Databases

Databases are a great way to find information on specific topics. They are easy to search and can help you find a large number of images, videos, articles, and books about the information you seek. Below are some great databases for all levels. All of the databases on this site have been checked for accuracy, authority, ease of navigation, and ease of sharing including printing, saving, and emailing. Please see Mrs. Engle in the library media center for login information for our school. Check out the policies page for copyright and acceptable use information. Here are all of the MCPS Databases. 

These are the usernames and passwords for home access. 

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
http://school.eb.com/

 Fact Cite 123 has many articles about 

Discovery Education is a site full of many different types of media including images, animations, video and articles. Science and social studies topics are covered extensively. You can also make a board for presenting information.

Watch this video on navigating Discovery Education.

This online encyclopedia has many features including articles on many topics, images, videos, and maps.

Images and pictures galore! You can sort them by topic, size, and origin. It is easy to save them to specific folders and cite the professional sources.

CultureGrams provides extensive information on different countries in the world including maps, images, videos, interviews, food, government, games, and economy.

http://quest.eb.com/
http://online.culturegrams.com/
Pebble Go

Activities, videos, and read-to articles help young readers learn information on the topics of animals, social studies, people and science.

Find information on a large number of topics by looking at different articles, websites, primary documents, dictionaries, and atlases.

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Works Cited

Britannica Image Quest. Encyclopaedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015.

Britannica School. Encyclopaedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015.

Culture Grams. ProQuest, n.d. Web. 9 Apr. 2015.

Discovery Education. Discovery Education, n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.

Chang, Rocky. "P1050118." Flickr. Yahoo, 15 Sept. 2007. Web. 6 May 2015. 

PebbleGo. Capstone Press, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015.

Kids Infobits. Gale, n.d.Web 19 Aug. 2019.