Online
Databases
To access the
online resources listed below, ask any of your teachers or Mrs. Hicks, Media
Specialist, for Remote User ID and Password.
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Database
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Description
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Bridges
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Career
development system offering substantial information on hundreds of career
paths
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CultureGrams
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Provides
cultural, historical and geographical information on countries around the
world.
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Issues
and Controversies
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Essays
providing a review of all sides of an issue for debate or persuasive writing
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SIRS Discoverer
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General
reference database for children in grades 1-9 - full-text articles and
images - includes Discoverer WebFind
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SIRS Knowledge Source (SKS)
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Collection
of 5 databases for students in grades 6-12 - full-text articles, graphics,
photos, government documents, ebooks, and previewed websitesfull-text
articles, graphics,
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Student
Resource Center
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Magazine
and newspaper articles - primary source documents - multimedia content -
Gale "Discovering" "Exploring" and Junior Reference
series
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Science
Resource Center
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Also
from Thomson Gale researching science topics has never been easier with Science Resource Center.
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World Book Online
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Full-text
of the print versioin plus additional articles, an atlas, multimedia
content, current events, and a Spanish language encyclopedia
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World
Almanac
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Facts,
figures and other statistical information on topics of general interest
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Teaching Books
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Original,
in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of
professional book readings, guides to thousands of titles and a wealth of
multimedia resources on children's and young adult literature
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EBSCO
Professional Development Collection
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Full-text
articles for 500 journals, abstracts for 300+ other journals for
professional educators, plus ERIC digests and document abstracts and
citations.
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This page was created by Laura Hicks as a
resource for the WFMS community. If you have any suggestions or comments
please contact me at laura.hicks@fcps.org
Page last updated 9/28/07
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