Inventors

=Inventors= Looking for Inventors? Here are some useful places in the library and online to check out. Prepared by Linda Bjork, Teacher Librarian at MBMS. Special thanks to Cheri Tomboc, Teacher Librarian at Westview High School and Joyce Valenza for her pathfinder templates.

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Look for background information, important dates & people and keywords for your topic: [|World Book] - reliable encyclopedia; passwords available in the library [|Wikipedia] - use for background & as a stepping stone to potential reliable sources, NOT as a source for information

=Books=

[|Search the library catalog]: Terms like the invention, the inventor, products, or scientific discovery
 * Browse the shelves:** Look in the Biography section. Books are shelved in alphabetical order by the famous person's last name.

=Subscription Databases= [|Access the Meadowbrook Library Home Page] Google - Meadowbrook Middle School - Departments - Library - Gale Resources - password available in the library

[|Gale Databases] password is available in the library [|Student Resource Center Junior:]Covering all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, SRC - Junior provides a premium selection of reference material, more than 340 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips.

[|General Reference Center Gold:] A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. \

[|Biography Resource Center] This database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to hand-picked web sites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.

[|United Streaming] : video on-demand educational movies. Library has headphones for your use. Username and password available in the library

=Biography Websites=

[|biography.com]

=Online Encyclopedias= Free web-based encyclopedias: [|Brittanica] [|Encarta (Concise])

=Bibliography Tools= Tell the reader where you got your information from! Fill in the information and click submit. This tool will write the bibliography in the correct format. Just copy and paste it to the last page of your report.

[|Citation Machine] - MLA Citation Creator [|Noodle Tools] - Personal ID is available in the library