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EBSCO Databases - from home

This link will take you to the four EBSCO databases you can search either at home or school. Use the school user name and password. Some of the databases included in this source are listed below.

Student Research Center

This page will take you to a page of links that will let you choose between nineteen databases to search from.
(Middle Search Plus, Primary Search, EBSCO animalsl, MAS Ultra - School Edition, Newspaper Source, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Professional Development Collection, ERIC, Academic Search Elite, Business Source Elite, MasterFILE Premier, TOPIC Search, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, Clinical Pharmaacology, Vocational and Career collection; Health Source: Consumer Edition, Regional Business News.

Kids Search

Homepage to the Elementary database. Easier to navigate for a simple search.

NoveList K-8 and NoveList

Database of Fiction books. You can search by Author, Title, Series, Plot, Best Fiction (Award Winning) or Explore Fiction (Topic/Theme). You can also search books similiar to a book you enjoyed reading.

Professional Resources and ERIC Database

Includes the Professional Development Collection and ERIC for teachers, along with the Academic and Business Source Elite and the Master F ILE Premier.

World Book Online

This resource can be accessed at school and at home. Use the same user name and password as you use for the other databases. Includes the World Book Encyclopedia Online plus other special features.

Des Moines Register

The is a full text index to articles that have appeared in the Des Moines Register Newspaper. Use the school user name and password to access from home.

SIRS Knowledge Source

Database Portal to many of the SIRS databases. You can find information on social issues, science, history, government, the arts and humanities. It includes full-text articles and Internet resources. Use the school user name and passwork to access this site.

AccuNet/AP Photo Archive

This databse includes an International photoarchive, Euro/Asian photoarchive, a graphics database, the AP Text Database and the AP Audio Database. Use the school user name and password to access from home.

ArtToday's Clip Art Collection:

        2,500,00 clipart images, animations, photos, fonts, sounds that can be used in school projects.
                Art today requests that the the use of ClipArt.com Content include a credit, which should read as follows:
                                   "some images © 2002-(current year) www.clipart.com"
        Home access is at the following link:    Art Today    Use the school user name and password.      Check the site for other usage guidelines.

Accuweather

Comprehensive data for worldwide weather information.

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Last updated 8/27/06