Agnor-Hurt - Library Media Center

11.21.09

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SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

(e-mail Jamie Chapman for passwords to use outside of WAN)

These online databases are pre-selected searchable collections. They are terrific resources provided by the County and the State. Some are familiar names, like WorldBook. Since they aren't free, Google can't access them.

	BrainPOP - Movies, quizzes, activity pages and school homework help for K-12 kids.		Britannica Encyclopedia - Video clips, interactive timelines & more!
	Britannica Dictionary - Welcome to the largest and most comprehensive dictionary.		Choice Literacy - F or K-12 literacy leaders. Contains video & print.
	Culture Grams - Search World Edition \|States Edition \| Printable Detail Maps.		Custom Typing - For all ages and abilities. Typing games included.
	Discovery Education Streaming - offers thousands of videos, video clips and images.		Duke Digital Collection - FREE lNCLUDES: History, Art & Culture.
	EBSCO - A periodical database that includes full-text articles. It also contains a general encyclopedia, an animal encyclopedia, a picture file and a dictionary.		eLibrary - An electronic library resource (The reading levels of articles are noted.)
	Enchanted Learning- creates children's educational web sites and games designed to stimulate creativity, learning, enjoyment, and imagination.		Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol - la enciclopedia en su edicion en espanol.
	Encyclopedia of Virginia - FREE Contains information about the State of Virginia.		FindIt VA - I ncludes full-text periodicals, general reference, health and wellness, comtemporary literary criticism, and more!
	Grolier Online - includes seven encyclopedia databases.		Historical Newspapers - can search What Happened On…, Famous Dead People, and This Day in History.
	Linda's Links to Literature is a database of Internet resources related to books for children and young adults.		Reading A-Z: A complete reading program with affordable books, lesson plans, worksheets and assessments.
	Thinkfinity - FREE top-quality, exciting and engaging educational resources.		Tumble Book Library - e-Books for students on all subjects and levels.
	The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus.		WorldBook Online Reference Center - a Spanish-language Encyclopedia, a Dictionary, an Atlas, Explore Virginia, Videos/animations/audios/360 Degrees.