John Stanford Library at Ballard High School

Purpose Statement

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Academic Achievement for every student by ensuring that they are effective users of ideas and information

 Announcements

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Audiobooks are available through the Online Student Resource (Databases) page.
Here is a link to instructions.
http://library.seattleschools.org/oneclickdigital/oneclickdigital.html

The library has a public wireless device so students can bring their own electronic devices to access the Internet. A note of caution....  the school is not responsible for lost or stolen private property.
 
Web Resources.
The links with the asterisk* require a username and password. Please contact Ms. Arthur for this information.    

       Search Engines

Google

Google Scholar

Google Advanced
Bing
Yahoo Directory

Kids Click
Librarians Index to the Internet

General References
Seattle Public Schools Online Resources (Databases)
Seattle Public Library Resources/Databases
*World Book Encyclopedia (Advanced)
*World Book Encyclopedia (Student)
*eLibrary
*SIRS

Infoplease
Encyclopedia.com
About.com
Wikipedia

      News
Seattle Times
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
NPR
CNN
BBC
Google News
Online Newspaper Directory for the World
*Proquest

Country Information
U.S. Department of State Background Notes
Library of Congress:Country Studies
BBC Country Profiles
CIA World Factbook
*ABC-CLIO: World Geography
*Culture Grams
   
       Controversies/Issues
ProCon
idebate
Multnomah County Library/Social Issues

*SIRS Issue Researcher
*Facts on File: Issues and Controversies


    Health
MedLine
Center for Disease Control
National Institute of Health
Health Finder
Mayo Clinic
*Proquest Family Health

Government
City of Seattle
King County
Washington State
White House
House of Representatives

Senate
Library of Congress
Supreme Court
*ABC-CLIO: American Government

         Primary Sources
Euro Docs: Western European Primary Historical Documents
Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
American Memory:Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
National Security Archive
Chronicling America:Search newspapers from all over America from 1860 - 1920
Primary Sources for History
California State University, Los Angeles.  Primary Sources on the Web

 

Books

Ballard High School’s Catalog

Seattle Public Library Catalog

Seattle Public Library’s Books for Teens

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

New York Times Book Review

Book Page

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