Library Resources

Upper School Students

Writing a Paper

• Creating a Thesis Statement
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/
• What is a Thesis Statement?
• http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/thesis.html

English

• Poetry, Poems, Bios & More
• www.poets.org

MLA

• How to cite your references:
• http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/mlagd.php
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
• http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm
• http://www.bibme.org/

Career links

• Financial Aid Calculator
• http://www.edwise.org
• Federal Student Aid
• http://www.ombudsman.ed.gov/
• Student Aid
• http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/index.jsp
• PHEAA
• http://www.pheaa.org/
• Find & Compare Student Aid
• http://www.simpletuition.com/home
• Guide to Life after High School
• http://www.panext.com/
• Peterson's College Guide
• http://www.petersons.com/

Science

• World of Science
• http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/

Social Studies

• Renaissance
• http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/
• News and Current Events
• http://www.newslink.org/
• Digital History
• http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
• Hyper History
• http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
• Eyewitness to History
• http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/
• First World War
• http://www.firstworldwar.com/
• In the Trenches WWI
• http://www.worldwar1.com/
• History WWII
• http://www.historynet.com/magazines/world_war_ii
• The Holocaust
• http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

Art

• The Guide to Great Art
• http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

Health

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• http://www.cdc.gov/