tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31484606455702902022011-04-21T20:51:05.838-07:00Laurens Central Schoolnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148460645570290202.post-69110985519299372262008-12-08T05:20:00.000-08:002008-12-08T05:42:23.909-08:00<a href="http://go.grolier.com/">Grolier</a><br />First stop shopping for research! Check here first for your Revolutionary War figure. Be sure to click on the web links Grolier provides.<br /><br /><a href="http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_sc_lauren">Gale Virtual Reference Library</a><br />Full text reference books online. Log in using empirelink as your password and search for your Revolutionary War figure by name. It's just like having an extensive reference library (books!) at your fingertips.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.historycentral.com/Bio/RevoltBIOS/INDEX.html">History Central</a><br />Biographies of Revolutionary War participants.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.history.com/">The History Channel</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nps.gov/revwar/about_the_revolution/revolutionary_people.html">National Park Service</a><br />The American Revolution - Revolutionary People<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_subject.html">PBS</a><br />Liberty! People of The American Revolution<br /><br /><a href="http://www.earlyamerica.com/">Archiving Early America</a><br />Primary source documents, including letters, obituaries, and portraits of Revolutionary War figures.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3148460645570290202-6911098551929937226?l=lcsmrpowers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laurens Central Schoolnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148460645570290202.post-4810820614092275182008-06-28T08:20:00.001-07:002008-06-28T08:20:35.552-07:00<span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:180%;color:#330000;"><strong>Biomass Power</strong></span><br /><br />For current journal and magazine articles (both scholarly and popular)<br />try searching databases such as Ebsco and ProQuest via<br /><a href="http://home.stny.rr.com/laurenslmc/databases.html">The Research Databases link.</a> See library staff for passwords.<br />Search terms to use:<br />biomass<br />economic impact<br />economy<br />catalyst renewables<br /><br /><a href="http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/electrical_power.html">U.S. Department of Energy</a><br />Information on the Biomass Program and<br />Electrical power generation.<br />Check out their link regarding <a href="http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/for_policymakers.html#economy">Biomass and the economy.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.catalystrc.com/oneonta1.htm">Catalyst Renewables</a>Catylst Renewables site offering information<br />on the potential project in Oneonta.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.catalystrc.com/oneontae.htm">Catalyst Renewables</a><br />Site on the history of success at the Lyonsdale plant.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thedailystar.com/">The Daily Star</a><br />Oneonta newspaper reporting on the potential Catalyst<br />plant in Oneonta, NY.<br />Search terms to use:<br />Catalyst Renewables<br />Biomass<br />Lyonsdale<br />Economic<br />jobs<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/renewable_energy_basics/growing-energy-on-the-farm-biomass-and-agriculture.html">Union of Concerned Scientists</a><br />Economic impact of biomass production<br />on farmers.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/renewable_energy_basics/increasing-renewables-costs-and-benefits.html">Union of Concerned Scientists</a><br />Cost and Benefits to increasing renewable energy.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3148460645570290202-481082061409227518?l=lcsmrpowers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laurens Central Schoolnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148460645570290202.post-1171539214822145002008-02-15T11:23:00.000-08:002008-02-15T11:26:54.372-08:00<span style="font-family:verdana;">Try </span><a href="http://go.grolier.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Grolier!</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> first</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.42explore2.com/industrial.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Industrial Revolution Links</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-IndustrialRevolution.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;">History.net links</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Include links to primary documents</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html#Social%20and%20Political%20Effects"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Links from Fordham University</span></a><a href="http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/whoso.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Biographies</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Cotton Times: Understanding the Industrial Revolution</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">American Memory Project</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Primary source documents </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3148460645570290202-117153921482214500?l=lcsmrpowers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laurens Central Schoolnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148460645570290202.post-78766011593296744032008-02-15T11:18:00.000-08:002008-02-15T11:29:17.085-08:00<span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Research Databases: Grolier (username and password: oncla)</strong><br />Visit all of Grolier and also try searching Lands and Peoples<br /><br /><strong>Websites:</strong><br /></span><a href="http://www.ancientscripts.com/maya.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ancient Scripts</span></a><a href="http://www.mayalords.org/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Lords of the Earth</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Focuses on archeology and anthropology of the Aztec, Inca,and Maya cultures.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?HistoryID=ab61&amp;ParagraphID=dru#dru"><span style="font-family:verdana;">History of The Mayan</span></a><a href="http://www.historyworld.net/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">History World</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">V<br />isit this site and search for Aztec, Inca, Maya, or pre-Columbian<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.cumbavac.org/Aztecs_Incas_Maya.htm#websites"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Websites related to Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />One stop shopping!<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/6Nations/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Iroquois History</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Includes list of links</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><a href="http://lonedeer.com/precol.html#incv"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Pre-Columbian Culture Links</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.mesoweb.com/links/links.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">MesoAmerican Links</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://mexico.udg.mx/historia/precolombinas/ingles"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Pre-Columbian Culture from the University of Guadalajara</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/maya/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">NOVA's "Lost King of the Maya"</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://mexico.udg.mx/historia/precolombinas/ingles/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Mayans</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/mesoamerica/aztec.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Aztecs</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.uwec.edu/greider/Indigenous/woodlands/Tom/culture.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Iroquois</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://historicaltextarchive.com/links.php?op=viewslink&amp;sid=1"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Historial Text Archive</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3148460645570290202-7876601159329674403?l=lcsmrpowers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laurens Central Schoolnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148460645570290202.post-69320462668393272652008-02-15T11:16:00.000-08:002008-02-15T11:17:17.074-08:00<a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">American Memory Project</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">From the Library of Congress:Primary Resource Documents includingnewspapers, photographs, and much more<br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.rarenewspapers.com/entry/civilwar.aspx"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Rare Newspapers of the Civil War era</span></a><br /><a href="http://etext.virginia.edu/civilwar/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Primary Source material from the Civil War</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.civilwar.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Civil War.com</span></a><br /><a href="http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The American Civil War Homepage</span></a><br /><a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Civil War Photographs</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The History Place - Civil War Timeline</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3148460645570290202-6932046266839327265?l=lcsmrpowers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laurens Central Schoolnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148460645570290202.post-3378638291313466942008-02-15T11:14:00.000-08:002008-02-15T11:15:15.764-08:00<a href="http://www.u-s-history.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">U.S. History.com</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Search here for your topic.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.sandcreek.org/massacre.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sand Creek Massacre Site Project</span></a><a href="http://www.law.du.edu/russell/lh/alh/docs/dawesact.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Dawes Act</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">(the act itself)</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><a href="http://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&amp;doc=50"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Dawes Act</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Cooperative site from National History Day, The National Archives and Records Administration, and USA Freedom Corps.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/native_voices/native_voices.cfm"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Digital History - Native American Voices</span></a><a href="http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/native_voices/voices_display.cfm?id=85"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ghost Dance</span></a><a href="http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/native_voices/nav3.html#woundedknee"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Wounded Knee</span></a><a href="http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/native_voices/voices_display.cfm?id=69"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sand Creek</span></a><a href="http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/native_voices/voices_display.cfm?id=90"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Dawes Act</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Don't Forget </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><a href="http://go.grolier.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Grolier!</span></a><a href="http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/knee.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Wounded Knee</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Eyewitness account of the Massacre at Wounded Knee. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3148460645570290202-337863829131346694?l=lcsmrpowers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laurens Central Schoolnoreply@blogger.com0