DeCarolis, Sally / Reference Center

Scholastic GO! (formerly Grolier Online) includes the Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, the New Book of Knowledge, Amazing Animals of the World, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, the New Book of Popular Science, and La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre

Site features GoTube, Our World, and Pro/Con Debates

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Encyclopedia.com

Encyclopedia Smithsonian

Links to resources on subjects from art to zoology

Info Please

Access more than 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Worldbook Encyclopedia

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Databases:

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Contains a range of perspectives on hundreds of important issues. Includes images, audio, video, interactive maps, statistics, references, magazines, news, academic journals, etc. Ideal for public policy papers in Participation in Government.

Great Books Online

Fiction, nonfiction, quotations, and poetry searchable by author, subject, or title. Features the Harvard Classics, Gray’s Anatomy, World Factbook and many more great books online.

General OneFile

Periodical articles on a wide range of topics

Academic OneFile

Contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from world-leading journals and reference sources. Great for AP courses

Elementary Resources:

eLibrary Elementary

Access the American Heritage Dictionary in addition to over 140 magazines and books. Search by topic or using the reference desk.

Kids InfoBits

Includes Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary, maps, flags, charts, graphs, and over 100 age-appropriate magazines for elementary students

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