Research Resources : Helpful Links

Here are some links you might want to add to your wiki side bar. Please see the Side Bar tutorial under the Setting Up Your Wiki section of the tutorials in the Teacher Resources area of the website to see how this is done.

The Grammar Book http://www.grammarbook.com/
The Owl at Purdue http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Readability Calculator http://www.online-utility.org/
Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/
Grammarly - A highly accurate grammar checker http://www.grammarly.com

General

Scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources Google Scholar 
Search for federal and state government websites Google U.S. Government Search
Archival and manuscript materials in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington Northwest Digital Archives
The Census Bureau's gateway to data, including geographic data American Factfinder
University of Virginia Historical Census Browser
University of Nebraska Lincoln Lewis and Clark Expedition Journals
Montana Natural Resource Information System (NRIS) http://nris.mt.gov/
(includes Montana GIS Portal, Digital Atlas of Montana, Topographic Map Finder, and more!)
Montana Natural Heritage Program http://mtnhp.org
NOAA Paleoclimate Data http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/data.html
Library of Congress Digital Collections http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html
Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) http://www.dlese.org/library/index.jsp
The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/

Historic Maps

Historic topographic maps for many area of Montana University of Texas, Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
The Mansfield Library has access to the Digital Sanborn maps for Montana Digital Sanborn Maps (The login ID is bitterroot. The password is welcome) Digitized maps displayed using ContentDM. Bibliographic is information included with each map. This site is a work in progess and maps are added in monthly.
University of Montana Archives and Special Collections Regional and Historic Maps

Other Maps

The source for flood map and Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRMs) data FEMA Map Service Center 
Geodata.gov is a geographic information system (GIS) portal, also known as the Geospatial One-Stop (GOS), which serves as a public gateway for improving access to geospatial information and data. GeoData.gov 
Downloadable data, shapefiles, imagery, base maps, etc. Missoula County Mapping/GIS Division 
MSR Maps provides easy access to aerial photos and topographic mapping data. MSR Maps (formerly Terraserver) 
The National Atlas is an interactive map with thematic layers. You can designate topics of interest and set a specific geographic area. National Atlas 
Conducts policy work on the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) program National Geospatial Program Office 
The National Map is an online, interactive map service with many possible layers of scientific data.National Map