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Encyclopedias

  1. Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices

    January 10 , 2013

    In 1,800 pages across 3 volumes, Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices provides information on current religious practices around the world with an emphasis on how religions impact the daily lives of their followers.

  2. Britannica Online Reference Center

    December 1 , 2012

    Britannica Online brings all of the extensive research and in-depth articles that users expect from the traditional Encyclopaedia Britannica. Supplementing the encyclopedia articles, Britannica Online includes magazines and journals, selected "Web's Best" sites, multimedia, disctionary and thesaurus entries as well as links to the New York Times and the BBC News web sites. Additional content sources include Year in Review, World Data Analyst, Notable Quotations and Gateway to the Classics.
     

  3. Escolar

    November 15 , 2012

    For students aged 7-12: Spanish elementary encyclopedia for early readers of Spanish includes more than 1,500 encyclopedia articles and 1,000 pictures in a searchable and alphabetically browsable format. Interactive materials support language arts, math, science and social studies with content selected for curriculum relevance and age appropriateness. Designed to sharpen students’ Spanish language skills while they learn new lessons.

  4. MAS Ultra -- School Edition

    November 15 , 2012

    This comprehensive database, designed specifically for high school libraries, contains full text for nearly 500 popular high school magazines including America's Civil War, American Heritage, American History, Archaeology, Astronomy, Bioscience, Careers & Colleges, Civil War Times, Congressional Digest, Discover, History Today, Nation, National Review, New Republic, New Scientist, Popular Science, Science News, Scientific American, Smithsonian, World War II, etc.

  5. Middle Search Plus

    November 15 , 2012

    Middle Search® Plus contains full text for more than 150 popular middle school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Additionally, Middle Search Plus. contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History, reference books including the Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia; New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition; Encyclopedia of Animals™; and thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags.

  6. Credo Reference

    November 15 , 2012

    Credo Reference is an easy to use tool for research projects and homework. A giant online collection that searches hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations and subject specific titles as well as 200,000+ images and audio files and nearly 100 videos.

  7. Britannica Online for Kids

    November 15 , 2012

    This online encyclopedia is just for kids. A great place to start a research project, the articles include pictures, videos, links to good web sites and more. Britannica for Kids draws from content in Compton's by Britannica, and Britannica Elementary encyclopedias as well as media, videos, Web sites, and learning materials.