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Kentucky Bluegrass Award -- The only book award chosen by you! Check out past winners and see the 2010 nominees.

TCHS  Card Catalog 

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Find a book in our library or search other Fayette County School libraries.

How to Locate Books in the TC Library

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Series and Sequel Info

Video Study Guides for the Classics  **It is very fast to setup an account.  The videos are great!

Graphic Classroom

Lexington Public Library -- Another great source for books and lots more databases.  With a library card, you can put a book on hold from any computer and pick it up later at the branch nearest you.

BookFlix

Jessamine County Public Library

TurnItIn.com --  Upload papers to your teacher's class.  Requires a class passcode.  See your teacher for details. Teachers - e-mail Mrs. Prall when you are ready to set up your Turn It In account. Instructor User Manual (hard copy available for reference in the library.)

KET Encyclomedia  -- Find information, images and video clips for projects and presentations.

NEWS: 

The Lexington Herald Leader Online

The Courier Journal

**You can also find newspaper articles in Lexington Public Library's Newsbank or look in NetTrekker for newspaper websites from all over the country.

CITATION HELP:

KnightCite

Citation Maker

Citation Machine

Rapid Cite       

**Remember:  The official citation format for TCHS is MLA.

DATABASES:

Kentucky Virtual Library  **KYVL access codes from home have recently changed.  Check with your librarians to make sure you have the correct one.

(KYVL Database Descriptions)

Today's Science

Bloom's Literary Reference Online

Ferguson's Career and Guidance Center

Teen Health & Wellness  

ABC-Clio Social Studies

    - American Government

    - American History

    - Issues  

    - World History

EBSCO World History Collection

EBSCO History Reference Center

Country Reports

REVIEWED WEBSITES:

Nettreker d.i. - a database of over 180,000 websites that have been submitted by educators.

IB:

Questia School for students

Questia Admin

University of Kentucky Libraries

IB Calendar of Assignments (9th and 10th)

Additional Resources:

Kentucky Driver's Manual

TCHS Announcements

Webmail

LabScheduler

Citing Sources

Creative Commons Resources

Plagiarism Lesson PPT

Plagiarism Powerpoint #2

Virtual Bookshelfs

12th Grade Portfolio Table of Contents

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