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Academic OneFile- Academic OneFile is an excellent source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
American Mosaic - African American Experience- Original sources, articles, audio clips, images and reference materials give voice to the African-American experience from its African origins to the present day
American National Biography - Information about more than 17,400 men and women (deceased only) -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation.
Americana Encyclopedia- An adult encyclopedia with excellent in-depth articles
Annals of American History- Explore the rich and varied history of the United States through primary source documents. You'll find speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, poems, images, and multimedia.
AP Images- AP photos with caption text from 1840s to present, graphics, charts, tables, maps and timelines
ArtCyclopedia- The Guide to Great Art on the Internet
Art History Resources on the Web- Comprehensive index to art history information on the web.
The Artists' Bluebook- A recognized site about American artists.
Atomic Learning- Tutorial movies to help you learn software programs
Bartleby.com- A free source of great literature on the web. The goal is to provide an internet source for all public domain (non-copyrighted) great literature texts. You'll also find older reference sources such as quotation collections and dictionaries. Some titles are available as ebooks free from Amazon. Use you IPod or Palm!
Bridges to Careers - Explore careers. Talk to experts. Learn about colleges. Check out financial aid.
Britannica Encyclopedia- On-line encyclopedia
The Catcher in the Rye- Help in understanding The Catcher in the Rye, provided by Literature in Context
CIA World Factbook- Up-to-date facts about countries all over world can be found on this government sponsored site.
CIAO- Columbia International Affairs Online Foreign policy and other policy related topics are covered.
CQ Researcher - Background on current and controversial issues
CultureGrams- Customs, lifestyles, manners, family life, personal appearance, recipes of 187 countries
Daily Life Online- Information on daily life throughout history plus World Cultures today
- Death of a Salesman
- Help in understanding Death of a Salesman, provided by Literature in Context.
Ditto.com- Choose photographs from a directory of subjects.
DK Clip Art- This mini site will help support class and homework activities with downloads of DK's famous photographs that can be included in your school projects.
- Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol
- Britannica's Spanish language encyclopedia
Facts.com- News items from 1980-present
- Gale Student Resource Center
- Magazines, primary sources, and general overview articles
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Virtual reference books on a variety of topics--Law, Food and Culture, Genetic Disorders, American Constitution, Drugs, Foreign Policy, Countries and their cultues, Political Theories, and more.
Government Reporter (SIRS)- Historic and Government Documents, Directories and Almanacs
- Great Expectations
- Help in understanding Great Expectations, provided by Literature in Context
- The Great Gatsby
- Help in understanding The Great Gatsby, provided by Literature in Context
Grolier Encyclopedia- An excellent mid-level encyclopedia
Grove Art- Use this database in your social studies classes as well as art classes. It includes 2 art encyclopedias with more than 45,000 articles, 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings as well as links to 40,000 art images on museum quality web sites.
Grove Music- Over 300 links to related sites, including sound archives and illustrations
- Historic Events of the 20th Century Online
- The Civil Rights Movement, The Collapse of Communism, The Holocaust, Islamic Fundamentalism, World War I, and World War II
NY Times Historical Newspapers- The Historical New York Times. New York Times newspaper articles from 1851 to 2004.
Historical Text Archive- Historical Text Archive publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links for a broad range of historical subjects.
History Net- This resource has great links to information on the Civil War, World War II, and the Vietnam War.
- Interactive Citizenship (SIRS)
- Government and World Affairs basic information
International Children's Digital Library- Historical and contemporary children's books from all over the world.
Internet Public Library- The Internet Public Library offers teachers and students a wealth of free resources from Literacy Criticism to Math and Science lessons. There is a great Teen Space section which offers help on homework as well as answers to frequently asked embarrassing questions.
Issues and Controversies- Information about timely topics in the news
JSTOR
- Excellent database of articles from scholarly journals spanning multiple disciplines.
- To create a MYJSTOR account--from the Login page, click on the Register link. Fill out the requisite fields then click submit.
Library of Congress- Literature in Context
- To Kill a Mockingbird, A Separate Peace, The Scarlet Letter, The Great Gatsby, Death of a Salesman, Great Expectations, Of Mice and Men, The Red Pony, The Pearl, The Merchant of Venice, The Odyssey, The Old Man and the Sea, The Catcher in the Rye, Romeo and Juliet, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Macbeth, and Othello.
