Research Databases
Available to Galm Elementary Students
World Book Online www.worldbookonline.com
includes:
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World Book Online Gold Edition
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Spanish Online
Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition
school.eb.com
includes:
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Encyclopedia Britannica for High School Students and Up
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Compton's by Britannica for Middle School Students and Up
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Britannica Elementary for Elementary School students and Up
Enchanted Learning ® www.enchantedlearning.com
includes:
- Enchanted Learning Search
- Children's educational web sites which are designed to capture
the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment.
Marco Polo: http://www.marcopolosearch.org/MPSearch/Basic_Search.asp
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Find Quality Internet Content for Your Classroom!
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The MarcoPolo Search Engine provides access to all of the educational
resources
created by the MarcoPolo Partners plus Partner reviewed materials.
Marco Polo TEKS Alignment & Database - http://www.tcea.org/MarcoPolo/MarcoPoloTeks.asp
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Search TEKS and Marco Polo at the same time by keyword.
United Streaming - http://klrn.unitedstreaming.com
- The leading digital video-based learning resource for schools,
featuring the largest and most current digital content library for
teachers.
Teaching
Books -
http://www.teachingbooks.net
- TeachingBooks'
mission is to generate enthusiasm for books and reading by bringing
authors, illustrators and engaging resources about books for children
and teens to every school, library and home. From one easy-to-use
website, TeachingBooks makes instantly available original, in-studio
movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of professional book
readings, guides to thousands of titles and a wealth of multimedia
resources on children's and young adult literature.
EBSCO - http://web.esc20.net/texshare/texsharelibrary.htm
- This comprehensive on-line EBSCO package provides students and
educators access to multiple databases simultaneously though five
interfaces: Searchasaurus, Kids Search, Student Research Center, EBSCO
Host and though the new Grokker visual search tool. An interface for
every level!
Thomson Gale Database http://infotrac.galegroup.com
includes:
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Discovering Collection
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Expanded Academic ASAP
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General Reference Center Gold
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Informe
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InfoTrac Custonm Newspapers
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InfoTrac Junior
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InfoTrac Student
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Junior Reference Collection
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Kids InfoBits
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Literature Resource Center
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Professional Collection Online
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Scribner's Writers Series
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Student Resource Center-Health Module
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Student Resource Center Gold
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Texas Almanac Online
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Twayne's Author Series
For a 2-page description of each of the following,
go to www.gale.com
> title lists > product fact sheets,
or specifically to http://www.gale.com/servlet/HTMLFileServlet?region=9&imprint=000&fileName=catalog/facts.htm.
Following is how Thomson Gale recommends their
use, but we get
all of them for K-12, so, for example, if you are elementary and you
have
teachers working on their Master's, they can use the Professional
Collection
Online , or if you are in a high school resource room and you need
an activity where students compare the weather in Texas cities, you can
go to Texas Almanac Online .
Elementary
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Junior Reference Collection
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Kids InfoBits
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InfoTrac Kids Edition
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Texas Almanac Online
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Discovering Collection
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InfoTrac Junior Edition
Middle School
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Informe
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Discovering Collection
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InfoTrac Student Edition
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Junior Reference Collection
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InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
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InfoTrac Junior Edition
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Student Resource Center Gold
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Texas Almanac Online
High School
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Informe
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Discovering Collection
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Expanded Academic ASAP
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General Reference Center Gold
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InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
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InfoTrac Student Edition
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Literature Resource Center
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Student Resource Center Gold
For home use, the same URLs will be
used, but user
ID and Password will be required. Contact the campus librarian to
receive
those.