Library

Purpose Statement

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

Check Out - What's Happening In the Library!

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 BHS LANGUAGE ARTS READING LIST
The Reading List is a list of books recommend by the Language Arts depart. Find synopses for most of the books at powells.com or amazon.com READING LIST

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Ballard High School Book Wishlists

Amazon Queen Anne Bookstore

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Follow the BHS Library on Twitter!

  Follow @BeaverReaders    

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Quick Links To Topic Headings Below

• Books & Book Lists
• Start your Research
• Primary Sources
• Web Links by Subject Matter
• Class Projects

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Books & Book Lists - Find your next book to read

BHS Library Catalog
Your Next Read
YA Books Central
Teen Ink - Teen book reviews
Seattle Public Library's Teen page
New York Times Book Review
BookPage
Barnes and Noble Amazon

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Start Your Research

Quick Links to Databases

Access to these databases is automatic from school computers. For off-campus access see the librarian, or go to Password Information for Online Resources (requires SPS login)

Encyclopedias & General Reference

• eLibrary
  
• Greenwood Skills Center
  
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  
• SIRS
  
• Visual Thesaurus
  
• Worldbook Advanced
  
• Worldbook Student

Health

• Medline Plus
  
• ProQuest Health

Newspapers, Magazines & Journals

• eLibrary
  
• ProQuest
  
• SIRS

Social Studies

• ABC-CLIO
  • American Government
  • American History
  • Daily Life Through History
  • Pop Culture Universe
  • United States Geography
  • World Geography
• CultureGrams
• Facts on File
  • Issues and Controversies
  • Issues and Controversies in American History
• ProQuest History Study Center

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Primary Sources

• Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
• California State University, Los Angeles. Primary Sources on the Web
• Euro Docs: Western European Primary Historical Documents
• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
• Primary Sources for History

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Web Links By Subject Matter

American History Mega Websites

• Library of Congress
  • American History
  • American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
  • American Memory Timeline
  • Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
• National Archives
  • 100 Milestone Documents of American History
• Black Past
  
• Digital History
  
• National Security Archive
  
• PBS American Experience

Controversies & Issues

• Facts on File: Issues and Controversies (SPS password required)
  
• idebate - The International Debate Education Association (IDEA) is a global network of organisations that value debate as a way to give young people a voice.
• Multnomah County Library/Social Issue
  
• ProCon - Promoting critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, primarily pro-con format.
• SIRS Issue Researcher (SPS password required)

Country Information

CIA World Factbook

CultureGrams (SPS password required at home)

Government

• City of Seattle
  
• King County
  
• U.S. Senate
  
• U.S. Supreme Court
  
• U.S. House of Representatives
  
• Washington State
  
• White House

Health

• Center for Disease Control
  
• Health Finder
  
• Mayo Clinic
  
• MedLine
  
• National Institute of Health

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Class Projects

Science News Links

• WebLinks
  
  • BBC - Science and Technology News
    
  • Science Daily
    
  • New York Times - Science News
    
  • Science Magazine
    
  • New Scientist
    
  • National Science Foundation
• Magazine Links (Proquest)
  
  • Popular Science
    
  • National Geographic
    
  • Science News
    
  • American Scientist
    
  • Smithsonian
    
  • Discover

Business News

• Web Links
  
  • The Economist
    
  • Wall Street Journal
    
  • Seattle Times Business
    
  • New York Times
    
  • Christian Science Monitor
    
  • Time Magazine
    
  • Forbes Magazine
• Proquest Links - Choose the Latest Available Issue. If accessing at home, requires username and password. Ask Ms. Arthur, Ms. Wood, Ms Faust or Mr. Blazevic. 
  
  • The Economist
    
  • Wall Street Journal
    
  • New York Times (Look for the B section)
    
  • Christian Science Monitor
    
  • Forbes

   

RESOURCE LIST

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Online Student Resources

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Contact Info

Teacher Librarian
TuesD Chambers
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Library Assistant
Lindi Wood
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Phone: 206-252-1121
Main Office: 206-252-1000

Hours
Monday-Thursday,
7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Friday
7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Homework/Tutoring
Mon-Thurs, After school until 4:45 p.m.

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Quick Links to Search Engines

• Bing Opens a New Window.
• Google Opens a New Window.
• Google Advanced Opens a New Window.
• Google Scholar Opens a New Window.
• RefSeek Academic Search Opens a New Window.
• Sweet Search Opens a New Window. - A Search Engine for Students

Quick Look-Up Sources

• Dictionary.com Opens a New Window.
• Encyclopedia.com Opens a New Window.
• Infoplease Opens a New Window.
• Wikipedia Opens a New Window.

Area Libraries

• Seattle Public Library Opens a New Window.
• University of Washington Libraries Opens a New Window.
• King County Library System Opens a New Window.

News

• The Talisman Opens a New Window.
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer Opens a New Window.
• Seattle Times Opens a New Window.
• BBC Opens a New Window.
• CNN Opens a New Window.
• Google News Opens a New Window.
• New York Times Opens a New Window.
• NPR Opens a New Window.
• Online Newspaper Directory for the World Opens a New Window.

Citation Quick Handouts [pdf] Coming soon

• APA Style Guide to Electronic References (6th ed.)
• APA Style Guide
• Chicago Style Guide
• MLA Style Guide

Citation Management

• EasyBib Opens a New Window.
• Citation Machine Opens a New Window.
• Zotero Opens a New Window.

Plagiarism Information & Resources

• Avoiding Plagiarism Opens a New Window.
• More on Avoiding Plagiarism Opens a New Window.
• Plagiarism.org Opens a New Window.
• TurnItIn.com Opens a New Window.

Writing Tools & Resources

• The OWL at Purdue