On-Line Library Catalogs

Available on the Berlin Public Schools Computer Network

• McGee Library-Media Center On-Line Catalog
• Griswold School Library-Media Center On-Line Catalog
• Willard School Library-Media Center On-Line Catalog

Berlin-Peck Memorial Library On-Line Catalog

Video on Demand

Discovery Education Streaming (See Ms. Averill for log-on information.)

On-Line Services

NoodleTools - online research aid

Accelerated Reader (AR) Program at Renaissance Place

• Quiz Database
• On-Line Testing Available at McGee

Links to On-Line Resources for McGee Assignments

Moodle McGee - McGee Web sites for classes, clubs, passwords and user names for digital resources, and making appointments to use computers and to take AR tests

Links to Resources for Research Projects

• Grade 6
• Grade 7
• Grade 8

E-Textbooks

• Social Studies
  The World and Its People Grade 7 Geography
  The American Nation Grade 8 U S History

• Science
  Science Explorer Series

E-Reference Books

McGee Subscription E-Resources (passwords required)

• Grolier On-Line
  • Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
  • Encyclopedia Americana
  • Lands and People
• Marshall Cavendish Digital
  • Aquatic World
  • Exploring Ancient Civilizations
  • Exploring the Middle Ages
  • Growing up with Science

CIA World FactBook

Connecticut Digital Library E-Reference Books

• 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.
• Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World
  San Diego: Blackbirch, 2001. 360 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.

iCONN.org - Connecticut Digital Library Resources

• Resources for Schools
  

• Kids InfoBits for grades K- 5
• InfoTrac Junior Edition for grades 5 - 8
• InfoTrac Student Edition for grades 9-12
• National News
  Includes articles in the
  • Hartford Courant
  • Christian Science Monitor
  • Los Angeles Times
  • New York Times
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Washington Post
• Hartford Courant ,1763-1922, Historical issues of one of Connecticut's major newspapers from 1763 to 1922
• Biography Resource Center Biographies and pictures of people in the news or with historical importance
• Student Research Center Middle-school reading level and up, as a student-friendly version of the History and Science Reference Centers, it provides the same high quality content. Choose content sources (Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video), browse by topic headings, use an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore top searches of the day, and even limit searches according to reading levels.
• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Looking for information about health, here is a place to find information about staying healthy and diseases in medical dictionaries and articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers.
• Associated Press Photo Archive Newspaper photographs from yesterday's edition to images in early newspapers
• What Do I Read Next? Never be without advice on what to read next when you search lists of award-winning titles and thousands of summaries of books.
  
• History Reference Center At high-school reading level and up, provides articles from magazines, journals, reference and non-fiction books; biographies, documents and speeches; maps and photographs. Also includes film and video clips of social, political and cultural historical events of the 20th Century from 1893 to 1985.
• Science Reference Center High-school reading level and up Provides articles from scientific reference books, magazines, journals, biographies and images. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, physics, technology, and wildlife.