Wooster School - John D. Verdery Library

7th Grade Explorers Project

Library Dewey Decimal Resources

Search the Online Library Catalog

Search the Catalog Using Your Topic's Keywords!

• 000’s General Works; encyclopedias, almanacs for statistics (see our Reference Section)
• 900’s History & Geography; arranged by subject; (many explorers will be here!)
  • 910-910.9 Exploration & Explorers
  • 920 Biographies with more than one person in them
• Biographies (look in the Wean Room; biographies are arranged by the famous persons last name)

• Check in both the REFERENCE Section & the NON-FICTION books section

Library Web Resources – www.woostersch.org/library/index.htm

• Middle School;  Classroom/Special Assignment Resources;  History & Geography; scroll down to: Explorers
• Databases & Encyclopedias;  iCONN, the Connecticut Digital Library (scroll down to find);

• Encyclopedia Britannica On-line
• Discovering Collection Databases (scroll down to find)
• Biography Resource Center(scroll down to find)
• FactMonster Almanac

• Bibliography/Works Cited Guidelines  - www.woostersch.org/library/Bibliography.htm
• Wooster’s Big6 Form - http://www.woostersch.org/library/Big6.htm

Magazine Resources

• Databases & Encyclopedias;  iCONN, the Connecticut Digital Library (scroll down to find);
• General OneFile  use your Keyword(s) to search for current magazine articles

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