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The following is a list of search engines for research purposes.

Nettrekker K-12 | World Book Encyclopedia | Clio History | Gale | SIRS / Proquest / eLibrary |
Country Watch | Country Reports | College Source | World Travel Guide | Vocational Biographies
| AP Archives | Magill on Literature | Ebsco

Nettrekker K-12

An academic search engine specifically designed for school use. Fast and easy access to more than 180,000 high quality, pre-screened, and educationally relevant K-12 online resources that include 18,000 lesson plans and learning exercises which are aligned to TEKS.

Access: school.nettrekker.com
Home Access username: LEEHS password: gccisd

World Book Encyclopedia K-12

Online encyclopedia including a Spanish Language Encyclopedia, a Texas Resource Guide, dictionary, and atlas.

Access: www.worldbookonline.com home access username: goosecreek password: gccisd

ABC-Clio K-12

Five social studies online reference sources covering American history, American government, world history, world and state geography. To access these databases from home you must use:
username: goosecreek
password: gccisd

Gale 6-12

A reference and resource center that searches magazines, newspapers, reference books and other sources for accurate, up-to-date information for students and teachers. It includes a Spanish language resource as well as a professional resource center and Opposing Viewpoints online reference source.
Access: infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/bayt80350 username: (none needed) password: gccisd

SIRS Researcher and Proquest 9-12

Country Watch

A reference and resource center that provides up-to-date information about countries of the world.
Access: www.countrywatch.com username: ganders password: ganders

Country Reports

A reference and resource center that provides up-to-date information about countries of the world as well as the states in the United States. Includes a photo gallery, flags and anthems.
Home access: www.countryreports.org username: GooseCreek password: gccisd

College Source

Information and catalogs for universities colleges.
Access: www.collegesource.org (campus use only, no password or user name required)

A virtual library representing 37,595 college catalogs and over 31,500,000 course descriptions.

World Travel Guide

Free site that provides information about countries, tourist attractions, and travel arrangements.

Access: www.wtgonline.com

E-Vocational Biographies

Instant access to 1.170 career biographies, searchable by title, career cluster, career pathway, and keyword.
Access: www.vocbiosonline.com username: goosecreek password: gccisd

AP Archives

Photographs

Access: apimages.ap.org/unsecured/logip.aspx (campus access, no username/password needed)

Access: apimages.ap.org (home access only)username: goosecreek password: images

Magill on Literature Plus (part of Ebsco products)

Provides plot summaries and brief critical analysis of thousands of literary works. Also provides brief biographies for more than 1,500 authors. Provides the texts of many print volumes such as MasterPlots and Cyclopedia of Literary Characters. Click on Research Databases and scroll down the list.
Access: search.ebscohost.com username: goosecreek password: gccisd

Ebsco

Curriculum-oriented, interactive online reference sources covering a wide range of subjects, such as history, science, careers, literature, geography, health and more. There are resources for professional educators educators as well. Use the Kid Search or the Searchasaurus for elementary and junior high school students.

Access: search.ebscohost.com

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