Citation Aids
Citation Machine
Online Almanacs
Farmer's Almanac
Infoplease
World Almanac for Kids
Online Atlases
Fact Monster
Merriam Webster Atlas
World Atlas
Online Dictionaries
Merriam Webster Dictionary
Visuwords Online Graphical Dictionary
Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate.
Enter words into the search box to look them up or double-click a node to expand the tree. Click and drag the background to pan around and use the mouse wheel to zoom. Hover over nodes to see the definition and click and drag individual nodes to move them around to help clarify connections.
Search Engine
The trusted search engine for schools, enhances teaching and learning by providing fast and easy access to more than 180,000 high quality, pre-screened, and educationally relevant K-12 online resources. These online resources also align with each state's academic standards and benchmarks and can be used in the classroom to stimulate instruction and learning. (To access from home, use Internet Explorer in your IDS / CITRIX applications, OR register at the NetTrekkerWebsite at school.)
Encyclopedia
World Book Online includes: encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary, explore Georgia, student activities, and more!
Features:
- Accurate, authoritative, easy to read articles from The World Book Encyclopedia.
- Related articles from major newspapers and magazines.
- Extensive graphic and multimedia enhancements, including photographs, maps, illustrations, tables, animations, and audio/video clips.
- Special Reports that broaden and deepen coverage for selected topics.
- Back in Time, a captivating, you-are-there chronicle of events from the World Book Year Book that begins in 1922 and unfolds in the distinctive voice and perspective of each successive year.
- Links to external Web sites specially selected by World Book
Databases
GALILEO stands for GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online, an initiative of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. A World Wide Web-based virtual library, GALILEO provides access to multiple information resources, including secured access to licensed products. Participating institutions may access over 100 databases indexing thousands of periodicals and scholarly journals. Over 2000 journal titles are provided in full-text. Other resources include encyclopedias, business directories, and government publications. (To access from home, use Internet Explorer in your IDS / CITRIX applications, OR get the password from the media center.)
Annals of American History
Includes the full text of over 2000 primary documents in American history, including historical accounts, speeches, memoirs, poems, editorials, landmark court decisions, and cultural criticism. The resource also has multimedia files, including more than 500 pictures and hundreds of video and audio clips of famous speeches. This chronicle may be explored year by year using a timeline dating from 1493 to 2002, browsed by author or topic, or searched by keyword.
Compton's by Britannica
Middle School Encyclopedia
Consumer Health Complete
A comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content, including full text from many health reference books and encyclopedias and thousands of health reports as well as physician-generated videos and hundreds of medical images and diagrams. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine. This full-text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs and alcohol, fitness, nutrition and dietetics, children's health, men and women's health, and more.
Digital Library of Georgia
The Digital Library of Georgia is a gateway to Georgia's history and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, government documents, newspapers, maps, audio, video, and other resources.
Enciclopedia Universal en Español (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Spanish-language encyclopedia and dictionary
Encyclopedia of Animals
Life and habitat of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and dinosaurs.
Literary Reference Center
A full-text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center includes more than 10,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; articles of literary criticism; author biographies; full text of over 300 literary journals; book reviews; 25,000 classic and contemporary poems; 11,000 classic and contemporary short stories; full text of over 7,500 classic novels; author interviews; and over 1,000 images of key literary figures.
Middle Search Plus
Articles selected to meet the research needs of middle school/junior high students.
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Authoritative resource for information about the state of Georgia.
Professional Development Collection
Articles and pamphlets for professional educators.
SIRS Discoverer
Articles for elementary and middle school students, as well as country information and biographies of U.S. presidents.
TOPICsearch
Articles focused on current events and hot topics.
World Data Analyst
This resource provides statistical information for over 200 countries across the globe. It also provides tools to make charts and tables to compare statistics from different countries. Statistics include information on demography, vital statistics, economy, transportation, communication, education, health, and military.