Media Center Resources

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries	Magazines and Newspapers
Literature Resources	History Resources
Science Resources	Reader Resources
Media Center Web Page

  Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Encyclopedia Britannica	Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
World Book Online	Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia	World Factbook 2001
New Book of Knowledge	Occupational Outlook Handbook
Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre en linea	America the Beautiful     - information on the 50 states, Puerto Rico and US territories.
Lands and People

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Magazines and Newspapers 

SIRS Researcher -  curriculum related newspaper and magazine articles.	Proquest -  magazine and some newspaper articles.  Includes peer reviewed journals. (username: montgomery     password:  blair)
Newsbank - newspaper articles. (user name:  montgomery   password: blair)	CQ Researcher - in-depth analysis of congressional issues. (user name:  cqed41202     password: cqed41202 )
SIRS Discoverer  - curriculum related newspaper and magazine articles.	Montgomery Journal
The Washington Post	The New York Times
USA Today	Univision

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    History Resources  

Discovering Collection - National and international biographies.	Department of State Background Notes - information on geographic entities and international organizations.
American National Biography	Modern World History Resource Center - themes and trends from the history curriculum for the 20th Century, included primary sources
US History Resource Center - primary documents, reference and full-text journal articles covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present.	Junior Reference Collection  information on science, biographies, authors, multicultural topics, and people and places.
Psychology Place -lesson plans for psychology students.  (user ID: mcmbstu     password: science)	AP Multimedia Photo Archive - searchable database of photos from the AP wire
Facts on File Current Events Research (user ID: montgomery     password: facts)	Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism--comprehensive encyclopedia of multicultural history (user ID: s9610956   password: password)

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  Literature Resources 

• Contemporary Literary Criticism - criticism on selected works of literature.

• Literature Resource Center - biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.

• Gale Literary Index - search for authors and titles in Gale databases

• Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism
(user ID:s9610956    password: password)

• Junior Reference Collection    - information on science, biographies, authors, multicultural topics, and people and places.

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  Science Resources

• Science and Technology Encyclopedia

(user ID: s9610956    password: password)

• Biology Place

(user ID: mcmbstu password:science)

• Chemistry Place

(user ID: mcmbstu    password:  science)

• Psychology Place

(user ID:mcmbstu    password:  science)

• Newsbank Science Source
(user ID: montgomery   password: blair)
• Dialog Tutorial
• Junior Reference Collection  information on science, biographies, authors, multicultural topics, and people and places.

 

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Reader Resources 

• Junior Reference Collection  information on science, biographies, authors, multicultural topics, and people and places.
• New Book of Knowledge  general encyclopedia

 

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