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Library and Media Services
centrallibrary@mansd.org
Electronic Information Sources
Central High
School McIninch Library Media Center subscribes to the following
electronic databases that allow users to access full text
articles. Students and faculty must
obtain user names and passwords in the library.
These services are available at school and at home 24 hours
a day.
NetTrekker is an education-friendly search portal that has gathered and reviewed over 180,000 websites. The Manchester School District has purchased a license for educators, parents, and students to create PERSONAL accounts for use with NetTrekker at school and home. Get started on NetTrekker by downloading this guide prepared by the school district. Available in pdf format.
EBSCOhost
- full text from periodicals,
newspapers, books and pamphlets. Begin most academic searching here.
Grolier Online - encyclopedias
and reference resources such as Encyclopedia Americana,
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, the New Book of Popular
Science, and Lands and Peoples. Access Grolier AT SCHOOL. Set up an account with Grolier AT HOME .
SIRS
Researcher Online - full text articles from 1,500 national and
international magazines, newspapers, journals, and government publications.
NEWSBANK - has access to full-text of the Union Leader and Concord Monitor. The database also offers access to current news items iin newspapers around the country and the world. An excellent source for current news items.
Brittanica Online School Edition - The folks at Brittanica have set up a version of Brittanica Online School Edition for New Hampshire schools to preview for the entire Fall 2006 semester. They have provided the following information: Britannica Online School Edition is the largest collection of K12 databases available today, with over 56 million words of information and more than 130,000 articles. Designed for all levels of learning, BOLSE offers students a gateway to the vast resources of Encyclopedia Britannica. BOLSE gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language. This unique database also offers high-quality online learning materials developed by teachers and curriculum experts, as well as a dictionary, thesaurus, Internet guide, atlas, and more. Users can search all encyclopedias simultaneously, or select a single age-appropriate database.
How to use the free state-wide preview for New Hampshire schools
Visit BOLSE at http://school.eb.com and simply type in the username "nhschools" and password "library" This will give users complete and total access to BOLSE, both on-site and remote, until the end of December.
Internet
Search Engines and News
Sources: Newspapers Online
Internet Search Engines
Newspapers Online
Most newspapers online require a subscription to view more than the first few stories. Use NewsBank to access full-text of the Concord Monitor and Union Leader.
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