Databases
Access
to these databases is automatic from school computers. Access
from home requires a password available at the Chief Sealth Library
desk.
| Digital
Learning Commons |
Access
to NetTrekker (educator-evaluated websites), Corbis
(images), Grolier (encylopedias, including one in spanish),
SIRS (social issues, science, history, the arts), Facts
on File (news and issues), WOIS (careers and college)
. . . and more. |
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Country
overviews, news items, biographies, primary-source documents,
culture and environment sections, glossary terms, maps, photos,
audio and video, statistics, and more |
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Biographies,
primary-source documents, essays, glossary terms, maps, quotations,
timelines, photos, audio and video, statistics, and more |
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Full-text
database of magazines, newspapers, maps, photographs and TV
- able to be searched by lexile level. |
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Scholarly
journals, newspapers, magazines, etc. - similar to eLibrary,
but a bit more advanced. |
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Extensive
information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia,
interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news. |
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Mucha
información sobre medicamentos, una enciclopedia médica
ilustrada, programas interactivos para el paciente y las más
recientes noticias acerca de la salud |
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Reports
(and photos and recipes) on 182 cultures of the world and
all 50 states. |
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