The Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) offers up-to-the-minute guidance and examples for correctly citing sources. This guidance reflects current editions of style manuals, such as the Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA), and the Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago). 

The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) is a collection of 70 databases. It contains digital copies of scholarly journals, e-books, test prep material, magazines, videos, podcasts, newspapers, and much more. 

Gale in Context: High School Explores thousands of topics across subjects. This includes literature, science, history, and social issues. 

• This is a great place to start when researching any topic!

This is a great starting point, when looking for a source other than a website. Included are newspaper articles, magazines, and journals.

Doing a project or paper about a controversial topic? Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues organized by different viewpoints. 

Gale E-books is a collection of reference books and encyclopedias on many different topics. From ethics to literature to science and more, you'll find scholarly articles for research in many different subject areas. 

Example projects:

• Research how caffeine use affects the human body.

• Describe how a person's manner of dress was important during the Renaissance.

Browse for the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library. Then, enter your public library card number to access the thousands of e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and videos available through the public library. Discover literary classics, read popular authors, browse current issues of popular magazines. Once you have an account, you can also make use of the Libby app on your mobile device to read or listen to books or simply read in your web browser.

Example uses:

• Get the audiobook version of a book you are reading for class. Slow down the speed of the narrator and pause so that you can take notes as you listen.

• Reading for fun or personal interest. Read about historic events, notable people, learn how to do something you find interesting, or enjoy a fictional work.

• Listen to the audiobook version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone while you are at lunch.

Libby by OverDrive, Inc. is the app that enables you to read or listen to books from a mobile device.

• Libby (by OverDrive, Inc.) from the Apple App Store

• Libby (by OverDrive, Inc.) from Google Play

Peterson's Test and Career Prep offers full-length, timed practice tests for AP, CLEP, SAT, ACT, PSAT, and GED. Find study guides, test tips, and helpful vocabulary for other exams like ASVAB. College planning, financial aid, and career development tools are also available. Search scholarships, build a resume, and more

Example uses:

• Take a practice ACT exam. Make notes on skills/concepts that you need to study.

• Search for a scholarship.

• Use the AP World History Study Guide to prepare for the exam.

World Book: Timelines allows you to view important events in a timeline format or create your own timeline. Browse the 400+ interactive timelines. Add/remove events to customize a timeline for an assignment. 

Example projects:

• Create a timeline noting the major events leading to the first World War based on in-class discussions and research.

• Create a timeline for an author of your choice. Include major events in his / her life, including contemporary events from the author's time period.

• Choose an inventor. Create a timeline that notes important events in the development of the inventor's invention. 

The inforgraphics available from JPL include all sorts of space science topics. You can find everything from data on specific missions like the Voyager 2 by the Numbers infographic to informative graphics on aspects of rocket science like the What is a Sounding Rocket infographic. You'll also discover basic space science graphics like An Orbit Map of the Solar System and The Solar Wind Across Our Solar System. 

Example projects:

• Include an infographic relevant to your own research paper or add it to a slide deck to use as a visual for a presentation.

• Take inspiration from the layouts or incorporate facts from an infographic into your own original infographic.