Electronic Media

Documenting Internet Information Resources

• Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Electronic Sources on the Internet
• MLA-Style Citations of Electronic Sources (Endorsed by the Alliance for Computers & Writing)
• A great Web site which helps students to correctly cite references used for research papers -- the site uses MLA Bibliographic Format Interactive Forms to allow one to enter bibliographic information for a wide variety of traditional and electronic information sources, and then at a click of the mouse, the site delivers the proper bibliographic citation which can be copied and pasted into research papers.

Radio & Television

• National Public Radio
• Public Broadcasting System (PBS) ONLINE
• NOVA - famous PBS TV science program (including helpful classroom aids)
• MSNBC
• CNN Interactive (Cable News Network Online)

Online Libraries, Books, and Reference Books

• Library of Congress
• The Virtual Library of Virginia offers a broad assortment of resources including reference databases, library catalogs, electronic books and texts, statistical data, image collections, and electronic journals.
• The Virtual Reference Desk. TEN STAR RATING!!! Great all-purpose general reference which includes multiple valuable reference volumes. Thanks to Purdue University Library. A rather incredible find!
• Check this out: Language
• List of Dictionaries. Unbelievable!
• Webster's Dictionary. Searchable index. Text.
• Roget's Thesaurus. A searchable index by keywords. Text.
• Acronyms. Searchable Gopher index by keyword. Text. When prompted to "Enter a database query:", enter the acronym for which you would like to know the meaning, then press the return or enter key.
• Bartlett's Familiar Passages, Phrases and Proverbs
• The Elements of Style, by Strunk & White.
• AT&T Toll-Free Internet Directory
• USPS ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information

Newspapers & Periodicals

• USA TODAY Online
• USA Today Classline has lesson plans for using news in the classroom and a reporter ready for student interaction.
• The Washington Post Online
• The New York Times on the Web
• Scholastic Central
  • Electronic Learning Magazine
• National Geographic Online including lots of pictures and articles.
• Discover Magazine's School Science Programs
• SyllabusWeb magazine
• Parallel Computing Research (PCR)

Walter Sanford, WebMaster
Geosystems in Fairfax County Public Schools
Internet: wsanford@wsanford.com