Online Databases

Subscription (Paid) Online Databases

Ask the Media Center-Library staff and/or a teacher if you do not have the usernames & passwords.

FOR STUDENTS:

1. CultureGrams: online.culturegrams.com

CultureGrams is a database dedicated to providing detailed reports on the history, geography, and daily life of cultures around the world. It is very easy to navigate and includes many facts, pictures, maps, flags, and more about individual countries.

2. World Book Encyclopedia: www.worldbookonline.com

World Book is your resource for full-text encyclopedia entries with photos and videos.

3. EBSCO: search.ebscohost.com/

EBSCO is a one-stop shopping research resource! It has several user-friendly interfaces to choose from, such as Kid Search and Student to Research Center. It is filled with information on all kinds of subjects and topics, with full text magazine and newspaper articles, radio and TV transcripts, photos, books and encyclopedias, maps, primary source doucments, etc. This subscription also includes Novelist , which is a great way to find out about novels or the next book in a novel series.
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FOR TEACHERS ONLY:

1. Discovery Education: streaming.discoveryeducation.com

“From engaging, standards-aligned rich media to interactive digital textbooks, our world-class content takes students beyond the classroom.”

Citing Academic Works

EasyBib: www.easybib.com

This is “the free automatic bibliography and citation generator” for websites, books, newspapers, journals, databases, etc. MLA format.

Other

Library of Congress: www.loc.gov/

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. This is a great resource for history, historical documents, etc.