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MCPS Online Services Information – Home Use for F.S Key Middle School -- 2007-08

*Please: This information is not to be shared outside the F.S. Key Community.
(Updated 11/13/07)

Name of Service

URL

Use for:

America’s Historical Newspapers
www.newsbank.com

 

Searchable American newspapers enable users to explore America's past.
Annals of American History
www.america.eb.com

 

Explore the History of the United States
Culture Grams
online.culturegrams.com

 

Cultural, economic, geographic information about all countries around the world
CX Online
Bridges/Choices Explorer
 
cxonline.bridges.com
**(Click on Site ID if first time logging in)Online service for students to explore        career opportunities
Enciclopedia Universal
Universal en Español
http://spanish.eb.com

 

General background information in Spanish; less comprehensive than EB online (above)
Encyclopedia Britannica
World Data Annals
www.school.eb.com

 

General background information
Issues & Controversies
www.2facts.com

 

It combines authoritative factual analysis, covering clear explanations of opposing points of view and numerous special features
KidsPage* – Newsbank
www.newsbank.com

 

2500 sources: Domestic & International newspapers, journals, historical documents, essays, full-text periodicals, etc.
My Bookmarks
www.mybookmarks.com
/public/keyms

 

Access resources that were bookmarked for your class at home.
NetTrekker*
www.nettrekker.com

 

Search Engine: selects educator evaluated sites; aligned to state standards
NoodleTools
www.noodletools.com
/login.php
(Click” New Folder””1st time you logon then create your own “personal” Log in and  Password.) Create Bibliographies using proper formatting.
SIRS Decades
SIRS Discoverer*
SIRS Knowledge Source*
 
http://sks.sirs.com
 
Current event articles, U.S. government resources, arts and humanities, and relevant Internet links
Student Resource Center – Junior*
Opposing Viewpoints*
Science Resource Center
U.S. History Resource Center
 
infotrac.galegroup.com
/itweb/silv20903
Contains thousands of background and topical essays, biographies, and critical analysis with current full-text periodicals and newspapers
Teachingbooks
www.teachingbooks.net

 

 

Multimedia website – Listen, View information on Authors

 

Webster's New International Dictionary
www.mwu.eb.com

 

Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged
World Book Gold
worldbookonline.com
/wb/Login?ed=wb

 

Containing every article from the 22-volume encyclopedia print set plus thousands more. With state-of-the art multimedia, editor-reviewed Web sites, and more!
World Data Annals
www.world.eb.com
To enrich & expand your understanding of the world – includes Country snapshots, comparisons, and ranked statistics

*These sites give Lexile Levels -- A lexile is a reading level determined by examining the difficulty of text based on vocabulary and sentence structure.  (Most all text falls between 200 - a Lower Level and 1800 – a Higher Level.)

 

Webmaster: Felicia Parson | updated February 2012
 

 

 
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