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Online Subscriptions for WCPSS

Middle School

These subscriptions are available to students and staff at school and at home. See your Library Media Coordinator for the home access ID and password for each informational database.

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CultureGrams

Cultures of the world and more!
“CultureGrams offers concise, reliable, and up-to-date information on the cultures of the world. We go beyond mere facts and figures to offer an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customers, and lifestyles of the world's people. CultureGrams Online includes World Edition (182 country reports), Kids Edition (66 country reports), and States Edition (50 states and District of Columbia)--plus a photo and recipe collections, biographies of famous people, customizable and extremes data tables, maps, and more!

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Cumbre

An online Spanish Language Encyclopedia included in the Grolier databases.

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Encarta Encyclopedia is only accessible at the school site.

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K-12 Teaching and Learning Center

The K-12 Teaching & Larning Center is a site on the Internet to which teachers can come for information, ideas, useful tools and direct support.

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NC Wise Owl

A collection of informational databases designed for use by students, staff and parents. Includes the following:
Infotrac (newspapers and magazines)
Grolier Online which includes: Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and People, America the Beautiful
Junior Reference Collection
SASinschool
Kaleidoscope
Suggested sites for Media and Technology, Professional Resources, Resources for Parents, Secondary Resources
E-book Reference Library. These titles are standard multi-volume reference materials that have been digitized and can be searched within each title as well as among all titles. See current titles below:

Gale Virtual Reference Library Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students, Animal Sciences, Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, Encyclopedia of World Foods & Recipes, Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Encyclopedia of Biomes, Encyclopedia of Landforms and Geology, Encyclopedia of World Biography

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NoveList K-8

Looking for a good book to read? Looking for information about books and authors? Looking for a book about other cultures?
“Users can also browse hundreds of theme-oriented book lists for readers at all grade levels through Explore Fiction, and look for award-winning and recommended titles in Best Fiction. Many title records have direct links to Web sites with information about the author or with teacher resource materials.”