Galileo - www.galileo.usg.edu

A world wide web based virtual library, Galileo provides access to multiple information resources, including secured access to licensed products.  Students can access articles from encyclopedias, magazines, and newspapers for free from school and home.  The current Galileo password is avow.

NetTrekker - www.nettrekker.com

Provides access to hundreds of articles and can be accessed from school and home.  NetTrekker is the leading educational search tool for k-12 schools, bringing digital resources into the classroom in a safe, relevant and engaging way, making it easier to provide a more personalized and productive learning experience for every student.

Directory of Open Access Journals - http://www.doaj.org/

This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.  They strive to cover all subjects and languages.

Citation Styles - www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/cications.html

Provides examples of APA, MLA and Chicago-Turabian citations.

BibMe - http://www.bibme.org

This site provides students with a free automatic bibliography maker.

A Lexile measure is a valuable piece of information about either an individual's reading ability or the difficulty of a text, like a book or magazine article. The Lexile measure is shown as a number with an "L" after it — 880L is 880 Lexile.

A student gets his or her Lexile reader measure from a reading test or program. For example, if a student receives an 880L on her end-of-grade reading test, she is an 880 Lexile reader. Higher Lexile measures represent a higher level of reading ability. A Lexile reader measure can range from below 200L for beginning readers to above 1700L for advanced readers. Readers who score at or below 0L receive a BR for Beginning Reader.

For more information about lexile levels and to create custom booklists visit www.lexile.com.

Library of Congress Copyright Information - http://www.loc.gov/teachers/copyrightmystery

U.S. Copyright Office - http://www.copyright.gov

Tools for the 21st Centuary Classroom - http://sites.google.com/site/deborahhargroves/free-tools-for-the-21st-century-classroom

Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl - http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/hrrb/

Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/hrrb/highschoolbooklist.html

Regional Competition - February 4th at Valdosta State University