eTools: Information on Demand – Elementary School
Online reference sources available to all elementary school students in HCPSS
See your library media specialist for login information
Online reference sources available to all elementary school students in HCPSS
See your library media specialist for login information
http://online.culturegrams.com
CultureGrams offers concise, reliable, and up-to-date country reports on over 200 cultures of the world.
http://www.maps101.com
Maps 101 includes over 6,000 maps, activities, games and much more! This correlates well for use with science, language arts, and social studies. See your library media specialist for login information.
http://www.noodletools.com/login.php
Generate, edit, and publish an MLA Works Cited list or APA References list. NoodleBib takes care of punctuation, alphabetization and formatting, producing a polished source list for import into Word.
http://discoverer.sirs.com
SIRS Discoverer offers a database of easily retrievable full-text articles, often with accompanying graphics, with full printing and saving capabilities. Other features include: The World Almanac for Kids, Compton’s Encyclopedia, and a Spotlight of the Month.
http://www.teachingbooks.net/signin.cgi
TeachingBooks.net is a timesaving portal to thousands of online resources of book-related resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books and their authors.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/?subacct=06506
World Book Online Reference Center is an excellent source of reliable, easy to understand information for students.
Howard County Library
http://www.hclibrary.org
Use your Howard County Library card and pin number (request a pin number from the library) to access many online reference sources. To locate the online resources, click on “Databases.” Students can connect with free tutors for homework assistance with math, reading, science, social studies, English/language arts, and writing.