e-Media Center

Welcome to the e-Media Center at the Collinsville Community Unit School District No. 10!  In the e-Media Center you will find links to online resources, including district subscription services as well as free Internet resources.

Online Encyclopedias

General Reference

Subject-Specific Reference

Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Edition

Language Arts

Encarta Encyclopedia

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Language Arts Resources (History, literature, reading and composition)
Encyclopedia Britannica

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King James Bible
Electric Library Encyclopedia American Heritage Dictionary Oxford Shakespeare
Biography.com Roget's II:  The New Thesaurus Strunk's Elements of Style
Encyclopedia Smithsonian Robert's Rules of Order American Heritage Book of English Usage
Grolier Online Simpson's Contemporary Quotations Biography Maker - help with writing biographies 

Online Subscriptions

Barlett's Familiar Quotations The Cambridge History of English and American Literature

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The American Novel - Carl Van Doren
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Encarta Dictionary Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

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Biographical Dictionary Resources on Fiction
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Webster's Dictionary
Resources on Nonfiction

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Calculators Resources on Poetry and Verse

Educational Structures

More Calculators MLA Bibliographic Format - template for citations allowing you to copy & paste

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Language Dictionaries (including translation)

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  Writing Research Papers (MLA Standards)
    Writing Handbook

 

  Research and Writing Process

Subject-Specific Search Engines

  Elements of Argument

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  Evaluating Print and Electronic Sources

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The English Pages (Composition, Literature, Developmental, Technical Writing and Online Citation Guides)

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  Norton Websource to American Literature

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  Outline of American Literature
    Resources on U.S. Literature
   
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Internet Detective
an interactive tutorial on evaluating the quality of Internet resources

Foreign Language Arts Science
Foreign Lanuage Resources (Culture, Speaking) Arts Resources (Architecture, History, Photography, Music) Sciences Resource Listing (Biological and life sciences; Earth science; Ecology; Geology; History; Oceanography; Paleontology; Pharmacology; Space sciences)
    Gray's Anatomy
Mathematics

Physical Education

How Stuff Works
Excellent Mathematics Resource Listing Physical Education Resources Encyclopedia of Botany
Excellent math site for K-12 math problems!   More Science Links
 

General Resources

Social Studies

  Library of Congress
Smithsonian Institution
Social Studies Resource Listing (Anthropology; Careers; Civics; Comparative political systems; Criminology; Current events/issues; Economics; Geography; History; Human relations; State history; Technology; U.S. Constitution; U.S. Government, U.S. History, Urban studies; World history)
    A Biography of America
    The World Factbook
 

Technology

Inaugural Addresses of the U.S. Presidents
  An Internet Encyclopedia 20th Century Chronology
    InfoPlease Atlas
    Encarta Atlas
    U.S. Census Bureau
    The World Factbook 2000 (CIA)
    History on the Web
    Gettysburg: The Soldiers' Battle
    Social Studies for Teachers & Students
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