Online sources

Online Resources

USERNAMES and PASSWORDS for Databases are provided in the Library Media Center

Encyclopedia Americana
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
New Book of Knowledge

Grolier Access (from Home)!

You will be given the chance to sign up (free of charge) for all of the encyclopedias to which we subscribe.

( REMOTE ACCESS - ( REMOTE ACCESS - Ask at the library for your school's ID and password and you will be able to use it at home! )

EBSCO Host Databases

Magazines	Encyclopedias
MasterFILE Select Middle Search Plus Primary Search	Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia EBSCO Animals Encyclopedia
Other Databases etc.
Newspaper Source	*Health Source -Consumer Ed.*
*Topic Search*	*NoveList*
*Searchasaurus*	*EBSCO Host Espanol*

Social Studies Databases:

World History: Ancient & Medieval Eras

American History

World History: The Modern Era

GALE - ebook reference library with reference resources for arts, business, history, law, literature, science, biographies, health, medicine, and multicultural studies.

Check out these NEW Databases

(User IDs and Passwords available in the Library Media Center

Children's Literature - offers more than 1,400,000 MARC records and more than 260,000 reviews of children's books--all full text searchable from 35 review sources
Today's Science - Science news written for students. Includes Biographies of Scientists, Glossary of scientific terms and concepts, and extensive use of photos and graphics
Teaching Books - Provides in-studio movies of authors and illustrators and a wealth of multimedia resources on K-12 books that generate enthusiasm for books and reading.
African American Publications - Featuring thousands of biographies on African Americans, American men and women, Native North Americans
Career Cruising - an interactive career resource that explores a variety of careers, great tool for students to use for the 8th grade career exploration project for Home and Careers
Country Watch - provides background country information, current events, coverage, and other global research resources geared towards students.
Biography Reference Bank - provides information on more than 500,000 people throughout history

Other Sites of Interest

FreeFullText.com - provides direct links to over 7000 scholarly periodicals which allow some or all of their online content to be viewed by ANYONE with Internet access for free."

	Reference Desk - Main page "Refdesk.com is the single best source for facts on the Net; a one-stop site for all things Internet: news, weather, sports, reference, encyclopedia, facts on file, FAQs, tutorials, search engines, free stuff, games and much more. Over 20,000 quality links."
	My Virtual Encyclopedia Connected to the page above, this is just the encyclopedia aspect of this site.
	Encarta An excellent free encyclopedia which also includes an atlas and a dictionary.
	Infoplease.com Online Dictionary, Internet Encyclopedia and Almanac Reference and Biographies
	Encyclopedia.com The Concise Colombia Electronic Encyclopedia you may enter a search word or browse topics
	Free Internet Encyclopedia MacroReference (for large areas of knowledge) MicroReference (for small bits of information) Basic Encyclopedia (for those in a hurry)

Reference

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Books of quotations, English Language, Grammar, and Fables, Encyclopedia, Dictionary, and Robert's Rules of Order

Fact Monster - a one-stop reference source for kids
It has access to the full range of Information Please almanacs (general knowledge, sports, and entertainment, plus an encyclopedia and dictionary.

	Very Comprehensive Site includes science resources, maps, dictionaries, lesson plans, online calculators, and so much more.
	Lists of other sites with a great deal of information Other reference sites are provided
	Collegiate Dictionary Collegiate Thesaurus Plus word games too
	Choose the category of the person you wish to know about A connection to Quotations too
	Site is from the US Postal Service Not only the Zip code, but the 4 digit code is also available