Embedded Files
Explora
To access explora/ebscohost:
1. Go to your WakeID portal and log into NCEdCloud.
2. Click on the
explora link.
Use explora to locate research articles and secondary source articles on a variety of topics.
Encyclopedia Britannica
To access Encyclopedia Britannica:
1. Go to your WakeID portal and log into NCEdCloud.
2. Click on the
Britannica link.
Use Britannica for general overviews of people, places, and topics.
Use this resource to search for primary sources and online resources for topical research.
"BlackPast.org is a “crowd sourced” (but vetted for credibility) online encyclopedia on African American history and the history of people of African ancestry outside the United States."
Resources from the currently-being-built Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino. Resources include bilingual materials, and additional teaching and learning resources.
The Occupational Outlook Handbook provides detailed information about different occupations.
The CIA World Factbook provides current and detailed information about different countries. Content published by the CIA.
Specific U.S. Census data for each state. Just click on a state on the map.
Use for reputable consumer health information.
Covers topics related to air, water, land waste, climate change, and even bed bugs!
Use the blue bar at the top of the EPA website to navigate to different subjects.
National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administriation
Go to the site and click on the blue vertical toolbar on the left side to bring up different topics, including climate, oceans, fisheries, and research.
The link leads directly to all things planetary.
To get to the main NASA homepage, click on the NASA icon and then click on the NASA icon on the left side of the page on the Space Place website.
Slave Voyages is a powerful online research tool that gathers and shares information on the history of the trans-Atlantic and intra-American slave trades.
"Smarthistory is a radical collaborative of more than five hundred art historians, curators, archaeologists, and artists committed to rewriting the colonial legacies of art history and unlocking the expertise of hundreds of leading scholars, making the history of art accessible to more people, in more places, than any other publisher. "
M T MacTutor is a mathematics history index managed by the School of Mathematics and Statistics
University of St. Andrews, Scotland
The site has bios of mathematicians, quotes, posters, and more.
If you have a public library card, you can access NC Live resources. See Ms. Calvo for assistance.
"Smarthistory is a radical collaborative of more than five hundred art historians, curators, archaeologists, and artists committed to rewriting the colonial legacies of art history and unlocking the expertise of hundreds of leading scholars, making the history of art accessible to more people, in more places, than any other publisher. "
M T MacTutor is a mathematics history index managed by the School of Mathematics and Statistics
University of St. Andrews, Scotland
The site has bios of mathematicians, quotes, posters, and more.
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