Literary Reference Center - The Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a highly graphical interface intended for public, academic and high school libraries. The primary goal of LRC is to assist high school and undergraduate English and Humanities students with homework and research assignments of a literary nature.
LitFinder- Full-text poems, short stories, plays, speeches, criticism and biographies.
LitLine- Litline.com is free to the public, and easy to use. Browse through the author listings, and explore biographies, summaries, selected works, and related links. You can also browse by genre,and perform a keyword search.
- Macbeth
- Help in understanding Macbeth, provided by Literature in Context
- The Merchant of Venice
- Help in understanding The Merchant of Venice, provided by Literature in Context
Microsoft Gallery- Microsoft provides clipart for use with its products.
Montgomery College Library - Use the catalog and the online resources
Montgomery County Public Library - Use the catalog and the online resources
MCPS Professional Library- Use the catalog and the online resources
NASA- Home Page of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
netTrekker- An academic search engine
- New Book of Knowledge
- An easy-to-read encyclopedia for elementary through high school students
New York Times Images- The images that were "fit to print" from the New York Times in a searchable database.
New York Times Historical Newspapers- New York Times is available from 1851 to 2003.
NOAA- Home Page of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
NoodleTools- A bibliography maker that helps you create a works cited page in correct MLA or APA format
NoveList - Search for books by plot descriptions, location, reading level, etc.
NYPL Digital Library- The New York Public Library has a free, searchable database of 275,000 photographs and manuscripts from its collection.
- The Odyssey
- Help in understanding The Odyssey, provided by Literature in Context
- Of Mice and Men
- Help in understanding Of Mice and Men, provided by Literature in Context
- Opposing Viewpoints
- Provides paired pro and con articles as well as complete reference books
- Othello
- Help in understanding Othello, provided by Literature in Context
Poetry 180- Library of Congress site on poetry.
Poets.org- The Academy of American Poets site where you can search for information on poets or poems.
Project Gutenberg- Free Internet resource for electronic or digitized books. Works by Shakespeare, Poe, Dante, Lewis Carroll, and more can be found on this site.
- Proquest Reference Library
- Full text magazines and newspapers since 1980
PubMed- A free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Questia- Database with 10,000 full-text books available for research. Usernames and passwords are limited and must be acquired from the media specialist.
Quia - Find lessons and assignments your teacher has made
- Renaissance
- Has current perspectives on the Arts and Humanities
- Romeo and Juliet
- Help in understanding Romeo and Juliet, provided by Literature in Context
Sailor- Sailor is a statewide public network, which connects libraries, schools, and government agencies to the Internet.
SAT Online Course- In the "Students" box click "Register Now." Then enter Springbrook's SAT code.
- The Scarlet Letter
- Help in understanding The Scarlet Letter, provided by Literature in Context
- Science Resource Center
- A large collection of science articles from professional and easy-to-read magazines plus basic science dictionaries and encyclopedia articles
Search Engines- The Springbrook media specialists offer searching suggestions.
- A Separate Peace
- Help in understanding A Separate Peace, provided by Literature in Context
- Sirs Knowledge Source
- Provides full-text articles from 1988-present
Teaching Books - Resource for readers with author interviews, audio excerpts from books, and more
- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Help in understanding Their Eyes Were Watching God, provided by Literature in Context
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Help in understanding To Kill a Mockingbird, provided by Literature in Context
Today's Science- Science articles back to 1992.
TurnItIn- Test your paper to see if you've plagiarized.
United Streaming- A web based video delivery service correlated to school curriculum (teacher access only, see media specialist for login information)
University of Maryland - Use the catalog before a trip to their libraries.
- U.S. History Resource Center
- Access to historical (primary) documents, articles reference titles, and full-text journals covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present
Vocational Biographies
Web Gallery of Art- The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 17.100 reproductions.
WebMuseum, Paris- Famous Artworks Exhibition
- WebSelect
- Provides links to pre selected web sites
- Webster's New International Dictionary
- In addition to definitions, search for words with just the beginning or end letters, find word histories, see examples of how a word is used, or find help in solving word puzzles such as crosswords or jumbles, find rhyming or homophone words.
- What Citizens Need to Know about Government
- Information that is presented in American government textbook style
- What Citizens Need to Know about World Affairs
- An historical perspective to understand concepts underlying world events
World Book Online - Easy to use encyclopedia with link to Spanish language version
World Data Analyst- A rich collection of current and past statistics on the countries of the world that makes historical and cross-national comparisons easy.
World News Digest
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