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Alexandria Library Catalog

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 • Available grades K-12
• Library Media Center resources
• Select the school Library Media Center
• Search by “all words” (key words), “authors”, “titles” and more
• Click on “Links” in the left column to access the school’s on-line subscription data bases

In School:

CLICK HERE

Out of school:

CLICK HERE

CultureGrams

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 • Available grades K-12
• 187 concise reports on cultures of countries and territories
• Includes 25 categories offering perspective on daily life, family, economy, lifestyles.
• Includes photos, images, maps, current time and currency converter (use “America” as beginning of where you are from)		 CLICK HERE

eLibrary

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 • Available grades K-12
• 1,500 full-text magazines, newspapers, television/radio transcripts, maps, pictures, weblinks, audio/video clips including
• Includes searches on Compton’s Encyclopedia
• Hits can be sorted by relevance, date, reading level (Lexile score), size, title, publication		 CLICK HERE

Grolier On-Line Reference Collection

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 • Encyclopedias (grade levels noted below)
- The New Book of Knowledge (K-8)
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (6-12)
- The New Book of Popular Science (6-12)
- Lands and Peoples (6-12)
- America the Beautiful (6-12)
- Encyclopedia Americana (9-12)
- Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre En Linea (Newport High School only) 		CLICK HERE

The Reference Suite @Facts.com

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 • Available grades 6-12
• World News Digest 1940-current
• Reuter’s ® News (last two week’s headlines)
• Issues & Controversies
• Today’s Science
• World Almanac
• World Almanac Encyclopedia
• Other features: editorial cartoons, historic documents, editorials, obituaries, presidential cabinet and election highlights, world leaders, world press links, maps
 CLICK HERE

Turn it In

  • Available grades 6-12
  • Encourages academic integrity by avoiding plagiarism
  • Identifies papers containing unoriginal material
  • Provides ability to mark student work in paperless environment
  • Used with specific assignments as required by the teacher. Classroom teachers set up access including information and directions.
 http://turnitin.com

World Book Online

  • Available grades K-5
  • 25,000 encyclopedia articles, thousands of reference articles
  • Spanish language version
  • 10,000 photographs and maps
  • Over 100 videos, animations & 9,000 audio clips
  • Other features: Today in History, dictionary, world climates, simulated historic web sites, panoramic 360 degree views

http://www.worldbookonline.com/

Net Trekker

  • Available grades K-12
  • An on-line subscription search directory
  • 200,000 plus websites
  • Selected and reviewed by educators
  • 18,000 lesson plans, images
  • 10,000 foreign language web sites
  • Sort hits by readability level on Lexile ratings
  • Elementary, Middle and High School versions
  • A section for English as a Second Language

http://www.nettrekker.com