Online Services
All online services passwords can be found on Edline under Media Center (right side)
The passwords are given to Rocky Hill Students and Staff only and will not appear on this web site. Please contact the RHMS Media Center or log into Edline (under MEDIA CENTER) if you need a password.
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Student Resources
Online Picture Resources:
21st Century Explorer (Britannica)
21st-Century Explorer gives teachers and students access to two complete encyclopedias, interactive lessons, videos, and other resources correlated to state curriculum standards and classroom topics.
Auto Repair Reference Center (EBSCO)
A database collection of auto repair information
Brainpop
Cobblestone Online
Magazine articles from Cobblestone, Calliope and other curriculum magazines.
CultureGrams
Information on countries of the world
Discovery Education (formerly United Streaming)
eLibrary
Articles and images, including magazines, newspapers, and books
eLibrary elementary
It's an easy-to-use general reference database designed specifically to engage and guide students. 140 magazines, newspapers, books, transcripts maps, images, educator approved websites, video titles, etc. help students find the answers they need!
eLibrary science
Supports the study of earth, life, physical, medical, and applied sciences. Thousands of full-text and multimedia files, and amazing interactives including virtual, interactive frog dissections and more
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Annals of American History
Includes a year-by-year documentary of American thought and action, the original words of more than 1,500 authors who made American history through their speeches, writings, memoirs, poems, and interviews.
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Global Reference Center
Includes online content in a variety of global languages
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Online Academic Edition
A complete research tool that grants access to statistical databases, a dictionary, various reference book and the original works of over 140 authors.
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Online School Edition
Links to 4 levels of academic encyclopedias that are easy to use.
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Spanish Reference Center
Includes encyclopedias, atlases, images, multimedia, and much more in Spanish
Encyclopaedia Britannica Student NewsNet
A database of articles that focus on current events and news around the world
(EB) Webster’s Dictionary
A dictionary without the ads!
Encyclopaedia Britannica World Data Analyst
Includes current and past statistics on countries around the world
Gale Ebooks
Ebooks including science, history, and health titles
History Reference Center (EBSCO) The database includes more than 300 reference books and encyclopedias; 58,000 historical documents; 43,000 biographies; and more than 100,000 images and historical maps.
History Study Center
History Study Center offers valuable historical reference material that covers 14 centuries of history - from ancient to modern, old world to new world.
Image Quest (Britannica)
ImageQuest provides access to more than two million images which are rights-cleared for non-commercial, educational use
Issues and Controversies
Includes pro-con viewpoints, timelines, primary source documents, statistical tables, editorial cartoons, newspaper editorials, and interviews with experts, which provide context and perspective.
MasterFile (EBSCO) Premier
A database that contains full texts of over 1,700 general periodicals that cover a wide range of topics
Noodletools
Comprises an online bibliography (works cited), composer, and note-taking tool. The student inputs the information necessary and prints out the bibliography. Students also can take notes online using this service. First time users click “Create a Personal ID” to make an account. Reactivate with login and password to left.
Science Reference Center (EBSCO)
Includes science periodicals, reference books, encyclopedias, essays, biographies, animations, images and videos.
SIRS
These databases cover the decades of the 20th century, full text articles and images from international newspapers, magazines, and government documents, and websites as well as research material on controversial topics, current arts/humanities perspectives and interactive books on US citizenship.
SIRS Researcher
This database contains articles on many of today's controversial topics
Student Resource Center Junior
Databases of primary documents, biographies, newspapers, reference articles and periodicals
Student Research Center
Databases of curriculum targeted primary documents, biographies), topical essays, critical analysis, full-text coverage of newspapers and periodicals. These databases are an excellent resource for information across the curriculum. Uses their own reading scale – basic, intermediate and advanced.
Teaching Books.net
Includes interviews with popular authors for kids as well as links to outside web pages about books and authors.
Tumblebooks Library
TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love.
U.S. History in Context
Includes collections of US primary and secondary resources as well as country and era overviews, full-text periodicals, audio and video clips of historic speeches, and much more.
Washington Post
Teacher Resources
EBSCO Academic Search Premier (purchased by MCPS Professional Library)
EBSCO Education Research Complete (purchased by MCPS Professional Library)
EBSCO ERIC (purchased by MCPS Professional Library)
EBSCO Professional Development Collection (purchased by MCPS Professional Library)
ProQuest Professional Education
Wilson Web
BrainPop