Student Resource Center includes articles, mostly full-text, from periodicals, newspapers, two encyclopedias, and reference works. Access is available from both school and home. See Mrs. Shesman for the UserID and Password.
World Book On-line includes all articles from the print version plus 3,200 additional articles, atlas, and "Behind the Headlines" - current events. Access is available from both school and home. See Mrs. Shesman for the UserID and Password.
Bridges is a comprehensive career development system which offers information on hundreds of career paths. Access is available from both school and home. See Mrs. Shesman for User Name and Password.
Check out all the interesting information at the FCPL site! Find out about up-coming programs and events, search their card catalog, use their electronic data bases, and more. You need a library card number for some of these resources.
Hundreds of topics within Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Technology, Arts & Music, and Health are all brought to life through short, animated movies and related interactive quizzes and features. Access is available from school during school hours only. See Mrs. Shesman for the User Name and Password.
Original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of professional books, readings, guides to thousands of titles, and a wealth of multimedia resources. See Mrs. Shesman for the UserID and Password.
Culturegrams gives information about countries and states. It includes photos and recipes. Access is available from both school and home. See Mrs. Shesman for the UserID and Password.
SIRS Knowledge Source is a collection of 5 databases for students in grades 6-12. Full-text articles, graphics, photographs, government documents, ebooks, and previewed websites are included. See Mrs. Shesman for the UserID and Password.
SIRS Discoverer is a general reference database with full-text articles and images for students in grades 1-9. 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. DiscovererWebFind is a database of carefully chosen credible Internet resources on almost any subject appropriate for researchers in grades 1-9. See Mrs. Shesman for the Customer # and Password.
Other Great Sites for Research:
Subject Specific Databases:
General Reference Databases:
Frederick County Public Schools has collected a terrific set of links for help with research projects and homework.
Discovery Education Streaming gives you access to thousands of educational videos and images. See Mrs. Shesman for the user name and password.
Latest scientifc developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality websites. The database covers curriculum-related science topics correlated to state and national standards. See Mrs. Shesman for the UserID and Password.
Issues and Controversies provides information on both sides of a wide variety of controversial topics. See Mrs. Shesman for the UserID and Password.
