The mission of the Sturgeon School Division is to ensure that all students achieve success in the programs of study offered in our schools.

Our schools focus on helping children develop emotionally, intellectually, physically, morally and spiritually into creative and critical thinkers with strong communicative and computational skills.

Sturgeon School Division Website

 

Research and Reference

Online Reference Centre

Citation

Reference
Miscellaneous Resources


Online Reference Centre
Need help with research? Research your homework assignment in half the time! Fast, friendly, and easy to use, visit the Alberta Online Reference Centre. Numerous reference databases are available, including Grolier Online (a collection of six encyclopedias) SIRS Discoverer, E Library (a database of magazine and newspaper articles, photos and books), Historica The Canadian Encyclopedia, and World Book Online (including dictionary and atlas).

 

When accessing the site from outside the school, contact the library staff to obtain the current User ID and Password.


Citation
Using a quote or another person's ideas in your essay or project is a common practice as long as you list the source in your work. Refer to the following links for information about properly giving credit where it's due.

Modern Language Association (MLA)

MLA Format
MLA Style (University of Calgary)

 

American Psychological Association (APA)    

APA Format
APA style (University of Calgary)

    

Chicago

Chicago Manual of Style Online

 
Bibliographic Citations

EasyBib 
WorldCat 
BibMe

Citation Checker
Can't remember where you got your information from the internet?  With a small sample of original text, you can find the source almost immediately! 

Citation Checker

 

Reference

Acronyms

Biographies

Biographical Dictionary
Biography Television Series
Canadian Women’s Achievements
Canadians.ca
Canadian Scientists 
Well Known People Who Happen to Be Canadian
Biography
Greatest Canadians
Canadian Government Biographies Index
Famous Canadians
Canadian Prime Ministers: Brief Facts
Canadian Inventors and Canadian Inventions


Conversion Tables

Conversion Tables 
Measure 4 Measure
Online Conversion


Countries

Country Reports
Cyber School Bus
World Governments
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Org
World Trade Org
European Union
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

 
Dictionaries 

Ask Oxford.com
Glossaries and Topical Dictionaries
Merriam Webster Online
One Look Dictionary
Poetry
Your Dictionary.com
170+ Language Dictionaries and Translators

Encyclopedias and Almanacs

Foreign Language Dictionary
Columbia Encyclopedia
Encarta 
CIA World Factbook


Quotations

Bartleby
Quotes
Quotations
Quoteland

 

iTools

refdesk.com

Learn Alberta.ca

When accessing the site from outside the school, contact the library staff to obtain the current User Id and password.

2Learn reference 

Research Guide for Students

Info Please

Exam Bank

2Learn Senior High

Directory Phone Listings


Librarian's Internet Index

Academic Info: Subject Guides & Online Degrees

Teaching With Movies

Discovery Education Streaming Video


Miscellaneous Resources
Picture Sites

FlickR
Free Digital Photos.net
FreeFoto.com
Freephoto1.com
freepixels
Morguefile
Open Photo Free Use Photos
Our Media
PD Photo.org
Pics4Learning
picsearch
Public Domain Photos
U. S. Government Photos and Graphics


Fair Use

Fair Use Guidelines and Permission Template

 




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