Little Rock Central High Summer Reading Assignment
Summer Reading Articles: Please print and read each of the three articles cited below. Bring them to class. If you have a library card, you may access the articles online by following the directions below. If you do not have a library card, you may ask librarians at any of the public libraries to help you access the databases.

From the CALS website, click on the link for “research & reference”. Scroll down the list of databases to the “reference” section and find the Gale discovering database. Enter your library card number when prompted, then search for the following articles. From the Basic Search feature you can search by title.

1. Source Citation: "Oceanography." Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Eds. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Lerner. Vol. 4. 3rd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2004. 2 pp. 6 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. Central Arkansas Library System. 26 May 2009
< http://find.galegroup.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS>.

2. Source Citation: Benson, Keith R. "Marine Biology." Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. Vol. 5. 3rd ed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. 2 pp. 10 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. Central Arkansas Library System. 26 May 2009 <http://find.galegroup.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS>.

From the CALS website, click on the link for “research & reference”. Scroll down to the list of databases to the “science” section and find the Science Online (Facts on File) Database. Search for the following articles. From the Basic Search Feature, you can search by title.

3. Source Citation: Desonie, Dana. "marine communities." Oceans, Our Fragile Planet. New York: Chelsea House Publishing, 2007. Science Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE40&SID=5&iPin= OFPO0005&SingleRecord=True (accessed May 26, 2009).

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Mary Katherine Parson
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Little Rock Central High School
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