Online Resources
The following online resources are available for access at school or from home.
If you have questions regarding the use of any of the following online resources, contact the school librarian/media specialist at your child's school. The librarian reviews online resources with students and their teachers to plan research and learning experiences appropriate for student use in meeting the grade level curriculum goals and objectives.
WORLDBOOK ONLINE: www.worldbookonline.com Username: bburg
Password: learn
Library Code/ID: falcon
Gale SRC is a fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 300 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips. Specifically designed for the middle school market, Gale SRC Junior consists of the Contemporary Authors collection, which provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors; and The Student Resource Center.
EBSCOhost: http://search.epnet.com/
Userid: highland
Password: tartan
EBSCO provides a number of reference databases that can be searched.
BRAINPOP.COM: http://www.brainpop.com/
This site provides animated movies to explain various educational concepts. BRAINPOP is only accessible in school and during school hours.
Username: sbs1 Password: eagle - For Stony Brook
Username: oyes Password: apple - For Old York
Username: wes1 Password: owl123 - For Whiton
