Road Scholar USA Trip - Honors SLC, Churchill HS
Spring 2007

Some things to remember as you start your search for sources and ideas:
If you are looking for Facts-
Library books and encyclopedias are fast sources for this kind of information. Ask Julie or Sam, the Teacher-Librarians, for assistance. You can locate other books on your own from the Lancer Library Homepage using the VIA Catalog .
From the homepage you can also use online encyclopedias (Encyclopedia Britannica and World Book) to get more information about specific individuals, topics and travel destinations.

Books on the United States and travel (including atlases and AAA books) have already been put on a cart in the Library. Please look at this cart before doing a VIA Catalog book search.
What you want may be on this cart.

Some Useful Websites
Road Trip America
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/
This website has lots of good ideas for traveling by car in the USA. Check out the
“ROADTRIP PLANNING” link at the top of the homepage. The homepage also has a “Fuel Cost Calculator” that will help you compute gas costs!

Road Trip USA
http://www.roadtripusa.com/
Tons of useful of information. Choose a route and see what different attractions are along the way. They have podcasts that you can download and listen to about many different themes surrounding road trips in the USA (ie. baseball, food etc.).
The “Travel Links” link has very good state-by-state information.

AAA-American Automobile Association
http://www.aaaorid.com/
Lots of information about traveling in the USA. Follow the “Travel” link at the top of the page.
Travel > Online Maps and Directions > Online Internet TripTik.
From there, enter a starting and an ending point. Once the route is shown, you can use the “Enlarge tool” at the right side of the map to zoom in and out. Then choose the “Travel Info” tab to see the local attractions etc. An very useful tool!

GoogleMaps
http://maps.google.com/
Choose the "My Maps" tab -"Create and share personalized, annotated maps of your world."
The directions help you create your own itinerary. This is an amazing website!
We have instructions for doing this. See the Librarians.

Google Directory
http://www.google.com/dirhp
Collections of links about travel in the USA.
The list below is one of many you can follow from the Google Directory homepage.
Start at the “Recreation” link and look at the possibilities.
Examples include “Roads and Highways, Travel>Destinations etc.
Be sure to narrow to North America and the United States if possible.
Recreation > Roads and Highways > North America > United States

Budget Travel Online
http://www.budgettravelonline.com
Choose the drop-down menu link at the top of the page: Destinations > US & Canada.
Scroll down to see links to all the US regions broken down into specific locales.
This site can help you research destinations.

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SNAPSHOTS

Google Image Search
http://images.google.com/imghp
We all know and use it!
To find the snapshots and images you need once you choose your route, and the sites you will see along the way.

AP Multimedia Archive
Photo Archive on the Library homepage under Subscriptions. Contains photos from 150 years of journalism. LOTS of famous people, places and events.
Not always the easiest thing to use...be patient or ask for help if needed.

SAVING the STUFF you find! Read on....

Open MS Word and copy and paste photos etc. to this document as well as using it to create your travel entries. Once you have stuff to save, you have several options:
1. Save this document to Gwen OR
2. E-mail it to yourself OR
3. Better yet, do BOTH

TO ACCESS FROM ANY SCHOOL COMPUTER: SAVE TO GWEN:
MAC:
1. Click on the desktop.
2. Go to “ Finder” at the top of the desktop
3. Choose Connect to server.
4. Gwen’s address should be the default.
5. Click “Connect” and enter your username and password in the box that opens.
Be sure to choose “HOMES” as the “Save to:” location when you save your document.
Don’t forget to either LOG OUT or drag the HOMES icon to the trash when you leave.

PC:
Click on “Homes on Gwen” on the desktop.
You should have already entered your username and password in order to log into the computer.
Be sure to choose “Homes on Gwen” as the “Save to:” location when you save your document.
Don’t forget to either LOG OUT when you leave

TO ACCESS FROM HOME: Emailing an Attachment
This will be different for every internet service provider.
Be sure to click on "Attach" AFTER you choose the document to be attached and send to YOUR e-mail address. If you e-mail yourself, you can access the document from any internet computer.

PRESENTATION PRODUCTS
Powerpoint, Transparencies, Posters, IMovie, Maps, Pamphlets, Blogging, Flikr etc...
The Teacher-Librarians can help you with any of these possibilities. Just ask!
See Julie or Sam in the Lancer Library or e-mail us at chslib@4j.lane.edu.
The Library is open 7:30-4:00 Mon-Fri.

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This webpage was created on April 16, 2007
Corrections, additions or questions?
Contact Julie Vignoul or Sam Arnold-Boyd at chslib@4j.lane.edu