Big Think: How to brainstorm for your senior project

Big Think is a forum on issues related to

• arts and culture
  


• science



• history



• media



• philanthropy (charitable works)



• rest and diversions (sports, hobbies, leisue)



• politics



• the world
  

This is the place to get information from professionals and academics. Get ideas for your senior project topics. Add ideas to the forum and meet authors and experts in every field. http://www.bigthink.com/

Google Custom Search Engine/GHCHS Collaboration Archives

Google custom search engine is a way to create a unique list of websites centered on a particular topic. Students and teachers can add websites to the search engine to build an easy, accessible grouping of online links. Custom search engines allow students to go beyond just Google, or Yahoo and allows them to choose and evaluate how well websites meet their information needs.

We have linked a new section to both the original GHCHS website and this virtual learning commons blog. Check the sidebar and look for "GHCHS Collaboration Archive"

All collaborative research projects from 2007-2008 are available listed by teacher(s), subject area tags, and title of project

IGoogle

Give us twenty minutes and we can help you create your own personal information space with IGoogle. This space can allow all members of the GHCHS community the opportunity to centralize information in oneplace.

You can

• design your own unique IGoogle page


• insert gadgets to help you organize your day (calendars, to-do lists, calculators)


• link to live online homework help


• link to all your teachers' websites


• get immediate information on colleges, great books, scholarships, and more.

Sessions are available in the library Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. -4:30 p.m. Teachers who would like to bring classes, please feel free to contact the library and schedule time via EMS calendar.

IF YOU ALREADY HAVE IGOOGLE AND WOULD LIKE TO COACH STUDENTS AND STAFF IN BUILDING THEIR OWN SPACES, PLEASE COME TO THE LIBRARY. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR EXPERTISE.

Bibme

Easybib works great...but if you want to be able to keep your bibliography and revise it as you do your research, you have to pay Easybib a fee.

Bibme is a free service that allows you to create MLA and APA styles bibliographies that you can save and access at anytime. Bibme also has methods to look up books and journal articles and downloads quick citations. At the bottom of the screen, Bibme will also alert you to other resources that you may want to include in your research.

It's easy to build, easy to download into MS WORD and simple to change so you can get citations for books, video, journals, etc. You can also share your bibliography with colleagues in group projects or even build a class bibliography to help everyone with their research on a particular subject.

Write, Share, Revise, Compare

Many students will be working on group projects. Often it is difficult to find time outside class to work with colleagues on their research notes, and the organization of your project.

Writeboard Collaboration (http://www.writeboard.com/) gives students a central web location to work together on projects without worrying about trying to e-mail documents or find other students during the school day to check facts, data, and ideas.

You can see your group's cumulative work and use contributions to build better, more innovative ideas for your group project.

Writeboard makes it easy to...

• Write without fear of losing or overwriting a good idea Compare different versions of a document
• Collaborate with colleagues on copy, proposals, memos, etc.
• Subscribe to documents via RSS and be notified of changes
• Keep your writings organized with Backpack integration

Get answers to your math questions: Ask Dr. Math

Here is a site that may help you understand specific math concepts and equations.

Try going to the Drexel Math Forum. You can choose math by level, ask Dr. Math a question, get homework help, see similar math problems and get step-by-step solutions.

If Hotmath does not support your particular math textbook, this is good quick option.

http://mathforum.org/students/

A fun interactive way to get current events

10 x 10 is a site that creates a mosaic of images related to major world headlines and uses keywords to show subject areas.

Go to http://tenbyten.org/10x10.html

Click on images to get headlines from newspapers and new sources worldwide.

How to search faster - try using subject headings

Sometimes keyword search works well but sometimes, teachers require that your research go beyond Google or Yahoo.

To help you find quality academic websies by subject, try the Virtual Learning Resources site. This site lists material by subject. If you place your mouse over any of the weblink, a small preview box will appear so you can quickly check to see if the website will be helpful to you.

Grokker

Need assistance creating new keyword searches or organizing information you have already searched on the web? Try Grokker, a visual mapping and search tool that takes your searches and help you find more information using keywords and similar sites.

Grokker allows you to automatically generate a concept map or a list of relevant websites.

GOTO http://www.grokker.com/

Random House Book Search

Doesn't it frustrate you no end when you come to the library looking for one special book for your research and some other equally dedicated student has check it out or, worse, we don't have it!

On this blog, we have included a book search widget from Random House publishers, that allows you to search for books online.

It can search by keyword and give you

• the entire book preview
• book chapters on your research subject
• or individual pages in the book

Tell us what you think!

Clio View: Get up to date statistics for your research

Featured in the World Geography, United States Geography, and United States at War databases, ClioView lets students easily compare up-to-date and reliable statistical data. ClioView automates and presents data in an easy-to-understand table or graph format, allowing students to focus their time on interpretation and evaluation of the data.

This is a special tool available to GHCHS students via our paid database ABC-CLIO.

Information Research Survey

GHCHS Library invites you to help us serve you better by participating in an information literary.

Just click on the following URL http://www.trails-9.org/administration/enter.php?i=21818

and take a quick information survey on research skills. You opinions and experience will help the LMC create programs to help you with your 9th grade research projects.

Thanks for your help and remember to visit the LMC and say hello!