Garrett Park Elementary School

Online Resources

Service	Login	Password
Amazing Animals Information about animals	mcps	Please contact GPES Media Center staff at 301.929.2170 to obtain passwords.
Columbia Granger'sWorld of Poetry	mcps
Culture Grams Country and state information	mcps
eLibrary Elementary	mcps
Encyclopaedia Britannica  3 levels	mcps
Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol Spanish	mcps
Encyclopedia Britannica: Annals of American History,World Data Analyst, Student News Network	mcps
Encyclopedia Britannica Global Reference CenterJapanese, Korean, Chinese, French encyclopedia	mcps
NoodleTools Create bibliographies and take notes for report	garrett
Pebble Go	garrett
SIRS Discoverer, Knowledge Source, Decades	mcps
TeachingBooks.net  Author and book information *Do not enter an emial address.
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary (Unabridged)	mcps
World Book Online (Access World Book Kids and World Book in Spanish from buttons on this page.)	garrett

Accessing Online Resources at Home

1. Access the Montgomery County Public Schools home page 
2. Click on the yellow “For Students” tab located near the top of the page
3. Under “Homework Help,” click on the “Homework Resources” link
4. Select an online service from the page
5. Click on the link for the selected online service and you may be prompted for a login and password
6. Type in the login. Please contact GPES Media Center staff at 301.929.2170 to obtain passwords.

Montgomery County Public Library Online Services Student and Teacher Use Policy

Students and teachers may access Montgomery County Public Library’s (MCPL) online services through the MCPL homepage by using the barcode numbers on the back of their individual public library borrower’s card. Library media specialists are directed to facilitate this access by doing the following: (1) encouraging students and teachers to apply for public library cards; (2) acquainting them with the MCPL homepage and the number and variety of resources, including the online services that it makes available to Montgomery County citizens in the libraries and through remote access; and (3) instructing students to use their public library cards if they want to access these resources. Library media specialists will include a direct link to the Montgomery County Public Libraries’ homepageon their individual school library media programs Websites, not to the online information databases.

This page is maintained by the Garrett Park Elementary School webmaster. Contact jane_a_bell@mcpsmd.org.