McGee Subscription E-Resources
(Passwords available at http://moodle.mcgee.berlinschools.org under Digital Resources)

• Grolier On-Line
  • Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
  • Encyclopedia Americana
  • Lands and People

1.  Visit  http://auth.grolier.com/login/login-bin/send_signup_form

2.   Answer the eight questions on the form and submit.

3.  People 13 and younger may need to wait for parental notification but users 14 and older get a username and password delivered to their e-mail box immediately (with further instructions and tips for foolproof access).

(After you have registered, use http://go.grolier.com .  The Grolier On-Line username and password need only be used once because a cookie will be placed on the hard drive.  Make sure that cookies are enabled on your computer for users will need to accept Grolier cookies in order to use the products. Grolier cookies instruct the user's browser to the correct fonts, java scripts, pictures and sounds that Grolier uses within the databases.))

• Marshall Cavendish Digital
  • Aquatic World
  • Exploring Ancient Civilizations
  • Exploring the Middle Ages
  • Growing up with Science

CIA World FactBook (No password is needed.)

Connecticut Digital Library E-Reference Books
(No password is needed at school. At home use your public library card number.)

• Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
  Walton Beacham, Frank V. Castronova, and Suzanne Sessine, Eds. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 3464 pp. 6 vols
• Biology
  Richard Robinson, Ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002. 1156 pp. 4 vols.
• Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the United States
  San Diego: Blackbirch, 2003. 336 pp.
• UXL Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features
  Rob Nagel and Diane Sawinski, Eds.
  Detroit: UXL, 2004. 314 pp. 3 vols.
• Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
  Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, Eds.
  Detroit: UXL, 2004. 1022 pp. 5 vols
• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2nd ed.
  Jacqueline L. Longe, Ed.
  2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2002. 3956 pp. 5 vols.
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
  Jeffrey Lehman, Ed. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 1974 pp. 3 vols.
• World of Earth Science
  K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, Eds. Detroit: Gale, 2003. 736 pp. 2 vols.

6 January 2008 L. Averill