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Encyclopedias and Other Resources

Ask your librarian for your Username and password if you have forgotten it.

ABC-CLIO Social Studies Databases
Use Brookwood's database username and password
Access primary resources, pictures, maps, audio, video and more. To switch
between databases use the drop down menu at the top of the page.

Issues: This new database offers coverage of 150 of the most controversial issues,
with new issues added each year. Key primary source documents including presidential speeches and court transcripts.
Images and multimedia files included. Each issue is covered through historical background, contemporary status,
supporting facts, figures and timelines for context.

World History: The Modern Era. This website covers the evolution of modern
Europe since the Renaissance; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and
the Islamic world; the global impact of the Industrial Revolution; and the
last hundred years of conflicts and international cooperation. (Time
period: 1500 - present)

American History. This website is the complete American history collection
combining relevant primary and secondary sources and analysis of current
events.

World Geography: Understanding a Changing World. This website develops
global literacy, focusing on geographic, political, social, economic, and
cultural forces around the world.

CultureGrams
Find a World Edition (county information), Kids Edition, and States Edition

CountryReports.org
Country information on over 260 countries!

In-library and access. Use your Brookwood password. Ask your librarian for the User ID and Password.

InfoTrac
Link to Junior Edition K-12.
Contains full-text articles and images from over 100 magazines and newspapers.
(Click here for access from home. You'll need your public library card.)

bigchalk eLibrary
Information from books, magazines, and newspapers. Includes maps pictures and transcripts from TV and radio.
(Click here for access from home. You'll need your public library card.)

Grolier Online Encyclopedia
Find Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and New Book of Knowledge.
(Click here for access from home. You'll need your public library card.)

CIA - World Factbook 2005
Country profiles

First Gov: Your First Click to the U.S. Government
This powerful search engine searches every word of many U.S. government documents. In addition, the site offers links to state and local government, a topical index, and options to contact your government.

The New York Times Learning Network

DICTIONARIES

Merriam-Webster
Includes dictionary and thesaurus.

Dictionary.com
Find Spanish, French, and Latin Dictionaries, Ask Dr. Dictionary, and daily crosswords and word search puzzles.

Bartlett's Quotations
Offers access to reference (Columbia Gazetteer of North America 2000, World Factbook 2001, and other links), verse, fiction, and nonfiction databases.

SEARCH ENGINES AND DIRECTORIES

AltaVista

KidsClick!

Yahoo

Ask.com

Google

Yahooligans

Ask4Kids

Internet Public Library

SEARCH TIPS

Internet search strategies ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY Brookwood School's policy regarding the safe and ethical use of the Internet. EVALUATING INTERNET RESOURCES Criteria to effectively evaluate Internet sources