General Resources

Update on July 13, 2010

Cool Online Free Tools to motivate and engage your students

Discovery School
Yahooligans!
FactMonster
FunBrain
Whitehouse Kids

Math Help

The Math Forum - Student Center - Ask Dr. Math; Weekly/Monthly Challenges; Special Interest...
Algebra Help - The fastest growing online source for help with algebra.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary University - Playing Vocabulary Puzzles for All Levels

History

History Channel - This Day in History, Classroom Calendar, Study Guides, Featured Exhibits, and on TV.

Science

Extreme Science - Time, Weather, Space, Earth Science, Creature World, Maps, and Technology.

General References

Atlapedia Online - Contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
Encyclopedia Britannica - Featuring the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Web's best site, magazines and more
Merriam-Webster OnLine - The complete Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus online -- free and searchable with definitions and audio pronunications. You can also read the Word of the Day, play Word Games, and purchase books and CDs.
NJ State Library - Library Catalog, Programs & Services for Libraries, Online Research & Reference...
Middletown Township Public Library - an educational center for children, to promote literacy and lifelong learning, and to be a public forum for the exchange of ideas.
The Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library - Kid Space
The Internet Public Library - Teen Space


eBook Resources

Update on March 10, 2010

Remote Access booklet with user name and password information is available in the your high school library.

Note: To access Gale Virtual Reference Library E-BOOKS, please follow the online instruction to “Proceed” or “Authenticate”.

eBooks for
H.S. North Only

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eBooks for
H.S. South Only

Gale Virtual Reference

Facts on File Virtual Reference

Electronic books are digitized versions of the very same print titles. An unlimited number of users may access these e-books at once. As in usage of any resource, information garnered from these e-books must be properly cited. Follow the usual guidelines for quoting or paraphrasing information from source material. Anything else would be considered plagiarism.

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Database Resources

Update on March 10, 2010

Resources for Students are provided for your research needs by the Middletown Board of Education or by funds provided jointly by the New Jersey Regional Cooperatives and the State Library.

Subscription Databases for H.S North Only

  • Maps101 provides thousands of maps of various kinds.

Web-Based Subscription Programs 09-10 for All Students – H.S. North & H.S. South

Please stop by the Library Media Center to pick up our remote access brochure with log-on information.
  • ABC-CLIO
    -- Issues - Offers authoritative historical context, expert perspective & selected primary and secondary sources on the most important issues of the day.
    -- United States at War - Explores 14 major conflicts involving the U.S. throughout its History.
  • Britannica - Complete Encyclopedia on line, Internet guide to best web sites, and World Data Analyst (offers statistical portraits of the countries of the world).
  • EBSCO Programs:
    • EBSCOhost Web - Searchable full text of multiple databases (e.g. Academic Search, Health Source, ERIC, Business Source, History, Science, Biography, Library Abstracts, Professional Development, Green File), including over 170 professional and scholarly journals.
    • Literary Reference Center - The primary goal of LRC is to assist students with homework and research assignments of a literary nature.
    • NoveList - Comprehensive readers’ advisory solution for fiction lovers.  NoveList will help you to answer the question of what to read next.
    • Points of View - A full text database designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects.
    • Student Research Center - Makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results.  Results can be easily sorted by source type -- magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.   Includes Teacher Resources.
  • Facts on File Programs:
  • Gale (INFOTRAC) Programs:
    • Discovering Collection - This is a comprehensive database in the areas of Literature, Biography, Science and Social Studies.
    • Gale Virtual Reference Library - E BOOKS: eBooks for H.S. North Only · eBooks for H.S. South Only - This extensive collection of E-books, digitized from the print versions, contains over 350,000 documents. Includes publications from wide-ranging disciplines: Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science and Social Science.
    • Global Issues in Context - Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Includes unique "perspectives" articles written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary source, statistical information, and extensive multimedia.
    • History Resource Center: World - Draws on themes & trends from World History. Full-text articles from academic journals, maps & images and primary source documents.
    • Informe Features resources for Spanish-speaking users, with full-text of popular Hispanic magazines, as well as terms & thesaurus.
    • Infotrac Elite 500 - This periodical database offers more than 6 million full-text articles from newspapers, periodicals, popular magazines and reference titles that are updated daily.
    • Infotrac NJ Custom and NJ Elite Newspapers – Features custom collections of more than 150 newspapers from around the world.
    • Literature Resource Center - Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, critical analyses of authors, novelists, poets, essayists, and journalists by name, title, literary movement or literary theme. Includes recommended web sites.
    • LITFINDER - Contains information about authors, poems, poem explanations, subjects, essays and glossary.
    • Opposing Viewpoints - Access viewpoint articles, topics, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, & full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
    • Science Resource Center - Thousands of science topics, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations. Illustrations.
  • NoodleBib - Simplifies the process of creating and editing MLA and APA source lists.
  • Oxford Music and Oxford Art Online - Comprehensive music and art research databases.
  • Proquest Programs:
  • WilsonWeb (Biographies Plus Illustrated) - contains more than 111,000 biographies and obituaries, and more than 32,000 photographs of the subjects.
  • World Book provides online access to all features of this encyclopedia.