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School Library:

Who it's for: Students, teachers, and staff of a particular K-12 school.

What it has: Books, digital resources, and media that support the school's curriculum and students' recreational reading.

Purpose: To support the educational mission of the school.

Public Library:

Who it's for: The general public in a city or county.

What it has: A broad collection of popular fiction, non-fiction, magazines, newspapers, and resources for personal interests and entertainment, plus programs for all ages.

Purpose: To provide community enrichment, lifelong learning, and resources for all members of the community.

Academic Library:

Who it's for: Students, faculty, and researchers at a college or university.

What it has: Extensive collections of specialized scholarly books, academic journals, research databases, and resources supporting advanced research and teaching.

Purpose: To support the teaching, learning, and scholarly research of the university or college.

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Online tools and information for creating MLA and APA citations. Questions? Visit the library or email Mr. Friesen.

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Reports of an alleged Indian plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist in the United States could undermine India-U.S. relations and both country's efforts to counter China's growing influence.

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The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers.

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Curated by professional editors, The Conversation offers informed commentary and debate on the issues affecting our world. Plus a Plain English guide to the latest developments and discoveries from the university and research sector.

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Use the search function to access both print and online sources.

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Get a Temporary Library Card right now.

You can start using the online research databases, then visit the library (in Clement Park) within three weeks with your photo ID to get a permanent library card.

Colorado residents who are 17 years of age or older can register with a current photo ID. Residents who are under 17 may do so with a parent or guardians signature.

Acceptable forms of ID for users 17+ to register for new library card:

State issued Driver’s License, ID card or digital ID in the MyColorado app

Passport, Military ID, or Matricula Consular card

University or School ID

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Apply for a Library Card Online (En Español)
Apply online from the comfort of your home and receive a library card number via email!…

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This tool can help you sort out what is valid information about current topics.

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Modeled on The Sift newsletter for educators, Get Smart About News is our new free newsletter designed for the general public. It explores timely examples of misinformation, addresses media and press freedom topics and discusses social media trends and issues.

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Part of the Learning Express Library online learning platform. Build math and reading skills, improve writing, speaking and grammar, and prepare for the U.S. citizenship exam. [alternate title: test prep]

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Up-to-date and complete source of automotive repair information. Used by professional mechanics to diagnose and repair cars and trucks. Get the latest technical service bulletins and recall notices, and access OEM wiring diagrams, maintenance tables, diagnostic trouble codes, labor estimator and so much more. Available only inside the library. Temporary remote access has ended.

Ancestry is granting temporary remote access through the end of 2021.

A genealogy resource containing billions of census, vital, church, court and immigration records, and historical photos. Coverage spans from the 1500s - 2000s, and includes the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Europe and Australia.

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Browse, check out, and download e-books and audiobooks to your computer or device.

A collection of primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history intended to facilitate learning about the foundation of ongoing racial injustice in the U.S. - and the fights against it.
Grades 6 - adult

Reviews, recommendations, read-alikes, books by theme, author bios and interviews, resources for book clubs, and more, all for teens and young adults.

Online brain-training system designed by an international team of neuroscientists. Improve your brain health with fun exercises and games that continuously adapt to your unique performance. Think faster, focus better, and remember more.
Alternate title: brain hq
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Nearly 40 e-books from the Gale Virtual Reference Library that provide targeted resources and guidance for teens and young adults on mental health and wellness. Download PDF chapters to your computer or mobile device.

Part of the Learning Express Library online learning platform. Guidance for starting a new career or advancing in your current field. Prepare for entrance, occupational, and military exams, learn job search and workplace skills, and prepare for the WorkKeys Assessments. [alternate title: test prep]

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Part of the Learning Express Library online learning platform. Strengthen academic skills, prepare for placement tests, and get ready for graduate school entrance exams. [alternate title: test prep]

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Interactive e-books from the Spotlight on Colorado series. This series combines videos, activities, interactive timelines, primary sources, and teaching tools to provide a comprehensive understanding of the land, people, and rich history of Colorado State.
Grades 3-6

Concise, reliable, and up-to-date cultural information on countries across the globe. Country reports go beyond mere facts and figures and include the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. Contains maps, images, statistics, flags, and more.
World Edition: Grades 6-12
Kids and States Editions: Grades 4-6 Alternate title: culture grams

Check out magazines to read on your computer or on your mobile device. Magazine topics include academic, business, entertainment, family and kids, fitness and health, food and cooking, hobbies and DIY, home and garden, lifestyle, news and politics, religion, science and technology, sports, travel and regional, and women's interest.

Need help?

Check out magazines to read on your computer or on your mobile device. Enjoy magazines such as Ranger Rick, Zoobooks, Horn Book Magazine, Muse, Ask, Click, Highlights, and Cricket.

Need help?

Interactive program that provides step-by-step email, internet, and device guides for seniors with no computer experience. Website not available from home, but the apps are available for home use. Includes "Memories: Generation to Generation," a feature specially designed to link school children with seniors.

