STUDENTS - ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

CITING REFERENCES

If you borrow it when you write it, be sure to CITE IT! These Websites will give you the correct formats for citing your reference materials.

Guidlines & helpful information for citing refences from the pages of Woodlawn's Assignment Notebook!

• Citation Machine
  This website's primary goal is to make it easy for students to cite their information sources properly.The APA format is used here at Woodlawn
  http://citationmachine.net
• Style Wizard
  http://www.stylewizard.com/
• Writers Handbook
  http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocAPAReferences.html

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GENERAL REFERENCE

• Alexandria
• Clipart.com
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• This Day in History
• Information Please
• The Interactive World Fact Book
• WebElements
• World Climates
• Current U.S. Weather
• Zip Code LookUp
• Area Code LookUp
• Peterson's Education Center
• National Geographic
• Interactive Table of Elements
• Countries of the World
• World Factbook
• Create a Bibliography

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ENCYCLOPEDIAS

• Encylopedia Britannica Online
• Encylopedia.com
• World Book

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NEWS ORGANIZATIONS

• CNN
• FOX News
• ABC News
• NBC News
• Chicago Tribune
• Chicago Sun Times
• Buffalo Grove Daily Herald
• Buffalo Grove Countryside

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DICTIONARIES

• Webster's Dictionary
• Dictionary.com
• Wordsmyth: The Educational Dictionary -Thesaurus
• Thesaurus.com
• Acronym Finder
• The Biographical Dictionary
• World Atlas
• Almanac

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MUSEUMS

Chicago Museums

• Adler Planetarium
• Chicago Art Institute
• Field Museum
• Museum of Science and Industry
• Shedd Aquarium
• Chicago Children's Museum
• Kohl Children's Museum

Washington D.C. Museums

• National Gallery of Art
  Extensive collections available online.
• National Portrait Gallery
  View more than 20 online exhibits.
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
  Browse more than 4,000 images.
• Ocean Planet
  Virtual version of Smithsonian exhibit.
• National Air & Space Museum
  Take flight with these exhibits.
• National Museum of Natural History
  Many virtual exhibitions to explore.
• Holocaust Memorial Museum
  Online exhibits from the museum.
• National Museum of American History
  Great information on Smithsonian exhibits.
• Capital Children's Museum
  The latest news from this DC museum.
• National Building Museum
  Explore past and current architectural exhibits.
• National Museum of Health and Medicine
  Search thousands of medical objects.
• Smithsonian Institution
  Resources, tours and events of the Museum.

Other Museums of Interest

• Exploratorium
  Exhibits from San Francisco's cool interactive science museum.
• The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
  The "world's largest" collection of kids' exhibits on the natural sciences, foreign cultures,history, and the arts.
• Hands on Science Museums Worldwide
  This page contains pointers to public museums with a strong emphasis on interactive science education.
• The Natural History Museum of England
  England's Natural History Museum's has a great collection of both life and earth science exhibits or even visit Charles Darwin's home.