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EDISON MIDDLE SCHOOL
Subscription Online Services Access
The following databases and Web resources are online services that are available to our students at school and from home.
Please see Ms. Bochese for user IDs and passwords for home use.
*AP Multimedia Archive
*(see funding note)
The AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive is a primary source database that provides a sensory journey of photographs, audio sound bites, graphics and text spanning over 160 years of history.
*EBSCO
*(see funding note)
Periodical database and more...
Covers general reference, health, and science topics.
Provides full-text articles from 120 magazines and citations and abstracts for articles in almost 150 magazines.
Also includes charts, tables and graphs, full-text reference books and pamphlets, and the full text of Magill Book Reviews; Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, the CIA World Factbook; Essential Documents in American History, and The Encyclopedia of Animals.
Facts On File
The History Database Center
comprised of:
* American History Online
* World History Online
* Ancient History & Culture
* American Women's History
* African-American History & Culture
* American Indian History & Culture
NETTREKKER
An award-winning search engine for schools that supports differentiated instruction with standards-based online resources organized by readability level.
NOODLETOOLS
NoodleBib6 - Generates a Works Cited list. Includes -
MLA Advanced (follows the MLA Handbook, 6th ed.)
MLA Starter (only the most basic citation types available)
APA Advanced (follows the APA Publication Manual, 5th ed.)
NoodleBib Express - Generates individual citations to copy and paste into a Word Document. Cannot be used to create a list or to save.
THINKMAP VISUAL THESAURUS
"The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words. Its innovative display encourages exploration and learning. You'll understand language in a powerful new way." You can develop your vocabulary, find definitions, improve your grammar as well has hear the correct pronunciation of words with this interactive website. You can also explore words in Spanish, Italian, German, French and Dutch.
WORLD BOOK ONLINE
General encyclopedia of A-Z information in all areas, as well as
current events, this date in history, and lots more.
* Funding Note - Several of these databases (such as EBSCO & Contemporary Authors) are funded in whole or in part by the New Jersey State Library, which is responsible for the coordination, promotion and funding of the New Jersey Library Network, and by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act.