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**: ****Online Resources ** Tech Training August 2010 1 hour and 15 min. training
 * Barbers Hill Technology Training **

** __Search Engines __ ****: **

**Picsearch **—search engine for pictures [] **Wolfram ** **— **answers questions involving numbers, stats [] **Sweet Search **—all sites listed have been reviewed & approved by teachers and librarians <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in -13.5pt 0pt 0in;">[] **<span style="color: #e86e0a; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Google Scholar ** <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|http://scholar.google.com]

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Tips for using Google.com <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; msolist: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">- to get a definition place __define:term__ (term being your search criteria) in the search box <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Examples: define:apple, define:”civil rights” <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">- to get results that are from academic wedbsites place “term”site:edu <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">after search criteria <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Examples: “Mark Twain”site:edu, “hypnosis”site:edu <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">- translate any web page from one language to another easily <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;">www.google.com/language_tools <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; msolist: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">- to access maps and ariel views from around the Earth <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;">earth.google.com <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Other useful google search sites: <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[]

** __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">Databases (Compiled by Jenifer Frazier) __ ** **<span style="color: #e86e0a; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">For All grades: ** **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Encyclopedia Britannica ** <span style="font-family: 'tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|http://school.eb.com] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Login: barbershill <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Password: Ktwelve

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">World Book Encyclopedia Online ** <span style="font-family: 'tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|http://www.worldbookonline.com] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Login: bhlibrary or bhlibrary1 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Password: eagles

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Nettrekker ** <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|http://www.nettrekker.com] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">User name: bhis <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Password: eagles

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Online Encyclopedias ** <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> Britannica [] <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> Columbia 2005 []

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Databases: ** **<span style="color: #e86e0a; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">For Middle School & High School **

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Library of Congress ** <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] No password needed

**<span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Facts on File **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (sponsored by Region IV) <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|www.fofweb.com] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">User Name: bhlibrary <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Password: eagles

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Gale ** <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Password: lonestar

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Wilson Web ** <span style="font-family: 'tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; msolayoutgridalign: none;">Login: AZT28 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; msolayoutgridalign: none;">Password: SSTX043567

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Newsbank ** <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|http://infoweb.newsbank.com] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Login: 7883 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Password: 7883

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">EBSCO ** <span style="font-family: 'tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|http://search.ebscohost.com] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Login: barbershill <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Password: barbershill

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Information on how to use the K-12 Databases: ** <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[]