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Subscription Databases (Please see your Media Specialist for remote access information)
CultureGram logo CultureGrams provides cultural, historical and geographical information on countries around the world.
SIRS Discoverer logo SIRS Discoverer is a general reference database for children grades 1-9 with full-text articles and images. Features  include activities such as science experiments, craft projects, writing activities, biographies of every U.S. President and other notable people, fiction articles, and country facts. Discoverer WebFind is a database of carefully chosen Internet resources on almost any subject appropriate for researchers in grades. Online tutorial available.
TeachingBooks.Net logo Teaching Books offers 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.
World Almanac logo The World Almanac provides facts, figures and other statistical information on topics of general interest. Please note: World Almanac is no longer being provided as a stand-alone product it is incorporated within Facts on File's Issues & Controversies.
World Book logo World Book Online features full-text of print version plus additional articles, an atlas, multimedia content, and "Behind the Headlines" (current events) as well as an intermediate-level Spanish.  Also available with a target="_blank"kid's interface.

Reference Sites
thumb tack Answers.com thumb tack Factmonster thumb tack Maps.com
thumb tack Biography.com thumb tack Frederick Co. Public Library thumb tack MerriamWebster Dictionary
thumb tack Britannica thumb tack The Free Dictionary thumb tack A Million Lives
thumb tack CIA World Factbook thumb tack InfoPlease thumb tack National Geographic Maps
thumb tack Dictionary.com thumb tack Internet Public Library thumb tack Sailor Reference Services
thumb tack Encarta thumb tack Kids.gov (US Gov't) thumb tack Time 100
 

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Search Engines for Kids
thumb tack HeadlineSpot for Kids thumb tack AOL @ School Ask Jeeves Kids
thumb tack Kidsnewsroom.com thumb tack Big Chalk Cybersleuth Kids
thumb tack MSNBC PencilNews thumb tack BJ Pinchbeck's thumb tack KidsClick!
thumb tack N.Y. Times Student thumb tack Discovery School OneKey
thumb tack Online Newshour thumb tack Homework Help Yahooligans
thumb tack Scholastic thumb tack Homework Spot    
thumb tack Time for Kids        

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