Bibliography Styles (Citing Sources):  This page of resources will help students create a bibliography for reports.

• NetTrekker Resource from SFUSD (http://middle.nettrekker.com/subject/?home=1): Collection of reviewed websites.  User name and password are both SFUSD.  Also accessed from the icon on the Library home page (http://everyschool.org/u/global/tlai/apglibrary.html)
• Ancient African Empires: From the home page, in the Social Studies category, click on Social Studies > World History > New Patterns of Civilization (A.D. 400 to 1500) >Africa (A.D. 400-1500).   Also use the "Famous People" button at the bottom and below that, Sites: Africa (A.D. 400-1500) for other website resources.
• Most of the topics and people listed on the project page can be found in this resource by using the white search box at the upper left labeled Keyword.

• USER NAME:  giannini    PASSWORD:  jaguar

• AFRICAN-AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL DATABASE (http://www.africanpubs.com/): Click on African Americans.  The Login is des5. Select letter of the last name of the person, i.e., R for Jackie Robinson. Then scroll to the name and click on it.

• BLACK HISTORY RESOURCE (http://everyschool.org/u/global/tlai/blackhistory.html)
• Resources from NewsBank (http://infoweb1.newsbank.com):  From the Newsbank site, click on "Celebrating Black History Month".  On this page can be found African American Experience Selections; recent articles; articles on various subjects such as Martin Luther King, Jr, Culture, Historical Figures, etc.; Background and other related articles by subject; images. Outside Giannini, use the username and password -- ra-sfusd -- to access this resource.

• AMERICAN MEMORY FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/)
  

• America's Story from America's Library, the Library of  Congress (http://www.americasstory.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi)

• African Food (http://members.tripod.com/meganjohnston/p2africa/Africanfoods.html)

• BIOGRAPHY DATABASE FROM SFPL (http://sfpl.org.ca.us) From the main SFPL page, click on "Articles and Databases".  This is found on the left, second item under the yellow/gold "search catalog" box. Click on "Alphabetical List" and then "Biography Resource Center/Marquis Who's Who".  Enter your library card number.  Type in the name of the person.  One or more documents will appear in the default tab "Narrative Biographies". Click on the title to read the information. Other tabs available for information are: Thumbnail Biographies, Marquis Who's Who, Magazine Articles, and Websites.

• HISTORY RESOURCES (http://everyschool.org/u/global/tlai/arthistorylanguages.html#HISTORY)
  

• U.S. Department of State (www.state.gov)
• On the blue tool bar at the top, click on the fourth section “Countries and Regions”
• Under "Countries", click on  Background Notes and Links to Country Pages, 7th topic in the list.
• Click on “Africa” in the second paragraph or scroll down the long alphabetical country list.
• When the Africa page comes up, there is a linked list of countries on the left to access or the name of the country on the maps can be clicked on.
• NOTE:  The countries of North Africa are included under the category of “Near East”.
• The other links are:
• Independent States, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty (http://www.state.gov/s/inr/states/)
• Diplomatic List (http://www.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/dpl/)
• Chiefs of State of Foreign Countries (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/index.html)
• Foreign Embassies in U.S. (http://www.state.gov/misc/10125.htm)
• U.S. Embassies, Consulates, Missions (http://usembassy.state.gov)
• Department of State Country Offices (http://foia.state.gov/MMS/CountryOffices/cntry_off.asp)\
• Post Reports (http://foia.state.gov/MMS/postrpt/pr_view_start.asp)
• International Organization Affairs (http://www.state.gov/p/io/)
• Regions
• African Affairs (http://www.state.gov/p/af/)
• East Asian and Pacific Affairs (http://www.state.gov/p/eap/)
• European and Eurasian Affairs (http://www.state.gov/p/eur/)
• Near Eastern Affairs (http://www.state.gov/p/nea/)
• South Asian Affairs (http://www.state.gov/p/sa/)
• Western Hemisphere Affairs (http://www.state.gov/p/wha/)
• CIA-- The World Factbook-- Guide to Country Profiles (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/profileguide.html):  The drop down box allows the searcher to select the country.  The list of Categories, Fields, and subfields of information generally recorded for each country are listed. Links are to the Notes and Definitions about each entry.

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