Cobb%20Virtual%20Library%20Online%20Resources%20Key%20features%20of%20the%20most%20frequently%20used%20databases

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Cobb Virtual Library Online ResourcesKey
features of the most frequently used databases

• Overview for In-Service Module 1

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CultureGrams

• Cultural and geographical information on
  countries and territories
• Coverage of all 50 U.S. states
• Maps, statistics, famous people, photos and
  recipes

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GALILEO Databases

• Literary Reference Center
• EBSCO Host
• Comptons by Britannica
• SIRS Discoverer
• SIRS Researcher
• Digital Library of Georgia
• Kids.gov
• New Georgia Encyclopedia

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GALILEO Databases

• Password for home access changes quarterly
• Virtual collection of digitized books, images,
  manuscripts and media, with an emphasis on
  material important to the history and culture of
  the State of Georgia
• Access to more than 100 databases indexing
  thousands of periodicals
• Links to Georgia state agencies and public
  libraries

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Grolier Online Resources

• Three general encyclopedias Encyclopedia
  Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and
  the New Book of Knowledge
• Two specialized encyclopedias The New Book of
  Popular Science and Lands and Peoples
• Dictionary and thesaurus
• Each source links to periodical articles and WWW
  resources
• Features link provided for each source

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World Book Online

• Student
• Discover
• Inventions and Discoveries
• Living Green
• Early Peoples

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World Book Online

• Reliable, authoritative, easy-to-understand
  information
• Contains all articles from current 22-volume
  print set, plus an additional 3700 essays
• Links to articles from more than 260 U.S. and
  international magazines and newspapers
• Links to over 15,000 recommended WWW resources
• Pictures, maps, animations, videos and sounds

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Gale Resources

• Student Resource Center Junior
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
• Science Resource Center

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Gale Resources

• Student Resource Center Junior
• Comprehensive keyword search for database
  information covering curriculum areas of history,
  literature, science and social studies
• Includes full-text periodicals and newspapers,
  primary documents, creative works, video and
  audio clips

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Gale Resources

• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
• Information on todays social issues
• Full-text viewpoint articles and topic overviews
• Includes primary source documents, statistics,
  and links to Websites
• Essays which can be printed or e-mailed from
  within the database

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Gale Resources

• Science Resource Center
• Offers in-depth topic overviews from all science
  disciplines
• Includes over 14,000 pictures, illustrations,
  audio and video clips
• Links to more than 500 Web sites relevant to the
  curriculum

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