Electronic Resources
Databases
Databases
- CultureGrams details 25 different aspects of every country recognized by the United Nations. Local experts document unique, intimate details of each country’s customs, traditions and daily life.
- EBSCOhostIntegrated SearchTM(EHIS) allows users to search multiple resources within one familiar interface, take advantage of the unique features and functionality of EBSCOhost, and eliminate the frustration caused by slow search results.
- Gale has 36 databases available including InfoTrac Student Edition, Popular Magazines, World History Collection and more.
- NC Live is a collection of paid databases that are available for free from the public library. These databases require a password when used at school or at home.
- Website that has subscription databases, Scribner's Writers Series, Britannica Online Encyclopedia, Lands and Peoples, Popular Science, America the Beautiful, a collection of searchable eBooks and links to websites.
- PBS Online Videos - NC WiseOwl contains a link to PBS videos.
- Our school district is registered, providing access to these resources with no password from UCPS networked computers. For home access an NC Live password must be obtained from the public library.
- TeachingBooks.net is a time-saving portal to thousands of online resources you can use to explore young adult books and their authors.
Discovery Education Streaming
- Discovery Education streaming Plus integrates seamlessly into any curriculum with 8,700 full-length videos (by end of 2008) segmented into 87,000 content-specific clips tied directly state and national standards.
- You now access this resource through the student startup page.
All the databases require a password when you access them from home. Subscription database information (login to your Google account to view)