Nothing replaces a quality library, but hopefully, this site will help fill the needs of those who do not have access to one.

The Online Books Page

Listing over 35,000+ free books on the Web via onlinebooks.library.upen.edu

American Poems

View Poet's bios and full-length poems.

Poetry Archive

Find here the world's premier collection of recordings of poets recording their works.

Poetry Foundation

Partners with the National Endowment for the Arts.

Poets.org

Poets.org currently features biographies of more than 500 poets, with new pages being added all the time.

Modern American Poetry

Through this University of Illinois link, you may connect to over 160 poets sites.

PoemHunter.com

PoemHunter.com wants you to feel free to express yourselves and your ideas in your poems and forum messages That said, there are certain guidelines in place to keep Poemhunter a safe and friendly environment

Poet Seers

Two clicks away from full-length poems.

Questia

Public Domain of eBooks.

Compound Interest Calculator

Is the secret to getting rich winning the lottery? No! Compound interest and patience are! The Compound Interest Calculator page will show you how your money can grow over time with compound interest. Visit the page and then simply fill in the blanks to the right, then click the button.

Hotmath

Hotmath explains math textbook homework problems with step-by-step math answers for algebra, geometry, and calculus.

Illuminations

Math Games and Tutorials to reinforce learning.

Scientific Calculator

This online scientific calculator provides basic and advanced mathematical functions useful for school or college. You can operate the calculator directly from your keyboard, as well as using the buttons with your mouse.

Graphing Calculator

A Graphing Calculator that works with your Google Drive account. With this graphing calculator you can:

• Graph functions
• Plot tables of data
• Evaluate equations
• Explore transformations
• And much more – for free!

BibleGateway

A variety of features: Keyword and Passage Lookup searches, Pick which chapter of the Bible you would like to hear, Customize a Bible reading calendar and more.

Biblica

Enter searches by verse or keyword. Also, use to browse books of the Bible.

LSI - Lutheran Science Institute

A place to learn, share, and promote the glory of God as revealed in His holy Word and demonstrated in His created world, beginning with the pastors, teachers, and laity of the WELS (Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod) and the ELS (Evangelical Lutheran Synod).

PBS (Public Broadcast Service) Religion and Ethics

Newsweekly offers faith-based stories and articles

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Information about WELS

ESSAY FILE - Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Library

Welcome to the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary online essay file. This website is maintained by the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Library. The essays posted here are not official statements of the seminary or of WELS.

Answers in Genesis

Answers magazine illustrates the importance of Genesis in building a creation-based worldview and equips readers with practical answers to confidently communicate the gospel and biblical authority with accuracy.

SIRS Renaissance

Current Perspectives on the Arts and Humanities.

Crossword Puzzler Maker

Mr. Meilke's recommended puzzle maker.

National Geographic Maps

SIRS

Enter SIRS and click on Database Features to arrive at the screen shown here. Search Maps, World Conflicts and/or the World Almanac.

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

CIA World Factbook - Use the "Select a Country" feature to gather information for your school projects.

DISCovering Collection

Within the Gale page, click the Discovering Collections button, then click "Geography" to access a list of Nations.

Exploring German

Click the books on Left to access German textbooks.

Descubre Supersite

Descubre Supersite / Vista Higher Learning Login Page.

Study Spanish

Extra Practice Source.

edmodo

Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for your class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades, and school notices.

WordReference.com

Free online Oxford dictionaries - Spanish, French, Italian, German and more. Conjugations, audio pronunciations, and forums for your questions.

Duolingo

Test your language proficiency level.

BBC Language Page

This page features: Chinese, French, Greek, German, Italian, Spanish and more. Phrase of the day, Beginners' Courses, Teacher's homepage and more.

Digital Dialects

Digital Dialects was launched in January 2007, originally a by-product of a dissertation reviewing web resources for language learning. The site was conceived as an educational tool for learning languages, and as a guide to online resources. Includes German, Spanish, Chinese, Swedish and more. Sorry, No Latin.

EBSCOhost

Find out how to navigate databases by EBSCOhost.

Gale Virtual Reference Library - Gale eBooks

Gale Virtual Reference Library contains eBooks that SCLHS has purchased, allowing student access 24/7 with an off-campus password.

DISCovering Collection

Discovering Collection offers easy access to award-winning content based on national curriculum standards. Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, DC provides a premium selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips.

CNN

CNN.com is among the world's leaders in online news from CNN's global team of almost 4,000 news professionals. Keeping you up to date seven days a week by a dedicated staff in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia and in bureaus worldwide.

Newsmap

Newsmap.jp is an interactive treemap of current Google News items which allows the specification of country of origin and subject area, then colors news items based on the subject area and how recently the item has happened.

USA Today

USA TODAY is a multi-platform news and information media company. Founded in 1982, USA TODAY's mission is to serve as a forum for better understanding and unity to help make the USA truly one nation. Today, through its newspaper, website and mobile platforms, USA TODAY connects readers and engages the national conversation. USA TODAY, the nation's number one newspaper in print circulation.

American Memory

American Memory 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.

EconEdLink

The premier source of classroom-tested, Internet-based economics and personal finance lesson material.

The Miller Center

The Miller Center is a nonpartisan institute that seeks to expand understanding of the presidency, policy, and political history, providing critical insights for the nation’s governance challenges.

PolitiFact.com

PolitiFact is a project of the St. Petersburg Times to help you find the truth in politics.

The New York Times Upfront

Welcome to the online edition of The New York Times Upfront, where you'll find a selection of articles from our print edition.

Smithsonian's History Explorer

View media, museum artifacts and more, all related to History.