Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
America the Beautiful (To access from home click HERE)
America the Beautiful is an interactive database for state-by-state history and current events
for elementary and middle school students. This database also
includes timelines, profiles, games, and almanacs.
Annals of American
History (To
access from home click
HERE)
From Britannica. Explore the rich and varied history of the United
States through speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, poems, images,
and multimedia.
Encyclopedia Americana (To access from home click HERE)
This is the electronic version of Encyclopedia Americana. Database
articles include maps, flags, tables, and online links.
Encyclopedia Britannica
(To access from home click
HERE)
The complete encyclopedia online.
Encyclopedia Britannica for Kids (To access from home click HERE)
An encyclopedia and dictionary especially for young children. This database also includes educational games, videos, images, and guidelines for writing reports, science experiments, and research papers.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources covering a wide range of topics including the arts, business, education, history, law, literature, medicine, religion, science, and social science.
Global
Reference Center (To access from home click
HERE)
The Global Reference Center possesses a comprehensive online
encyclopedia in a variety of global languages. These
extensive and thorough databases are intuitive and fast, delivering
trustworthy information from around the globe.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (To access from home click HERE)
Aimed at junior high and high school students, this encyclopedia includes articles, images, sounds, and movies about numerous subjects. Also included are quizzes and games, time lines, and research ideas.
New Book of Popular Science (To access from home click HERE)
Science encyclopedia for middle and high school students.
La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre (To access from home click HERE)
A complete full-text Encyclopedia for Spanish speakers and
students.
Spanish Reference Center (To access from home click HERE)
This online Spanish encyclopedia, associated with Encyclopedia Britannica, provides comprehensive articles for high school (Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol) and elementary (Enciclopedia Juvenil) students.
Webster's
Dictionary Online (To access from home click
HERE)
From Britannica, Webster's Dictionary Online provides word definitions
as well as crossword puzzle help and word origin information.
World Book
The World Book is a premier online reference source containing every article from the 22-volume print set plus primary documents and images from many major subject areas. A wide selection of games, activities, and crafts (available in Word Book for Kids) provide highly entertaining and educational learning experiences for children. Also included in this database is Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos —a Spanish language encyclopedia for elementary and middle school students.
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