Media Center Sites
To Access these sites you will need to get the log-ins and passwords from the Media Center
MCPS Online Services Information – Home Use for F.S Key Middle School
*Please: This information is not to be shared outside the F.S. Key Community.
| Name of Service | URL | Use for: |
|---|---|---|
| America’s Historical Newspapers | www.newsbank.com | Searchable American newspapers enable users to explore America's past. |
| Annals of American History | www.america.eb.com | Explore the History of the United States |
| Culture Grams | online.culturegrams.com | Cultural, economic, geographic information about all countries around the world |
| CX Online Bridges/Choices Explorer |
cxonline.bridges.com | **(Click on Site ID if first time logging in)Online service for students to explore career opportunities |
| Enciclopedia Universal Universal en Español |
http://spanish.eb.com | General background information in Spanish; less comprehensive than EB online (above) |
| Encyclopedia Britannica World Data Annals |
www.school.eb.com | General background information |
| Issues & Controversies | www.2facts.com | It combines authoritative factual analysis, covering clear explanations of opposing points of view and numerous special features |
| KidsPage* – Newsbank | www.newsbank.com | 2500 sources: Domestic & International newspapers, journals, historical documents, essays, full-text periodicals, etc. |
| My Bookmarks | www.mybookmarks.com /public/keyms |
Access resources that were bookmarked for your class at home. |
| NetTrekker* | www.nettrekker.com | Search Engine: selects educator evaluated sites; aligned to state standards |
| NoodleTools | www.noodletools.com /login.php |
(Click” New Folder””1st time you logon then create your own “personal” Log in and Password.) Create Bibliographies using proper formatting. |
| SIRS Decades SIRS Discoverer* SIRS Knowledge Source* |
http://sks.sirs.com | Current event articles, U.S. government resources, arts and humanities, and relevant Internet links |
| Student Resource Center – Junior* Opposing Viewpoints* Science Resource Center U.S. History Resource Center |
infotrac.galegroup.com /itweb/silv20903 |
Contains thousands of background and topical essays, biographies, and critical analysis with current full-text periodicals and newspapers |
| Teachingbooks | www.teachingbooks.net | Multimedia website – Listen, View information on Authors |
| Webster's New International Dictionary | www.mwu.eb.com | Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged |
| World Book Gold | worldbookonline.com /wb/Login?ed=wb |
Containing every article from the 22-volume encyclopedia print set plus thousands more. With state-of-the art multimedia, editor-reviewed Web sites, and more! |
| World Data Annals | www.world.eb.com | To enrich & expand your understanding of the world – includes Country snapshots, comparisons, and ranked statistics |
*These sites give Lexile Levels -- A lexile is a reading level determined by examining the difficulty of text based on vocabulary and sentence structure. (Most all text falls between 200 - a Lower Level and 1800 – a Higher Level.)