• GOOGLE ADVANCED SEARCH - The SMART Way to Search
• Women Who Changed History
  
• Women's History - Short bios from Gale Research
• Biographies of Notable Women
• Distinguished Women of Past and Present
• Past Notable Women of Computing & Mathematics
• Biographies of Women Mathematicians
• Links With Information regarding
  Famous Women and Women's Issues
• Women in History
• Marvel Click on Britannica Online School Edition  and enter your woman's name

• Need a quote?
  BrainyQuote
  Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Interesting websites to test your knowledge:

Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion Online Tutorial

Fact or Opinion Game 1

Fact or Opinion Game 2

Fact and Opinion Quiz

In your research, look for facts, data, and statistics !

•   Use to find current online versions of magazine articles on your topic! 
• Try MAS Ultra, MiddleSearch, and MasterFile Premier. Explore the other databases which may have info. pertinent to your topic. 
• CRMS Library Catalog ONLINE! Search for books on your subject.
  
• Online Resources for Social Issues
• Internet Public Library Social Issues Links
• U.S. Dept. of State - Hot issues
• Social Issue Links - not all are available to us, but explore!
• GOOGLE ADVANCED SEARCH - the SMART way to GOOGLE
  
• Crime Statistics Links
• Social Issues - Links from Enoch Pratt Free Library
  
• Criminal Justice Links This web page provides access to criminal justice topics: juvenile delinquency, courts, police agencies, prisons, capital punishment, spouse abuse, victims rights, militias, cults, and white-collar crime.
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) NCJRS is one of the most extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice in the world. The NCJRS Abstracts Database provides abstracts for more than 151,000 justice related Federal, State, and local government documents, books, research reports, journal articles, program descriptions, and evaluations.
• National Institute of Corrections This U.S. Dept. of Justice website contains a diverse number of publications pertaining to community corrections, jails, women prisoners, prison administration, and security issues, etc. You can also do your own subject search. In addition, there are newsworthy topics in corrections and web links to many correctional agencies and related organizations.
• The National Center for Juvenile Justice The National Center for Juvenile Justice provides access and in-depth detail to each of the 50 state juvenile judiciary systems. There is legislative data, as well as useful statistics and related links.
• Social Statistics Briefing Room - from the White House
• Statistical Abstract of the United States You need Adobe as these files are in PDF form.

NoodleBib Starter 

Hint to CRMS users: use the MLA version. 

Make careful choices, enter the correct info., and 

this will generate LOVELY citations for your papers! 

Cut and paste into a word processing document, then alphabetize your entries. 

Remember to cite your sources and page numbers. 

Works Cited Format

For Author Information:

• Google them! Put in their name and the word biography
• MARVEL Databases - search Contemporary Authors
• Young Adult Author Links from Yahoo
• Internet Public Library Kidspace - The Author Page
• Kids and Teens Authors
  
• Author! Author!
• Index to Children's and Young Adult's Authors
• Authors on the Web
• Authors and Illustrators on the Web

• Maine Databases - search Novelist K-8
• Amazon Online Bookstore  - Search under BOOKS!
• The Literary Web - Check this out for TONS of links to book review sources

Cinderella! Cinderella!

Country Information

CIA World Factbook
MARVEL: Maine Databases  for Britannica Online School Edition
Holidays and Festivals Around the World
Yahoo Holiday Links
Birthday Traditions in Different Countries
World Wedding Traditions
Shoes from Around the World
Resource for baby names from all over the world
Baby Names Around the World
More baby names - pick a nationality!
Baby names by country
Baby Names - Choose a name by ethnic origin

HLA Supplemental Reading Lists

Maine Student Book Award Reviews by CRMS students!

Also, check out this fabulous MSBA page!