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.  

 

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 Cntr  

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 Academic  

Available for every student, but recommended for high school and higher education.  

 

Encyclopaedia Britannica School Ed   

Three encyclopedias in one: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Compton’s by Britannica and Britannica Elementary.   

 

EB Spanish Reference Cntr  

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  

 

History in Context  

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

 

InfoBase Learning  

 

 

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.

 

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.   

 

TumbleBooks 

TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love.

 

Webster's 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. 

 

 

STAFF EBSCO 

 

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

  STAFF Proquest 

Proquest Porfessional:  Full-text professional  publications for K-12 educators and high school students. 

  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.