TAS Upper School Library

Citation Tools

Noodletools (TAS subscription)
http://www.noodletools.com

Style guides....

Purdue Online Writing Lap (OWL). Highly recommended site for all styles:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/

MLA Handbook (in US Library) REF 808 MLA
http://www.mla.org/

APA Handbook (in US Library) REF 808 PUB
www.apastyle.org/

Chicago Manual of Style (in US Library) REF 808 CHI
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

Copyright Help

Copyright Kids - Learn the basics.
http://www.copyrightkids.org/

Creative Commons - Share, remix, reuse legally.    http://creativecommons.org/

New Media Rights (great guides) http://www.newmediarights.org/issue_center_page

Databases (TAS)

All TAS Databases (School Web Link)
http://www.tas.edu.tw/page.cfm?p=528

ABC-Clio databases
http://socialstudies.abc-clio.com

ABC-Clio ebooks
http://www.ebooks.abc-clio.com

Access Science 
http://accesscience.com

Art Museum Image Gallery Online
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?profile=ehost&defaultdb=ami

Britannica (encyclopedia): http://search.eb.com

Curriculum Video on Demand CVOD (video)
http://streaming.factsonfile.com/portalplaylists.aspx?cid=1882&aid=3283

Ebsco databases
http://search.ebscohost.com

Ebsco A-Z
http://atoz.ebsco.com/titles.asp?id=11617&sid=240636683&TabID=2

Facts-On-File databases
http://www.fofweb.com/Subscription/

Gale databases http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/twtas

Grolier databases
http://go-passport.grolier.com

JSTOR   
www.jstor.org

LexisNexis: http://www.lexisnexis.com/ap/academic/

Naxos Music Library
http://tas.naxosmusiclibrary.com

Naxos Jazz (5-user license).
Ask librarian for access.

Newsbank: Access World News http://infoweb.newsbank.com

Oxford Art Online  http://www.oxfordartonline.com

Oxford Music Onine  http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
http://oed.com
(no remote access yet)

Project Muse  http://muse.jhu.edu
(no remote access yet)

Questia School (ebooks)
http://www.questiaschool.com

Safari-Montage (video)
http:..tasmedia.tas.edu.tw/SAFARI/montage/login.php?fromlogoutlink=true

Teen Health & Wellness
http://www.teenhealthand wellness.com

Wordpeidia (Chinese) http://edu1.wordpedia.com/Sinorama/index.htm.

NOTE! Usernames and passwords for remote access can be found in the OLC

US Library Help Desk

Upper School Library Central (in the OLC) is the help desk for library information.
OLC Link -  http://tas.blackboard.com

Other useful OLC courses for upper school students:
IT Help Desk - Help desk for IT.

Ask your librarian
uslibrary@tas.edu.tw

Internet Libraries

Libraries for research and reading....

IPL2: Information You Can Trust
http://www.ipl.org/

Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org

Free E-Books (Australia/NZ portal)
http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm

Google Books
http://books.google.com/

Rare Book Room
www.rarebookroom.org
Looking for a specific, rare book?
Caution! This is a commercial site, so you will need to purchase the books.

Just for laughs....

Internet Reference Tools

Wikipedia (check the sources)
www.wikipedia.org/

Search Engines

You know many. Just some new ideas here.

Reference Seek
http://www.refseek.com/

FAQs

US Library FAQs

How can I log in to my personal library account in Destiny?
Click on this link: https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B2QABxwboSyAMDI0ZDM4ZTgtYjk0MC00MTY3LWEyZmUtYzQ4MmI3MDgwY2Nh&hl=en

How can I renew my books at TAS?
There are several ways to renew books:
(1) Stop by the Circulation Desk and ask us to renew them. (5 out of 10 for convenience)
(2) Bring the book in and ask to renew it at the Circulation Desk (2 out of 10 for convenience)
(3) Renew online (8 out of 10 for convenience) Click on this link for directions on how to renew online: https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B2QABxwboSyAMDI0ZDM4ZTgtYjk0MC00MTY3LWEyZmUtYzQ4MmI3MDgwY2Nh&hl=en

How can I ask if I have another question that isn't answered here?
Send an email to uslibrary@tas.edu.tw     

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