Accessing Online Databases

You can access a wealth of knowledge through our online databases even in the convenience of your own home!  All you must do is follow the directions below and you can peruse encyclopedia articles, magazine articles, and newspaper articles at your own leisure.  You can even use an online dictionary and thesaurus!

Go through MackinVia to access the online databases!!!

(There are no links below, just descriptions, you must go through MackinVia to access the databases.)

MackinVia

MackinVia Gives you complete access to all our databases and electronic books by simply using this one password!!!  If you remember your MackinVia password, you have access to all the other databases without having to worry about passwords for each database.  MackinVia also Contains both fiction & nonfiction electronic/audio books concerning various subject areas.

Username: Your Student ID # / Teacher ID #       

Password: Use the last four digits of your Student ID # / Teacher ID #

***Teachers, if your ID # is less than six digits, add zeros to the front of your number to make it a six digit number.

Tumblebooks

Tumblebooks are in here too!!!  Tumblebooks is an electronic resource containing story books, read alongs, e-books, graphic novels, non-fiction, videos, math stories, learning language, playlists, puzzles, and games.  Search for Tumblebooks in the Home Page search bar - not in the databases search bar.

ABC-CLIO Social Studies Sites 

American Government – Explore our government from the past to the present

American History – Explore an era or analyze a historical dilemma

The African American Experience – Explore the African American Experience from the past to the present

United States Geography – Explore a state or explore a key question about a geography related topic

World at War – Explore a war or explore a key question related to major wars or conflicts

World Geography – Explore a country or explore a key question about a geography related topic

World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras – Explore an era or explore an enduring historical dilemma

World History: The Modern Era – Explore an era or explore an enduring historical dilemma

Britannica School Sites 

Britannica School- Contains encyclopedias and related materials for students of all levels. Users can also take advantage of a collection of educational exercises, activities, and study guides.

Britannica Academic Edition - Specifically designed for research, Britannica Academic has unique content and tools that make research easier and more productive.

Annals of American History - Read the original words of more than 1500 authors who made and analyzed American history through their speeches, writings, memoirs, poems and interviews.

Britannica Spanish Reference Center/Bonjour/Japan - An extensive collection of Encyclopedia Britannica’s foreign language content, offering trustworthy information in Spanish, Japanese, and French.

Get Pictures Here!

Image Quest

Contains approximately three million rights-cleared images from all over the world.

One of my favorite Database Collections!

Science in Context – Research science topics

U.S. History in Context – Timeline, person, subject, and advanced search

World History in Context – Timeline, person, subject, and advanced search

Literature Resource Center – Author, title, advanced, keyword, authors by type, and literary historical timeline search

Professional Development Material Here!

Teachers, EBSCO has a lot of offer, but I know many of you will be looking for scholarly articles to read during this time.  Check out ERIC and the Professional Development Collection!  They are full of academic journals and articles!

EBSCO Host Research Databases – Contains the following databases: Newspaper Source, Professional Development Collection, ERIC, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Primary Search, Children’s Core Collection (H.W. Wilson), Senior Core Collection (H.W. Wilson), Middle & Junior High School Core Collection, ebook collection (EBSCO Host), Teacher Reference Center, Primary Search Reference e Book Collection

History Reference Center

Science Reference Center

Explora - Contains full text magazines, newspapers, biographies, radio and TV transcripts

Fact Cite

A great database for beginning researchers!  This database contains the following collections: 123, American History, Biography for Beginners, Myths, Science, and Sports

Scholastic Go - A comprehensive database containing online encyclopedias

Booklist Online - ALA book reviews for public libraries and school libraries. Includes books to read for book clubs, etc.

Culture Grams Online

World Edition – Cultural information on more than 200 countries

Kids Edition – Kid’s-eye view of daily life in countries around the world

States Edition – Explore the states

Provinces Edition – Tour the Canadian territories and provinces

Discovery Education

Provides videos, webinars, games, activities, and text for students to use to learn about different topics. 

Financial Literacy - Articles make economics and personal finance both readily comprehensible.  Videos and relevant photos enhance and extend learning. Financial tools and interactive calculators give teens hands-on practice in financial computation for real-world situations.

Maps 101 -  A web-based interactive database of lessons, geography tools, online learning games, dynamic interactive map modules and over 4,000 viewable and printable history, thematic, reference, outline, current events and animated maps.

Merriam Webster Unabridged Online -  A source of current information about the English language.

National Archives

Explore the nation’s history through documents, photos, and records 

 Infobase Learning - The World Almanac for Kids Online

Proquest Research Resource - ProQuest Historical Newspapers

Sailor Research Databases – Auto Repair Reference Center, Business Source Premier,  Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, HeritageQuest Online, History Reference Center, MAS Ultra – School Edition, Kid’s Search,  MasterFILE Premier,  Middle Search Plus, Primary Search, Regional Business News, Science Reference Center, Searchasaurus, Student Research Center

SIRS Decades 20th Century American Sources - Learn about American history through the decades and get help with DBQs all in the same place!

SIRS Discoverer on the Web

Explore a variety of topics including: Animal Facts, Current Events, Pro/Con Leading Issues, Country Facts and Maps, Non-Fiction Books, and Science Fair Explorer 

SIRS Issues Researcher

This database contains: Student Reference, Pro/Con Social Issues, Health, Science and Business

TrueFlix -  An online resource that helps students hone literacy skills, build knowledge of subject-area content, focusing on engaging science and social studies content for students.

World Almanac for Kids - World Almanac for Kids Online expands on the contents of the World Almanac for Kids print edition, along with other award-winning reference books from World Almanac, Chelsea House, and Facts on File.

World Book Online:

Timelines – Examine timelines or create a timeline

Early World of Learning

Kids

Student

Advanced

Discover

Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos – Spanish Encyclopedia

Brain Pop

Games, movies, and activities designed to support learning 

An Online Citation Tool

NoodleTools is a website designed to help you correctly cite your sources.  See the Research and NoodleTools page for more information and guidance.

Anne Arundel County Public Library

Public Library Resources

AACPL also offers access to thousands of ebooks as well as other online databases and resources. AACPL's ebook page is here.

Students can login and download any book by using their SAIL card - adding 21997080 to the beginning of their student ID.  So student "123456" would have a SAIL card ID of "21997080123456"

More information on the sail card and # can be found here.

AACPL also provides access to dozens of local, national and international newspapers and magazines, here.