Online Resources

    All of the resources listed below can be used both at school and from home.  Students will need logins and passwords to access the resources from home.  Please go to the Media Center page on EDLINE, or ask in the Media Center to get a listing of all of the logins and passwords. 

     

     Culture Grams  Up to date information on countries and cultures.  History, land and climate, religion, personal appearance, gestures, language, government, family, dating and marriage, etc.
    Discovery Education  Movies, video clips, images.
    EBSCO    Auto Repair: Guide to Vehicle Ownership and Maintenance.

     History Reference Center: American and World history. Primary source documents, biographies and more. 

     Science Reference Center:  Biology, life science, environmental science, technology, wildlife and more. 

    Masterfile Premier:  Full text for thousands of key journals, magazines and trade publications.  Provides extensive coverage of topics including:  Business, Health, Education, General Science, Multicultural Issues, And much more…
    EB 21st Century Explorer  Organized and Interactive information from Britannica.  Animals, Biography, American Presidency, Black History, Women's History, Hispanic Heritage, Holocaust, Weather - lots of curriculum related materials.
    EB Annals of American History  American history including primary sources and multimedia.
    EB Global Reference Center  Japanese, Korean, Chinese & French Britannica Encyclopaedias and a link to the Spanish Reference Center.
    EB Image Quest  Access more than two million rights-cleared images from over 50 of the best collections in the world.
    Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edtion  Available for every student, but recommended for high school and higher education. 
    Encyclopaedia Britannica Online School Edition   Three encyclopedias in one: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Compton’s by Britannica and Britannica Elementary.  
    EB Spanish Reference Center  Enciclopedia Juvenil provides a Spanish elementary encyclopedia, images, videos, and Spanish language learning materials . 
     EB Student NewsNet  News and current events designed for the classroom
    Issues & Controversies  Explores today’s controversial issues in depth.  Includes timelines, primary source documents, statistical tables,  editorial cartoons, newspaper editorials and interviews with experts which provide context and perspective.
    History in Context 

    Information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History.

    NoodleTools  This is an online bibliography (works cited) composer and note taking tool. 
    SIRS  

    SIRS Decades:  covers the 20th century decade by decade with 5,000 primary and secondary sources selected by the editors of SIRS.

    SIRS Discover:  The database includes carefully selected full-text articles and images from more than 1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines, government documents, and websites.

    SIRS Knowledge Source:  Includes a periodical database with a link to SIRS Pro/Con which has issues research
    Student Resource Center Junior  Primary source documents, biographies, topical essays, critical analysis, full-text coverage of newspapers and periodicals. 
    Teachingbooks  TeachingBooks.net an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. 
    Webster's New International Dictonary  This is a real dictionary and without those pesky advertisements and pop-ups. 
    World Data Analyst  Similar to CultureGrams, World Data Analyst provides "Country Snapshots," "current comparisons" and "chronological comparisons," which compares changes over time up to 90 years.
    Worldbook Online Multimedia Encyclopedia  Includes access to World Book Student, World Book Kids, Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos, an elementary Spanish language encyclopedia, the World Book Atlas and the World Book Dictionary.