Part of the Learning Express Library online learning platform, with skill-building resources for classroom and homework success. Helps students in elementary and middle school prepare for important tests, get extra help with assignments, and boost their skills in important subjects. Previously part of School Center.

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Online homework help, with tutors available 2 p.m. - 11 p.m. Get help in English, Writing, Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Studies and Adult Education topics. Services include a writing lab, skill building lessons, language lab, virtual study rooms, and flashcards.
alternate title: tutoring
Watch a tutorial.lternate keywords: tutoring

Genealogy resources including census records, wills and probates, city directories, military records, immigration records, family histories, local histories and primary sources.
Alternate title: Heritage Quest

Part of the Learning Express Library online learning platform. Guided support and preparation to help you earn a high school equivalency credential. Prepare for the GED, GED en Español, HiSET, and TASC. [alternate title: test prep]
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Part of the Learning Express Library online learning platform, with skill-building resources for classroom and homework success. Helps high school students prepare for important tests, get extra help with assignments, and boost their skills in important subjects. Previously part of School Center.

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Check out, stream, or download video, music, audiobooks, comics, and e-books. Only available to Jefferson County residents.

The Kanopy Kids collection of streaming movies is appropriate for children ages 2 - 8. Only available to Jefferson County residents.

Watch over 26,000 independent, international, classic, or documentary films, including the Great Courses. Only available to Jefferson County residents.

Online learning platform with resources for career preparation, high school equivalency, college admissions test preparation, and adult core skills building. Includes practice tests and test prep for the GED, ACT, CLEP, U.S. Citizenship, college entrance exams, graduate school admissions exams, and more.

Watch a tutorial.
Alternate title: Learning Express Library

Have reading recommendations delivered right to your inbox. Choose from 24 genres or topics.
Alternate title: Library Aware

Access to billions of historical documents, millions of historical photos and other resources in thousands of databases that span the past five centuries.
"Patron ID" is your library card number.
Alternate title: My Heritage

Full-text articles from the New York Times from 1851 to 2017.

Browse, check out, and download e-books and e-magazines to your computer or device.

A public self-publishing platform that allows you to create, edit, format and generate print-ready and e-book formats for your book.

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All-you-can-read digital newsstand with thousands of the world's most popular newspapers and magazines.

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Herramientas de aprendizaje, carrera y ciudadanía en español. Este centro ofrece a los adultos que están muy ocupados los recursos para mejorar sus habilidades básicas, ganar sus credenciales de GED ® o ser ciudadano estadounidense.

School Center has been divided into two learning centers: Grades 4-8 Educator Resources and High School Students.

Part of the Learning Express Library online learning platform, with skill-building resources for classroom and homework success. Helps students in elementary, middle, and high school prepare for important tests, get extra help with assignments, and boost their skills in important subjects. [alternate title: test prep]

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Searchable catalog of books, periodicals and other materials in libraries worldwide. Request items found in this catalog through our Interlibrary Loan service.

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Sample AP Research Paper with APA Documentation

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Sample AP Research Paper with APA Documentation

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Following these steps will help you to focus and stay organized while doing your research.

1. Task Definition

Define your assignment & identify information needed to complete it.

Restate the assignment in your own words. What are you interested in learning?

Gather basic information about your topic by reading articles, web pages etc.

Talking with teachers/parents/librarians is also helpful.

2. Information Seeking Strategies

Make a list of all possible sources & select the best ones.

Choose from nonfiction, news articles, reference books, web pages, databases, ebooks and multimedia encyclopedias.

3. Location and Access

Locate sources & find information within the texts.

Consult the library catalog, library reference section, search engines, and web-based references

Use a graphic organizer to map out your topic and sub topics

4. Use of Information

Engage with your source: read, hear, view & extract the most valuable information

Use skimming and scanning to find information that addresses your topic.

Look for key words, pictures, read headlines and first & last paragraphs of articles to help find the “right” information.

Take notes – cite your source on your note card

Summarize, paraphrase or quote.

Remember to cite each source you use. Use EasyBib

5. Synthesis

Choose the format of your project and organize your research notes according to how you will share the information.

If your format is a paper, begin by writing an outline.

If you are producing a PowerPoint or multi-media presentation, categorize your main bullet points and images. Different formats require different types of organization.

Present the information effectively by practicing and knowing your audience.

6. Evaluation

Judge the product (effectiveness).

Judge the process (efficiency).

Did you meet your objective?

Judge the quality of your work.

Next, judge the quality of your presentation.

You can use criteria such as accuracy, content, creativity and legibility.

Big6 Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz.

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Subjects vs. Keywords

Subject headings describe the content of each item in a database. Use these headings to find relevant items on the same topic. Searching by subject headings (a.k.a. descriptors) is the most precise way to search article databases.

