Expert Project

Research Resources

Cite Your Sources in MLA format listed in abc order on the last page of your report. Example

https://my.noodletools.com/logon/signin?group=9546&code=4083

Current Users Sign In with your library/printer id and password 44210

For INFOhio resources you can copy and paste the citation into the shortcut in NoodleTools.

INFOhio Resources
(From home login with oldtrail and library)

Try iSearch! It searches articles from most of the INFOhio databases plus our library catalog all at once.

Explora for Grades 6-8 (EBSCO) Learn about your favorite subject. Look up words. Read magazines, newspapers, biographies, primary sources, country information. Find pictures.

https://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/products?ed=all

A variety of Worldbook products including versions for preschool, grade school and high school and college students. There are Spanish and French language versions as well as links to Atlases and Dictionaries.

Other Internet Resources

Digital Collections

Search and browse images of historic newspapers from the United States & other countries. You can search for specific people or historic events, or search for articles by location. The largest historical newspaper database online, newspaper pages from 1759 to present. This link takes you to the Akron newspapers.

Ohio Memory contains over 700,000 digital images from a variety of primary source image types, including: Photographs, maps, drawings, paintings; manuscripts, letters, diaries, journals; Archaeological, natural history and historical objects; newspapers, books and e-publications; videos and more! You can explore digital content from over 360 cultural heritage institutions representing all 88 of Ohio’s counties!

WHAT CAN YOU FIND IN YOUR BACK YARD?

There are thousands of plant and animal species that are native to Summit County. Click through our Animals and Plants in the Parks Discover Nature pages to learn about a few of them.

eBooks:

SORA login with your library/lunch id and pin 44210. Fiction and Nonfiction books

FOLLETT Shelf login with your library/lunch id and pin 44210. Fiction and Nonfiction books

Online Digital Books on local history through the Akron Library (no library card needed.)

Project Gutenberg offers over 58,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. No fee or registration! Everything from Project Gutenberg is gratis, libre, and completely without cost to readers.