MVRHS Library
(For Ms. Caldwell’s class)
1. Open Socrative and enter the classroom number on the board.
2. In addition to searching the web, try using the search box above (check Articles & Reference).
Burmese Mountain Dog
Coal Cares
Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division (DHMO.org)
Swift, Anthony. “World’s Fairs.” Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire. Ed. John Merriman and Jay Winter. Vol. 5. Detroit: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2006. 2493-2506. World History In Context. Web. 20 Sept. 2013.
Sports, Recreation, & Leisure: Library of Congress Digital Collections
Mostly useful for the history of baseball.
“Sports Through the Nineteenth Century.” Encyclopedia of American Social History. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton, Elliott J. Gorn, and Peter W. Williams. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1993. U.S. History In Context. Web. 18 Sept. 2013.
Great overview.
Riess, Steven A. “Sports.” Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 3rd ed. Vol. 7. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2003. 507-512. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 18 Sept. 2013.
Starts at the very beginning of sports in America.
Powell, John. Great Events from History – The Nineteenth Century. Pasadena, Calif: Salem Press, 2007.
Powell, John, and Frank N. Magill. Great Lives from History – The Nineteenth Century. Pasadena, Calif: Salem Press, 2007.
Use these links to find articles in the online version of this reference source.
Levinson, David, and Karen Christensen. Encyclopedia of World Sport. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Print.
Great 4-volume set. Its at 796.03 – unless we have it set aside on a cart.
Christensen, Karen, Allen Guttmann, and Gertrud Pfister. International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. Print.
Great 3-volume set. Its at 796.082 – unless we have it set aside on a cart.
The Nineteenth Century in Print (Library of Congress)
Searchable, large collection of digitized books and magazines published during the nineteenth century.
These effects were made using eMotion, an experimental open-source software designed by Paris-based dancers / technologists Adrien M and Claire B. Read more about it at WIRED.
Hakanaï / work in progress from Adrien M / Claire B on Vimeo.
Use this site as a starting point for finding articles, videos, and more on differing opinions.
D’Ambrosio, Dan. “You know what you’re eating?” USA Today 13 June 2013: 06B. Science In Context. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.
Philpott, Tom. “Longest-running GMO study finds tumors in rats.” Mother Earth News Apr.-May 2013: 13. Science In Context. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.
Wang, Karen. “Should we promote the widespread consumption of biotech foods?.” Young Scientists Journal July-Dec. 2012: 77. Science In Context. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.
Priesnitz, Wendy. “What are they doing to our food? And what can we do about it?” Natural Life May-June 2012: 16+. Science In Context. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.
See what we have in the library. Some books are on display under the bulletin board. Click here to see where books on the Vietnam War are.
“Vietnam War.” Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2013. Web. 10 Sep. 2013.
The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of The Vietnam War. Jeff T. Hay. Charles Zappia, ed. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. 336 pp.
Search for anything related to the war in this online encyclopedia.
Tim O’Brien
Page from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, O’Brien’s publisher, in honor of the 20th anniversary reprint of the book. Has links to interviews and video from his recent book tour.
Times Topics: Tim O’Brien
Archived articles and links to info about Tim O’Brien
Vietnam : The American Experience (PBS)
Companion website to the TV series, has great background info
Some Other World
An extensive index to the novel, produced by students.
Interview with Tim O’Brien
Tim O’Brien once made the following assertion in an interview with Texas Monthly: “Good movies — and good novels, too — do not depend upon ‘accurate portrayals.’ Accuracy is irrelevant. Is the Mona Lisa an ‘accurate’ representation of the actual human model for the painting? Who knows? Who cares? It’s a great piece of art. It moves us. It makes us wonder, makes us gape; finally makes us look inward at ourselves.” (Texas Monthly, Nov. 2002. Qtd. In http://illyria.com/tobhp.html#Newsletter )
