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Award Winning Books
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Award-winning picture books by American authors.
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Award-winning works by African American authors
and illustrators of juvenile and young adult literature.
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Award-winning mystery novels. Courtesy of
Christchurch City Libraries.
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Award-winning science fiction novels, short
stories, etc.
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Categories include Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry,
and Young people's literature.
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Award-winning American literature for juvenile
readers.
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Winners of this Illinois award are selected
by readers in grades 4-8.
Genealogy
Websites for genealogy research are listed on our Genealogy page.
Miscellaneous
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This is a list of titles that are
included in the Triad School independent reading credit
program. See your teacher for more information about this
program.
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A great tool for finding grade appropriate books for your
children from Renaissance Learning. Search by Author, Title, Grade Level
or Subject matter. Shows book cover and gives a synopsis. This tool is not
linked with Triad Schools test set. Check with teacher about AR credit for
reading these titles.
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Articles collected from various sources, including
book reviews, essays, world news, etc., revised daily.
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Searchable database of biographical information
about current and historical personalities. Entries are typically
several paragraphs long.
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A comprehensive set of legal resources on
the Internet for both law professionals and laypeople, including
codes, cases, legal news, and more.
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Official portal to state and local government
resources.
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The favorite search engine of many Internet
users.
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An ongoing project to digitize current and
back issues of magazines about Illinois. Includes the following
titles: Illinois Country Living, Illinois Heritage,
Illinois History, Illinois History Teacher,
Illinois Issues, Illinois Libraries, Illinois
Municipal Review, Illinois Parks & Recreation,
Outdoor Illinois, and Prairie Illinois.
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Free online access to almanac, biography,
dictionary, and encyclopedia resources.
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Information on over 250,000 movies.
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Reference links, subject pathfinders, online
newspapers, teen and youth sections, and more.
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Teachers' resource with lesson plans and activities
utilizing the Internet in K-12 classrooms.
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Authoritative and up-to-date consumer-oriented
health information about over 600 diseases and conditions
from the National Library of Medicine. Includes lists of hospitals
and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary,
drug information, and links to thousands of clinical trials.
Updated daily; also available in Spanish.
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Free online dictionary and thesaurus.
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The MITBC provides free books and magazines
on tape and in Braille to individuals with visual or physical
disabilities who are unable to read regular print. Free playback
equipment is also provided.
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A collection of links to online newspapers,
arranged by geographic location and city.
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Color chart with links to more information
about each element.
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A collection of over 6,000 books freely available
to read online. (Tip: As of this writing, select gutenpress.org
from the drop-down menu as the closest ftp site to Troy, Illinois.)
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Free online access to MEDLINE, the bibliographic
database of the National Library of Medicine. Contains citations
to journal articles in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry,
veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical
sciences.
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A collection of links to websites and other
resources for statistics on a wide variety of topics, from
abortion to workplace violence. From the University of Michigan
Documents Center.
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