It is not easy to guess which subject headings are used in a given database. For example, the phone book's Yellow Pages use subject headings. If you look for "Movie Theatres" you will find nothing, as they are listed under the subject heading "Theatres - Movies."

Keyword searching is how you typically search web search engines. Think of important words or phrases and type them in to get results.

Here are some key points about each type of search:

When you search a database and do not get the results you expect, Ask Us for advice.

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GALILEO@UGA Subject Guides: AP Seminar: Searching Databases

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Skip to Main Content It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. Subject headings describe the content of each item in a database.

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A curated list of the JCPL databases you may find more useful.

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Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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Free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)

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9.5 MILLION articles are archived in PMC.

Content provided in part by:

2849

Full Participation Journals

Journals deposit the complete contents of each issue or volume.

300

NIH Portfolio Journals

Journals deposit all NIH-funded articles as defined by the NIH Public Access Policy.

43

Selective Deposit Programs

Publisher deposits a subset of articles from a collection of journals.

New in PMC

Aug. 30, 2023

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) collaborated with publishers and scholarly soci...

May 3, 2023

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) recently renamed the COVID-19 and Mpox Public Health Emergency Initiatives as t...

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Second Phase of the NIH Preprint Pilot Launched

The second phase launched in January 2023 and expands the scope of the Pilot to include preprints resulting from all NIH-funded research.

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This slideshow from Scribbr includes helpful videos covering all aspects off APA Style.

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Basic Boolean Operations:

& (conjunction), denoted x & y, satisfies x & y = 1 if x = y = 1 and x & y = 0 otherwise.

or (disjunction), denoted x or y, satisfies x or y = 0 if x = y = 0 and x or y = 1 otherwise.

not (negation), denoted not x, satisfies not x = 0 if x = 1 and not x = 1 if x = 0.

nor (negation of or), denoted not x & not y, satisfies x nor y = 1 if x = y = 0 and x nor y = 0 otherwise.

Game Rules:

You are given a boolean expression and 9 boxes (3 colors x 3 numbers).

Click on one or multiple boxes that satisfy the boolean expression.

You will receive 1 point for every correct box you click on.

The game is over if you select an incorrect box.

As you get more points, the boolean expression will get harder.

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Previously known as Boolean Box, Boolean Game is the best way to learn and practice boolean operations using colors and numbers. Mobile App version coming soon!

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• Use the ADVANCED SEARCH feature
• Use BOOLEAN OPERATORS
• Try MULTIPLE VARIATIONS of the terms
• Use a LARGE NUMBER of search terms
• Select FULL TEXT returns
• Read the ABSTRACT first
• Use the article's BIBLIOGRAPHY to guide further steps

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This reference sheet from the Connors Writing Center at the University of New Hampshire offers condensed guidance for documenting in APA Style.

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Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites to provide users with access to more than 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information including research and development results.

hoverintent Search field

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Science.gov: USA.gov for Science - Government Science Portal

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1. Open World Cat screen, then type or copy & paste in name of article.
2. Type in the name of your article and add pdf at the end into Google

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Perform an advanced search on WorldCat, the global catalog of library collections that lets you find what you want in a library near you.

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Video explaining the basics of the embedded citation tool for Google Docs.

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Google Docs Quick Tip: How to Use the Citation Tool

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The world’s largest library. View historic photos, maps, books and more. Contact experts for help with research. Plan a visit. Home of U.S. Copyright Office.

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We support the establishment of an online public library that would provide the full contents of the published record of research and scholarly discourse in medicine and the life sciences in a freely accessible, fully searchable, interlinked form.

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Discover a faster, simpler path to publishing in a high-quality journal. PLOS ONE promises fair, rigorous peer review, broad scope, and wide readership - a perfect fit for your research every time.

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The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums, 14 education and research centers, and the National Zoo—shaping the future by preserving heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world.

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The world's largest museum library system - serving the Smithsonian Institution, the American people, and the world.

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The Colorado Sun is a journalist-founded, award-winning and nonprofit news outlet based in Denver that strives to cover all of Colorado so that our state — our community — can better understand itself.

Committed to fact-based, in-depth and nonpartisan journalism. We cover everything from politics and culture to the outdoor industry and education.

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The Colorado Sun: News, climate, politics, water, housing and more

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The Colorado Sun is an award-winning news outlet that covers all of Colorado — from water and climate to politics and business.

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Use this simple acronym to help you with source credibility

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Don’t believe what you see – digging deeper for the truth – Linking Learning

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How can students get better at sorting truth from fiction from everything in between? At applying their attention to the things that matter? At amplifying better treatments of issues, and avoiding …

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DPLA provides free digital access to banned books

DPLA has launched The Banned Book Club to ensure that all readers have access to the books they want to read. The Banned Book Club makes e-book versions of banned books available to readers in locations across the United States where titles have been banned via the free Palace e-reader app.

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The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America's libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.

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Library Guides: Evaluating Resources and Misinformation: CRAAP Test

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