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These are links to student web pages or pages they just like!    Just click on their titles

Time For Kids

Time for Kids research center   (a good place for all kinds of help on writing papers, doing homework, study tips)

 Brainpop.com          700+ great sites

Yooligans                  Britannica

Songfile                     Information please Almanac

How Stuff works

PBS site

Good News! Homework Help is on the way!

The easiest way to access each database is to go to The Heritage School Homepage, find the Media Center, then go to the Reference Desk. Be sure to bookmark these addresses as I am sure you and your students will find them extremely valuable reference sources when completing assignments. You will need a password for each database. Please remember that distribution of these passwords is prohibited. Please call the media center if you need help or misplace the passwords.

 Gale’s Discovering Collection includes Discovering Authors, Biography, Science, U. History, World History, Multicultural America, Exploring Novels, Exploring Short Stories, Exploring Poetry, Exploring Shakespeare, U.X.L. Worldmark Encyclopedia, and U.X.L. Science.

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/newm58356

Password: newm58356

EBSCOHOST is a periodical and newspaper index with many full text articles and photographs. It also includes a dictionary and Topics module. Additional study helps are included.

http://search.epnet.com

User ID: heritage          Password: hawks

ACCESS SCIENCE is a wonderful technology and science resource by McGraw-Hill.

http://www.AccessScience.com

User Name: hs Password: science

Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition includes Britannica encyclopedia, Britannica Children’s Encyclopedia and a World Atlas

http://school.eb.com/storepassword

Username: ths                           Password: school

American National Biography contains biographies of famous Americans. This is not for current biographies. Only deceased persons are included up through 1995.

http://www.anb.org/articles/index.html

User name: misbopc Password: febtrial

Grolier Online consists of Encyclopedia Americana, *Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, *New Book of Knowledge, New Book of Popular Science, and *Land and People.

http://auth.grolier.com/login/login-bin/send_signup_form (At this site you will fill out a form with your own username and password for remote access. This will need to be done for each computer at home, but is well worth the time spent . This URL is also on the Reference Desk Page.) *Especially good for Lower School students. After you receive your password then go to http://go.grolier.com Sometimes it will take a few hours to go through.

Oxford English Dictionary

http://dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl

User name: misbopc Password: febtrial

 

Also, I encourage each of you to take advantage of Georgia’s GALILEO system by going to your library and asking for the password.