Web Resources

Britannica School-online encyclopedia that is an excellent place to start research; username and password required for access outside school. Check out Britannica's "Best of the Web" for more suggestions.

Florida Museum of Natural History-find biological profiles on many sharks and more detailed information on sawfish, pelagic, great white, whale, megamouth, mako, basking, and spiny dogfish. Thanks to student Alex A. for catching this great site!

Jersey Clicks-access to vetted databases to ease concerns about accuracy. Choose Middle Search Plus. On the search page, click the box for "full text" results and set the Lexile reading level to 750-950. Use your Long Hill library card number for access at home.

National Aquarium

National Geographic-search sharks

National Geographic Kids

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-search results about sharks from a U.S. government agency.

National Wildlife Federation-go to wildlife and look for bull shark.

Live Science/Sharks-this site looks interesting and reputable, but who is providing the information?

Ocean of Know

Books

Central Middle School collection-you can conduct a search or use the resource list entitled "Sharks." On the catalog homepage, look at navigation bar on the left, click on "Resource Lists," and find "Sharks." The books also will be available on a cart in the media center. 

Long Hill Public Library collection

Citation Help for MLA Format

Be sure to give credit, or cite, any images you use! This information should be included in your Works Cited page. 

MLA Quick Citation Guide-examples from Pennsylvania State University

Sample MLA Works Cited page-from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University.

EasyBib-the free version

EasyBib Add-on to Google Docs-in Google Drive, go to add-on and pick EasyBib. Then click on EasyBib Bibliography Creator. Use the pop-ups that appear on the right side of the screen to create your bibliography, or Works Cited page, in MLA format. 

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