A Field Guide to MMRLS Databases
presented by Sarah Sogigian
Fall, 2007
1. World Book Online Reference Center
- Over 40,000 articles, maps, audios, videos, animations, and websites.
- Includes all the articles found in the World Book print editions, and then some.
- Updated continually
- For grade school through high school
For more help:
http://www.worldbookonline.com/training/html/index_wborc.htm
2. EBSCO’s Literary Reference Center
- The Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a highly graphical interface intended for public, academic and high school libraries. The primary goal of LRC is to assist high school and undergraduate English and Humanities students with homework and research assignments of a literary nature.
- Full-text broad spectrum of information on 1000's of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Includes 27,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, 140,500 author biographies, 350 literary journals, 54,000 poems, 14,500 short stories, 8400 classic texts, 4000 author interview and more.
- Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Our Search:
Race To Kill A Mockingbird
3. Biography Resource Center
- Biographies covering literary figures, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, current events and the arts.
- Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners .
Our search:
Artemas Ward
Jason Varitek
For more help:
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC?vrsn=149&locID=sud&ste=32