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.
Up to date information on countries and cultures. History, land and climate, religion, personal appearance, gestures, language, government, family, dating and marriage, etc. |
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Movies, video clips, images. |
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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. |
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Organized and Interactive information from Britannica. Animals, Biography, American Presidency, Black History, Women's History, Hispanic Heritage, Holocaust, Weather - lots of curriculum related materials. |
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American history including primary sources and multimedia. |
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Japanese, Korean, Chinese & French Britannica Encyclopaedias and a link to the Spanish Reference Center. |
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Access more than two million rights-cleared images from over 50 of the best collections in the world. |
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Available for every student, but recommended for high school and higher education. |
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Three encyclopedias in one: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Compton’s by Britannica and Britannica Elementary. |
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Enciclopedia Juvenil provides a Spanish elementary encyclopedia, images, videos, and Spanish language learning materials . |
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News and current events designed for the classroom |
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Information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. |
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Issues and Controversies:Explores today’s controversial issues in depth. America at War Online: Information about the violent confrontations that have shaped U.S. history Global Exploration Online: Explorers throughout world history. Physics in Action Online: Explores the Science of matter and energy. |
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This is an online bibliography (works cited) composer and note taking tool. |
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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 |
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Primary source documents, biographies, topical essays, critical analysis, full-text coverage of newspapers and periodicals. |
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TeachingBooks.net an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. |
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TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. |
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This is a real dictionary and without those pesky advertisements and pop-ups. |
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Similar to CultureGrams, World Data Analyst provides "Country Snapshots," "current comparisons" and "chronological comparisons," which compares changes over time up to 90 years. |
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Academic Search™ Premier contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500 journals, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. Education Research Complete: authoritative online resource for education research. ERIC®: Education Resource Information Center Professional Development Collection™: specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers. Library Literature & Information: library studies and technology education |
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| STAFF Proquest | Proquest Porfessional: Full-text professional publications for K-12 educators and high school students. |
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| STAFF Sage | The portfolio includes more than 645 journals spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine. |
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 go to the Media Center to get a listing of all of the logins and passwords.