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Following are the list of databases provided free of charge to all residents
of PV by the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency. Due to copyright
concerns, the passwords, access codes, and user names may not be posted on the
web. Please see Mr. Myatt or Ms. Spencer in the library, your classroom
teacher, or your student handbook for the log-in
information.
Online Databases
Provided
by Mississippi
Bend AEA
Access
them from the classroom, library,
or home!
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SIRS
Researcher
SIRS
Researcher features thousands of relevant full-text articles and analysis
on today's hottest and most controversial social, scientific, health,
historic, economic, political, and global issues. (Use "Natural
Language/Keyword" for best results.) Especially
try "The Top 10" and "Leading Issues."
http://auth.proquestk12.com/IA/
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EBSCO
This
meta-database is comprised of over fifteen different databases, many of
which contain over 100,000 source materials.
Thousands of magazine articles, biographies, and even the Funk
and Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia are available.
The key to effectively using this resource is to read the brief
description of each database before deciding which database(s) to search.
http://search.epnet.com
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AP Images
AP
Images contains Associated Press pictures and video.
In order to use this resource click on the “Click Here to Enter
and Search the Archive” link on the webpage listed above.
Information here may be used by students in reports and
presentations.
http://ap.accuweather.com
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Discovery
Education Streaming
Discovery
Education Streaming offers downloadable educational videos on a variety of subjects.
Videos may be downloaded in their entirety or individual clips may
be selected and then inserted into PowerPoint presentations.
You
must enter the building specific passcode and then set up an individual
teacher or student account.
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm
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AccuWeather
Premium Service
This
site offers detailed weather forecasts, history, and radar.
http://www.accuweather.com |
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iClipArt.com
Thousands
of clipart images, photos, fonts, web art images, and sounds are available
to download and use.
http://www.iclipart.com/ |
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World
Book Encyclopedia
This
is the searchable World Book Encyclopedia online. There are
multiple interfaces including basic levels for ELL use as well as French
and Spanish.
There is also an ebook
collection and a "read aloud" function.
Articles can be translated into numerous languages.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Home
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Atomic
Learning
Having
trouble with a computer program?
Don’t know how to add information to a table in PowerPoint?
Atomic Learning offers short, step-by-step, audio/visual tutorials
on thousands of questions in hundreds of programs.
http://www.atomiclearing.com
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Learn360
is an interactive media-on-demand service for K-12 education across all
curriculums. Through streaming video, audio and accompanying support
materials, Learn360 supports web-based learning by providing an online
collaborative environment where users can share information and ideas 24
hours a day, 7 days a week. Content is correlated to state
standards, national standards and 21st century learning initiatives and can
be further adapted to meet the demands of local school districts and
individual teacher curricula. |
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The resources below are
either provided by PVCHS Library or open to all on the internet. |
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This
logo will take you to the Salem History search login page. From this page
you can search electronically some of the resources we have in print in the
library:
Milestone Documents in American History,
The Forties in America, The Fifties in
America, The Sixties in America, The Seventies in America,
The
Eighties in America,
The Nineties in America
and
Weapons and
Warfare. See Mr. Myatt or your Social Studies instructor
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Salem Health
Genetics & Inherited Conditions |
Salem Health's Genetics & Inherited
Conditions is an online up-to-date database that is provided through the
PVHS Library purchase of the print edition (REF 616.042 GEN).
See Mr. Myatt or your Science instructor for login info. |
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World Digital Library |
The United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and 32 partner institutions launched the
World Digital Library, a website that provides free, unrestricted public
access to unique cultural materials from libraries and archives from around
the world. The site includes manuscripts, maps, rare books,
films, sound recordings, prints and
photographs. The World Digital Library functions in seven languages―Arabic,
Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish―and includes
content in more than 40 languages. Descriptions of each item and videos,
with expert curators speaking about selected items, provide context for
users and are intended to spark curiosity and encourage both students and
the general public to learn more about the cultural heritage of all
countries. |
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Internet
Public Library – excellent websites organized by subject
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Founded in 2008,
Patheos.com is the premier online destination to engage in the global
dialogue about religion and spirituality and to explore and experience the
world's beliefs. Patheos is the website of choice for the millions of people
looking for credible and balanced information or resources about religion.
Patheos brings together the public, academia, and the faith leaders in a
single environment, and is the place where people turn on a regular basis
for insight into questions, issues, and discussions. Patheos is unlike any
other online religious and spiritual site and is designed to serve as a
resource for those looking to learn more about different belief systems, as
well as participate in productive, moderated discussions on some of today's
most talked about and debated topics. |
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The
Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) contains catalog records
and digital images representing a rich cross-section of still pictures held
by the Prints & Photographs Division and, in some cases, other units of the Library of Congress. The collections of the Prints & Photographs
Division include photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters,
and architectural and engineering drawings. While international in scope,
the collections are particularly rich in materials produced in, or
documenting the history of, the United States and the lives, interests and
achievements of the American people.
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Audio Book Sources
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LoudLit.org is committed to delivering public domain literature paired with
high quality audio performances. We pair together great literature and
accompanying audio. Putting the text and audio together, readers can
learn spelling, punctuation and paragraph structure by listening and reading
masterpieces of the written word. Read and listen via your web browser or on
your mp3 player. Regardless of how you enjoy the audio books,
they are free.
Free audiobooks from the public domain. Most are in
mp3 format and could be downloaded ("save link as" or "save target as"),
as a .zip file, or listened to on a computer.
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Other ebook
Digital Libraries |
http://www.bibliomania.com/
More than 2000 classic texts:
Fiction, Drama, Poetry, Short Stories and Contemporary Articles and
Interviews. Some study guides are also available
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Download over 33,000 free ebooks
across multiple platforms including mobile. No fee or registration
required.
http://manybooks.net/
28,000 eBooks available for
download in numerous visual formats. Choose the correct format in the
red/orange "Download" box after you choose a title. Try multiple
formats if there is a problem.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/lists.html
No frills database of over 40,000
ebooks. Works much like a card catalog, searchable by author and
title.
http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/
One
can bookmark these ebooks by saving the web address in your
bookmarks/favorites folder (each "page" of each book has its own web
address. Best read online.
http://www.readprint.com/
Although some authors are searchable and merely quoted with no full text
literature, the site does include 1000’s of
full text novels, poems, stories, and even brief author info. This
site is searchable by keyword.
http://books.google.com/
Some
more modern items, however, some texts are not complete (have pages omitted)
to encourage purchase. |
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