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Keith Valley Middle School Library: Geography

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MyBib Citations

Where to find books in print ...

Use Destiny to locate the books in our library. Search using broad terms first, then narrow your topic based on the number of results returned.

Dewey Guide: For this project be sure to look in the following areas:

910 Geography & travel           915 Asia
911 Historical geography          916 Africa
912 Graphic representations of earth        917 North America     
913 Ancient world        918 South America
914 Europe        919 Other areas

Geography Websites

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Evaluating Websites

Criteria for evaluating websites:

  • Authority - Who is the author? What is their point of view? 
  • Purpose - Why was the source created? Who is the intended audience?
  • Publication & format - Where was it published? In what medium?
  • Relevance - How is it relevant to your research? What is its scope?
  • Date of publication - When was it written? Has it been updated?
  • Documentation - Did they cite their sources? Who did they cite?

FactCite (eBooks)

Gale - All Databases (Choose to Search Specific or All Resources)

This will give you the option to select a single Gale database, or all Gale database subscriptions.

Scholastic Go! (General Encyclopedia & Websites)

Scholastic Go!

World Book Encyclopedia

PA PowerLibrary (In-School Access)