For Students
Academic Search Engines
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats. Use your SSO (school email account/password) to easily create folders and save pertinent sources and information for a streamlined, organized research system.
Use your SSO to sign in. Like Google Scholar, you are also able to create folders to save and organize research.
A simple search that delivers millions of online resources, including: health, business and legal information, current events, Consumer Reports, other magazines, and more — all from expert sources.
See unique digital content spanning more than 100 years of the 46th State. Find documents, photographs, newspapers, reports, pamphlets, posters, maps and audio/visual content. Content ranges from the late 1800s to the present day.
Want a FREE Bartlesville Public Library card and access to ALL of their digital material? SORA has been provided for this exact purpose! Sora is the new user-friendly app that lets you access it through your laptop, phone or tablet and was designed around the modern student reading experience. It empowers students to discover and enjoy ebooks and audiobooks from their school, for both leisure and class-assigned reading.
1. Click Here.
2. Find our school.
3. Enter your single-sign on information (school log-in and password).
Enjoy!
One more thing: The first time you log in to Sora, you must add the OK Virtual Library to access the Bartlesville Public Library resources. You do this by using the drop down arrow at the top of the page and adding a library. Start typing Bartlesville and two options will pop up; choose OK Virtual Library, follow the log-in process, and get to reading!
Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to more than 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.
Sponsored by the
ASSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY SERVICE TO CHILDREN
a division of the American Library Association
Reliable Sources
Tips and tricks on determining which sources are resources worth using.
The .gov means it's official. The .gov means it's official. Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.
This site is secure. The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.
Click on this link to evaluate websites for research. Trust me.
