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• 2009 7th ed. MLA Handbook updates
• Williams College MLA, 7th ed.
• A user-friendly version by Falcon teachers, but DOES NOT contain newest MLA updates.
  Information on taking notes, outlining and a sample paper are included.

The Best of Teen Reading

• The Alex Awards written for adults, they have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.
• The Best Books for Young Adults is a list of fiction and nonfiction titles that appeal to teens.
• Outstanding Books for the College Bound, revised every 5 years, it offers opportunities to discover new ideas and understand the world.
• Teens' Top Ten is a “teen’s” list, nominated and chosen by teens.

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"Knowledge Itself is Power." - Francis Bacon

Start with the best online resources and eliminate wasteful searches. To do this, you must begin with reliable, current, verifiable sources. Our specialized online subscriptions, found on this page, provide a wealth of authoritative resources and contain more than 5,000 e(electronic) reference books and novels.

Why bother with the Torrey Pines Research Links when Wikipedia or Google are available for assignments?
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Wikis are open sources and can created or edited by anyone in the world, whether biased or expert. Anyone, from a neighbor across the street with inaccurate information to a university professor can create cyberpages. Metasearch engines, such as Google, do not evaluate.

Falcons, use the best!

eBooks

Electronic Database Resources

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Our county and city libraries provide a wealth of resources, including research databases that are FREE to you. Each public library has its own library application form so check them out. Getting a library card is EASY!

Research Databases: Art & Music; Biography & Genealogy; Business; Teens; Health & Medicine; History; Religion & Philosophy; Science & Technology; Social Sciences & Education; Spanish/Español and more.

Research Databases: Genealogy; Automotive Resources; Biography Resources Center, Books & Criticism, Business & Finance; General Reference Center; Health & Medicine; History; Literature Criticism; Novel List Plus; Opposing Viewpoints; Science Online; Spanish/Español and more.

Research Databases: Books & Literature; Business & Investing; Education; Government; Health & Medicine; Homework Help; News & Magazines; Spanish/Español; Travel and more.

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