RESOURCE IDEAS FOR YOU:
1. Books: Check your school library's online catalog (OPAC)
accessible from your school library's homepage.
2. Magazines and Newspapers: Check your school library's
collection or visit the public library.
3. Online databases: Check your school library's home page for
this. You may need a password to use it. Some school library's
allow access from home if you remember the password. Here
are the names of some databases you might find really useful:
*Ebsco Primary Search
*Ebsco Host Masterfile Select
*Thomson Gale Custom Newspapers
What other database resources do you find that may be helpful?
It is helpful to read the descriptions of the databases to get a
feel for what types of materials they contain. For example, a
database described as containing information about authors
and classic literature probably would not be very helpful to
someone trying to find out information about brand new cars,
right? However, a database described as containing consumer
reports might be really useful.
Check what your school has to offer. You may want to give
your public library's Website a look, too. Often times they list
the databases they have available and if you type in your library
card number you can access their databases from home (or
even while at school).
4. Internet Websites: Does your school library site offer any
recommendations for search engines? These can be helpful,
too:
Ask for Kids : Gives teen-friendly search results.
Awesome Library : Has a collection of sites that are carefully
reviewed and apt to be trustworthy.
AOL@school : Gives plenty of teen-friendly results and you can
search for results that are best for students at your grade level.
Also, you may want to try these links to reliable automobile
information:
Kelley Blue Book Online: offers lots of information about brand
new vehicles. Check the upper right hand corner of the site for
information about new cars.
edmunds.com : another site with information about brand new
vehicles. Check the left hand corner for new car info.
You can also try the official Websites of automobile makers to
get pricing and gas mileage information. Chevrolet may be a
good site to begin with for this project.
HELPFUL SEARCH WORDS:
Here are some words and terms that may be helpful when searching on the OPAC or using other search engines:
automobile(s) Ford consumer reports
vehicle(s) Nissan new car
gas mileage fuel efficient auto prices
These will get you started. Can you think of any other words or terms that might be helpful when searching for the questions you have listed on your question sheet? List any you can think of before you hit the search engines and you will be able to locate what you need faster!
For easy reference, this information may be printed out and looked at whenever it is needed. The links to search engines and Websites do work- just click on them while you are online.