Magruder High School Library Media Center and Montgomery County Public Schools
Online Services Information for Home Use
SEE THE MEDIA SPECIALIST FOR LOGIN/USER ID AND PASSWORDS!!!
Name of Service |
URL |
Use for finding |
Facts on File Issues and Controversies |
www.2facts.com |
Current events, statistical data and articles linked by issues: pro and con |
| Newsbank Infoweb | http://infoweb.newsbank.com |
News articles covering social, economic, environmental government, sports, the arts, people, health and science issues and events. Sources: U.S. and international newspapers, wire services, broadcasts, magazines, and digests from science and health journals dating to 1986 |
| ProQuest Platinum | http://proquest.umi.com/login |
A wide range of information from newspaper and periodial articles |
| SIRS Discoverer | http://discoverer.sirs.com |
Articles and graphics from more than 1600 U.S. and international magazines, newspapers and U.S. government documents: country facts, maps, biographies |
| SIRS Knowledge Source | http://sks.sirs.com |
Information on current events, U.S. government resources, arts and humanities, and Internet links |
| ABC-CLIO | http://socialstudies.abcclio.com/ |
Information about U.S. government and history; state and world geography; world history: ancient, medieval, modern |
| AP Multimedia Archive | http://ap.accuweather.com |
AP photos (from 1800's to present), graphics, charts, tables, maps, timetables |
| Accuweather | http://premium.accuweather.com |
Weather forecasts by Zip code or location name; satellite imagery maps |
| Columbia Granger's World of Poetry | www.columbiagrangers.org |
Poets and poems |
| Culture Grams | http://online.culturegrams.com |
Cultural information about countries and maps; also, facts, symbols and timelines about states of the United States; photo gallery and famous people |
| Enciclopedia Britannica Universal en Espanol | http://www.spanish.eb.com |
Information in Spanish; Spanish and Spanish-to-English dictionaries; timelines and maps |
| Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition | http://www.school.eb.com |
Four encyclopedias, an internet guide, atlas, videos, study guides |
| Gale Biography Resource Center | www.infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb |
Biographical information about people who are famous and popular |
Infotrac: Opposing Viewpoints Student Resource Center Student Edition |
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb |
Information on social issues; primary documents, biographies, background information, critical anaylses, full-text magazine articles and newspapers; photos; illustrations, audio video clips |