Copyright Rules & Questions

If you do any research and use any information you found on the Internet, you must tell where you found the information.

Click here to learn how to cite internet and other research in your reports and projects.

Citation Tools

WorldBook Discover: Use this website to automatically site books, magazines, websites, and more!

NoodleTools:  Record, organize and synthesize information using online notecards. Format your bibliography in MLA, APA, or Chicago/Turabian style.

Online Databases Available for Research

ABC-CLIO: World Geography, World History: Modern Era, World History: Ancient/Medieval Eras, American History,American Government, State Geography.

CultureGrams:  Discover the world with concise cultural and statistical snapshots of every country recognized by the United Nations -- from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

eLibrary: Find images, video, eBooks, and 100% full-text articles from newspapers and magazines. Also features maps, audio files, graphics, interactives, dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases, timelines, slideshows, editorially created research pages, and hand-selected websites.

Gale Databases: Authoritative reference, periodical and primary source information. Features ReadSpeaker technology which allows users to have articles read aloud to them or downloaded in MP3 format.

Grolier Online: Includes eight encyclopedia databases. Many features all aimed at helping students with research and research skills.

Marshall Cavendish:  A customizable, Web-based, digital collection of reference works.

World Book:  Features the content of The World Book Encyclopedia, plus 16 additional databases that allow students to conduct in-depth research on thousands of topics.

TumbleReadables:  An online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration.

NOTE: Home access requires a password - see your librarian Mrs. Carmenates or email ccarmenates@fcps.edu for a password list.