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Media Center
Simeon Media Center Hours
Monday -Friday
7:30am-5:00pm
Librarians
Ms. Harden
Mrs. Oswald
The following chart is a list of online databases that are available to provide additional resources for students, teachers, and administrators. If any assistance is needed please contact Mrs. Oswald in the Library Media Center.
| Online Database and Web Resources 2006 - 2007 | |||
| PRODUCT | DESCRIPTION | ADDRESS | PASSWORDS |
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Reference resources for social studies, history, geography, current events, with teacher materials and links to textbooks. Includes essays, biographies, maps, images, eBooks, primary documents, activities and more. | www.worldhistory.com www.worldgeography.com www.americanhistory.com www.stategeography.com www.americangovernment.com |
Username 1150
Password: 1150 |
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Millions of articles on as many topics. Includes Internet links, magazine articles, teacher resources, timelines and more. Select the appropriate grade level. Includes Britannica's Spanish language version. |
www.new.school.eb.com www.spanish.eb.com |
Username: 1150
Password: 1150 |
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Grolier Multimedia and America the Beautiful reference materials for elementary through high school. | www.go.grolier.com | Username: 1150
Password: 1150 |
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4,000+ maps, current events materials, handouts, quizzes, games, lesson plans. | www.maps101.com | Username: 1150
Password: 1150 |
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Chicago Tribune Historical Archive (1845 to 1984), Chicago Tribune (1985 to present), Chicago Sun-Times (1986 to present). Also includes the Big6 Resource Center, Special Reports and Map Database. | infoweb.newsbank.com | Username: 1150
Password: 1150 |
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From Facts on File News Services, a comprehensive resource for essays, news articles and links about science for middle and high school students. | www.2facts.com | Username: 1150
Password: 1150 |
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CPL provides subscriber access to over 30 databases for children and adults, including JuniorQuest Magazines; ProQuest Newspapers; SIRS Discoverer; Spanish-language databases; and World Book. | www.chipublib.org | Select Find It! then use your CPL card number to access databases. |
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Reference and reading materials specially created in support of the CPS curriculum for teachers and students. | lib.uchicago.edu/ecuip | No password needed |
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Free online source for African American biographies, history, timelines, events. | www.thehistorymakers.com | No password needed. |
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Free online resource for American history. A digital collection of more than 8 million primary source materials, including historic maps, documents, audio and video. | www.loc.gov | No password needed. |
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Free, comprehensive reference source of Chicago history. | encyclopedia.chicagohistory | No password needed. |
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A fully integrated database for high school containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, essays, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 1,000 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and audio and video clips. | infotrac.galegroup.com | Username: 1150 |
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LitFinder for Schools includes all of the full-text poetry, short stories, essays, plays, and speeches contained in LitFinder, including 126,500 poems, 5,000 short stories, 2,800 essays, 1,800 speeches, and 1,000 plays. | http://www.litfinder.com/home.asp | Username: 1150 |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. | infotrac.galegroup.com | Username: 1150 |
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The Student Edition is designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. | infotrac.galegroup.com | Username: 1150 |
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Use this comprehensive database to retrieve in-depth reference content for the core curriculum areas of Literature, History, Biographies, Science, and Social Studies. | infotrac.galegroup.com | Username: 1150 |
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The Junior Reference Collection is a comprehensive, cross-curricular database for schools and libraries featuring current, relevant, organized, and easy-to-read information from the U*X*L product line, covering science, biographies, authors, multicultural topics, and people and places. | infotrac.galegroup.com | Username: 1150 |
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Over 1,400 essays on medical and health-related topics including diseases, treatments, and figures in the fields of science and health. Includes full-text medical and health periodicals, pamphlets, timeline, photographs and diagrams. | infotrac.galegroup.com | Username: 1150 |
