MEDIA CENTER

• Purpose and Staff
• History and Name
• Hours and Info
• Online Resources
• Citing Sources
• Other Libraries
• Teacher Resources

JOHN F. KENNEDY
HIGH SCHOOL
1901 Randolph Road
Silver Spring, MD 20902

CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS
Main Office Phone:
301-929-2100
Main Office Fax:
301-929-2240
Attendance Office:
301-962-5911
Guidance Phone:
301-929-2120
Guidance Fax:
301-929-2235
Acad. Support Ctr.:
301-929-2100
Media Center:
301-962-5958
Business Manager:
301-962-5913

Online Resources

The following subscription databases are available for student use in the Media Center. To access these sites from home, pick up a Home Use Handout from the Circulation Desk.

• Proquest (Periodicals/Newspapers)

• Galenet
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center 
• Student Resource Center - Gold

• Gale U.S. History Resource Center

• ABC - Clio - Schools *see media specialist for login info
• ABC-CLIO World History & American History *see media specialist for login info

• Sirs Discoverer
• Researcher (Social Issues, Health, Science, Business); 
• Government Reporter (Historic & Government Documents, U.S. Supreme Court Decisions) 
• Sirs Renaissance (Current Perspectives on the Arts & Humanities) 
• SKS WebSelect
• Interactive Citizenship

• AccuWeather Premium *see media specialist for login info
• AP Multimedia Archives

• Fact-on-File News Services - Issues & Controversies *see media specialist for login info

• Worldbook Online *see media specialist for login info
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Encyclopedia Britannica Universal en Espanol
• Culture Grams *see media specialist for login info
• Net Trekker *see media specialist for login info

• MCPS Web Links

• Annals of American History

• TeachingBooks.net

•  Webster’s New International Dictionary

"Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain".
-John F. Kennedy