Online Subscriptions
Grolier Online Passport
Grolier Online Passport is a great resource for middle school students. Following is a list of encylopedias which can be accessed from Grolier:
Encyclopedia Americana
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
The New Book of Knowledge
The New Book of Popular Science
Lands and People
America the Beautiful
It also includes features such as current events, dictionary, atlas, and thesaurus. To access Grolier Online Passport click here.
Thompson Gale Online Databases
Thompson Gale is another great resource for middle school students. It consists of a collection of online databases. It includes several academic indexes such as Expanded Academic ASAP, General OneFile and General Reference Center Gold. Other sources of information include Business and Company Resource Center and Biography Resource Center.
Both of these sources are available in the Library Media Center and all of the computer labs at CMS. Please consider using these sources before searching the Internet. Grolier and Thompson Gale are both reliable, accurate sources of information. Remember, anyone can post anything on the Internet! To access the Thompson Gale Online Databases click here.
For instructions on how to access these subscriptions from home, please contact Mrs. Ratcliff.