Ms. Psilakis
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Mrs. Psilakis
People
There are numerous biographical resources available for research. One excellent online resource is Biography Reference Center available within the Virtual Reference Collection.
- Open the VRC http://xaaa.calypso.scoolaid.net/bin/vrc/vrcList
- Select High School Collection.
- Locate Biography Reference Center under the Biography section -it's the second choice down in the middle column.
. See World Book Online last selection under Encyclopedias
Websites listed after the name are official websites or archives of the individual or of the representative organization.
Ella Baker (www.ellabakercenter.org )
Susan B. Anthony (www.susanbanthonyhouse.org )
Helen Caldicott (www.helencaldicott.com )
Rachel Carson (www.rachelcarson.org )
Jimmy Carter (www.cartercenter.org )
Cesar Chavez (www.chavezfoundation.org )
Dalai Lama (www.dalailama.com )
Dorothy Day (http://dorothyday.catholicworker.org/)
Medgar Evers (www.mec.cuny.edu )
Mahatma Gandhi (www.mkgandhi.org )
Mikhail Gorbachev (www.mikhailgorbachev.org )
Al Gore (www.algore.com)
Leymah Gbowee (www.leymahgbowee.com)
Jesse Jackson (www.rainbowpush.org )
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/video/2012/nov/02/liberia-johnson-sirleaf-women-politics-video
Martin Luther King, Jr. (www.thekingcenter.org )
Nelson Mandela (www.nelsonmandela.org)
Dr. Maria Montessori (www.montessori-ami.org )
Thich Nhat Hanh (www.plumvillage.org & www.buddhanet.net/masters/thich.htm )
Alfred Nobel (www.nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel )
Rosa Parks (www.rosaparks.org )
Linus Pauling (lpi.oregonstate.edu/lpbio/lpbio2.html )
Eleanor Roosevelt (www.gwu.edu/~erpapers )
Albert Schweitzer (http://www.schweitzer.org/2012/en/)
Mother Teresa (www.motherteresa.org )
Lech Walesa (http://www.ilw.org.pl/en/)
Check out www.nobelprize.org for information on anyone that has received
a Nobel Prize and PBS’ American Experience (www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex ) for any Americans on the list. Additionally, The Quotations Page (www.quotationspage.com) is helpful for finding famous quotes.
Organizations
Follow the links below to find online information about the organization. Also use www.charitablechoices.org or http://www.charitynavigator.org to see how some of these nonprofits are rated.
American Civil Liberties Union (www.aclu.org )
Amnesty International (www.amnesty.org )
Catholic Charities (www.catholiccharitiesusa.org )
Holocaust Museum (www.ushmm.org )
International Court of Justice (www.icj-cij.org )
La Casa de las Madres (www.lacasa.org )
Museum of Tolerance (www.museumoftolerance.com )
NAACP (www.naacp.org )
NOW (www.now.org )
Project Open Hand (www.openhand.org )
Shanti (www.shanti.org )
Teach For America (www.teachforamerica.org )
Unicef (www.unicef.org )
Unesco (www.unesco.org )
United Nations (www.un.org )
Zen Hospice Center (www.zenhospice.org )
Remember to cite your source!
Citing where information was retrieved from is an important aspect of research. The databases within the VRC provide you with the citations.
When using databases outside the VRC you must create your own citations. Note: Easy Bib allows you to paste the URL from each site you've used into a search box and a citation will be generated for you. You will modify this citation as needed, such as adding page numbers and additional authors. You can export it right into a word document from there!