Online Service
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Subject
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Description
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21st Century Explorer
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All
ESOL
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* Provides online reference and learning tools for students need easier text. * Includes encyclopedias, an atlas, historic timelines, a dictionary, news, etc.
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Annals of American History (EB)
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LA
SS
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* Explore American history through primary sources and multimedia.
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AP Multimedia Archive
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Images
Timelines
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* Over one million photographs from the 1840s to the present; graphics, charts, tables, maps, timelines
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Auto Repair Reference Center (EBSCO)
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Auto Repair
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* Contains repair and maintenance information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. New repair procedures, TSBs and updates are added on a regular basis.
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BrainPop
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All
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* Animated, curriculum-based content that engages students & supports educators.
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CultureGrams
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LA
SS
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* Up-to-date information on 182 countries and cultures. *Includes history, land & climate, religion, language, government, family, marriage
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition
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All
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* 3 encyclopedias in one: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Compton’s by Britannica and Britannica Elementary
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Student NewsNet
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All
News
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* Engages students with timely, relevant news and current events. Related learning activities and lesson plans teach students how to organize facts, make connections, and use information in problem-solving activities. * Searchable articles updated weekly
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Global Reference Center (EB)
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LA
SS
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* Japanese, Korean, Chinese, French Britannica encyclopaedias and another link to the SpanishReference Center.
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History Reference Center (EBSCO)
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SS
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* Includes more than 300 reference books and encyclopedias; 58,000 historical documents; 43,000 biographies; more than 100,000 images and historical maps.
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Image Quest
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Images
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* Access two million rights-cleared images from over 50 of the best collections in the world. DK, National Portrait Gallery of London, National Geographic Society, Oxford Scientific, and other leading names joined with Britannica to provide the best and broadest collection of proprietary educational imagery. *Image Quest provides safe and fast access to high quality images on all topics for all ages.
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Issues & Controversies
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SS
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* Explores today’s controversial issues in depth and in language student researchers can understand. * Includes timelines, primary source documents, statistical tables, editorial cartoons, newspaper editorials and interviews with experts which provide context and perspective. Issues are ripped from the headlines and links to key news coverage and other background information, giving context to the discussion. Issues are succinctly defined and pros and cons are given for each.
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MasterFILE™ Premier
(EBSCO)
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SS
Images
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* Provides searchable full text for over 1,700 publications dating as far back as 1975. * Included are nearly 500 full text reference books and an Image Collection of over 400,000 photos, maps and flags.
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NoodleTools
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All
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* Online bibliography (works cited) composer and note taking tool.
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Online Academic Edition (EB)
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LA
SS
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* Although every student has access to this encyclopaedia it is recommended for high school and higher education.
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Science Reference Center™ (EBSCO)
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S
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* Includes science periodicals, reference books, encyclopedias, essays, biographies, animations, images and videos.
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SIRS Decades
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SS
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* Covers the 20th century decade by decade.
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SIRS Discoverer
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All
Images
ESOL
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* Includes carefully selected full-text articles and images from more than 1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines, government documents, and websites. * Include easier text
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SIRS Knowledge Source
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All
Arts
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* Includes SIRS Researcher, a periodical database. * SIRS Pro/Con is very important to issues research * SIRS Renaissance, current perspectives on the arts and humanities, SIRS Web Select, a student search engine with editorially selected websites
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Spanish Reference Center: Gran Enciclopedia Planeta y Enciclopedia Juvenil (EB)
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Spanish
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* Spanish elementary encyclopedia, images, videos, and Spanish language learning materials specifically designed for younger learners.
* Most comprehensive Spanish language encyclopedia available today. It features 145,000 articles plus timelines, an atlas, and a dictionary.
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Student Research Center (EBSCO)
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All
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* Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video, online dictionary and encyclopedia
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Student Resource Center: Jr.
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All
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* Databases of curriculum targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, critical analysis, full-text coverage of newspapers and periodicals.
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| Study Island |
All
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* Web-based instruction, practice, assessment and reporting built from Maryland state's standards |
Teachingbooks.net
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LA
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* Provides up close and personal interviews (multimedia abounds!) with some of the most loved and respected children and young adult authors.
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TumbleBooks Library
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LA
ESOL
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* Ebooks - animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books * Highlighted text with read aloud feature
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U.S. History In Context
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SS
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* Primary and secondary resources to support the study of United States history * Provides a complete overview of U.S. history covering the most-studied events, issues and current information.
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Webster’s Third New International Dictionary Unabridged
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LA
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* Throw out that URL to dictionary.com. This is a real dictionary and without those pesky advertisements and pop-ups. Keep this one open as a window on your desktop whenever you are writing or researching!
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World Data Analyst (EB)
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LA
SS
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* Similar to CultureGrams, World Data Analyst provides "Country Snapshots." * More, students can create "current comparisons" of countries based on a large list of data points. * "Chronological comparisons" can compare changes over time up to 90 years.
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WorldBook Multimedia Online
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All
ESOL
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* Three encyclopedias in one: World Book Kids, World Book Students & a Spanish version *World Book Kids can be for ESL students and reluctant readers
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WriteOnline
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LA
All
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* fully web-based software that students can log into and use anywhere in the world with a computer and an internet connection. * Talking words, word prediction, etc.
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* Check Edline for login information (Compiled by Rui-Hung Tsa, Media Specialist)
* EB= Encyclopedia Britannica; LA= Language Arts; SS= Social Studies
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