Reference Links Home Use

Reference Links At Home Use

Online Resources

Dictionaries

Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged (password needed)

Encyclopedias

Encyclopaedia Britannica Annals of American History - Explore the rich and varied history of the United States through speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, poems, images, and multimedia. (password needed)

Encyclopaedia Britannica Global Reference Center - Encyclopaedia Britannica in a variety of global languages (password needed)

Encyclopaedia Britannica Academic Edition (password needed)

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online School Edition (password needed)

Encyclopaedia Britannica Spanish Reference Center (password needed)

Encyclopaedia Britannica World Data Analyst - Enrich and expand your understanding of the world. (password needed)

World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos (password needed)

World Book Kids (password needed)

World Book Reference Center - General Background Information (password needed)

Online Services

ABC-CLIO World History and Geography - Ancient and Medieval Eras and US at War. Comprehensive collection of social studies resources. (password needed)

Art Museum Image Gallery - A rich digital resource of art images and related multimedia gathered from the collections of museums around the world (password needed)

Columbia Granger's World of Poetry - Offers access to 250,000 poems in full text with 450,000 poem citations. (password needed)

Culture Grams - Complete geographical reference including maps, statistics, cultural information. (password needed)

eBook Collection - Gale Virtual Reference Library (password needed)

eLibrary Elementary - Answers to research questions are found in magazines, newspapers, books, transcripts, maps, images, websites and audio/video titles. (password needed)

History Resource Center: US - Covers themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. (password needed)

Issues and Controversies - Current events with statistical data and articles linked by issues, pro and con. (password needed)

NoodleTools - Web based bibliography composer (password needed)

ProQuest Historical Newspapers (New York Times) - Primary source historical newspapers from the NY Times from 1851-2005 (password needed)

Science Resource Center - Thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations and the latest scientific developments covered in magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites.(password needed)

SIRS Decades - 20th Century American sources. (password needed)

SIRS Discoverer - Articles and graphics from 1,600 US and international magazines, newspapers and US government documents. (password needed)

SIRS Knowledge Source - Current events, US government resources, arts and humanities. (password needed)

Student NewsNet - Timely, relevant news and current events (password needed)

Student Resource Center Jr. - A fully integrated database with thousands of curriculum-related subjects. (password needed)

Teaching Books - Generates enthusiasm for reading by bringing authors, illustrators and resources about books to students. (password needed)

Photos and Clip Art

Pics 4 Learning

Microsoft Clip Gallery

MCPS Digital Vertical File

Weather

The Weather Channel