AEA 267 Research Resources
Internet Online Research Databases
Available from school and home.
Have a research project?
Need Information?

Available Resources (Through AEA 7)

Use these links to help you with whatever your project or report may be.

http://ap.accuweather.com

This database of Associated Press Archive photos, text and sound, allows teachers and students to incorporate information, photos and sounds from AP stories, into reports, term papers and presentations. Contains 700,000 photos from 1860+. There are also 500,000+ audio clips from 1920+. Also contains current photos and articles from around the world. Some search tips are to use the last name first while searching for a person. Spell out all locations you are searching for. Use single quotation marks around a phrase such as 'Oklahoma City bombing rescue'. This web site is not case sensitive. Make sure to check the web site for copyright restrictions. It's simple to do a searh in the accuNet/AP Multimedia Archive. Just enter your search criteria in the WHAT, WHEN and/or WHERE fields at the top of the search page, and then click on SEARCH or hit ENTER on your keyboard.

http://search.epnet.com/

A periodical database that contains 500 magazines of full text education journals and ERIC. ERIC includes more than 2,200 digests, along with references for additional information and citations and adstracts from over 980 educationrelated journals. Included are images, photos, maps, charts, tables, and graphs. It also contains biographies of many characters in the world. There are book reviews and a dictionary. Other helpful resources include the CIA World Factbook and health and science related pamphlets.

For younger students there is the World Almanac for Kids, 50 children's magazines, 100 pamphlets and reference books.

http://www.marcopolosearch.org/

A K-12 education program which provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities, materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines.

http://www.accuweather.com

A site that contains information on worldwide weather from 93 expert meteorologists and weather information from the last ten years. Also included on the site are real-time radar images and a full hurricane center.

http://www.atomiclearning.com/

Atomic Learning breaks down your favorite software into fast-loading tutorial movie "atoms," played right over the Internet. We SHOW you how to use a program, with narration. Included are tutorials on Inspiration, Kidspiration, and KidPix, among other things.

http://schools.clipart.com/

Home to 2.6 million images, fonts, and sounds, which can be searched by keyword or found by browsing through categories! These have a multitude of uses in schools, such at vocabulary and concept development, school newsletters, student assignments, multimedia presentations, web pages and more...

Home Access for Staff and Students

AEA 267 Media Net

Select: Medianet Options

From: "General" Select: Resource Databases

Choose your database

Try these steps--they'll work for an English paper, science report, social studies project or any other assignment. It's not unusual to repeat any of these steps. For example, sometimes you need to research, revise, and research again.

Define the purpose
Is it to...
  • Inform
  • Persuade
  • Convince
  • Support/Confirm
Research the topic
Formulate a plan to...
  • Overview the topic
  • Identify likely sources
  • Online or card catalog, online research databases, Internet, etc.
  • Determine accuracy of information
Revise the search strategy
If necessary...
  • Narrow if too much information
  • Expand if limited information
  • Change research topic
Determine the final topic
  • Formulate thesis (if required)
  • Formulate questions to guide research
  • Start outline
Locate/use multiple sources
  • Print Materials
  • Electronic resources
  • Interviews, surveys, etc.
Collect, organize, and record information
  • Determine relevance and completeness of information
  • Distinguish among fact, point of view, and opinion
  • Include multiple points of view/theories
  • Take notes/record information
Access and draw conclusions
  • Create first version (rough draft)
  • Edit and revise
  • Cite Sources (bibliography, parenthetical references)
Present final project
  • Evaluate the project and research process
Created by Adam Young using materials provided by AEA 267.
East Buchanan Community School Tech Team
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