Girls Preparatory School - Chattanooga, TN

Databases

To access Passwords off-campus:

 

  • Open your GPS e-mail account via the web

     

  • On the far left-hand side, scroll to "Public Folders"

     

  • Double-click on "Public Folders"

     

  • Click on "Teacher (General)," then "Departments"

     

  • Click on "Library"

     

  • Open the message with subject "passwords"

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    Infotrac allows access to a huge collection of rich resources provided free by the Tennessee Electronic Library.

     

     

     

     

     

    Specifically for secondary school students, Ebsco Host provides a premium selection of reference material, thousands of full-text periodicals and newspapers.

     

     

     

     

     

    Student Resource Center Bronze provides a premium selection of reference material, thousands of full-text periodicals and newspapers, as well as access to primary documents covering the major subject areas.

     

     

     

    CultureGrams contains country reports for over 200 countries around the world!

     

     

     

     

    New users contact a librarian for "New Users" password to set up your account.

     

     

     

     

     

    Grove Art Online provides comprehensive, reliable information on all aspects of world art with over 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles and image links.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Access these resources through Grolier Online:

     

  • Encyclopedia Americana

     

  • Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

     

  • New Book of Knowledge

     

  • Lands and Peoples

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    A comprehensive center for the sciences, eLibrary Science is great for middle school and upper school science research.

     

     

     

     

     

    Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center serves as a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Access these titles through the GPS Athena on-line catalog:

     

  • Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America

     

  • Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History

     

  • Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library

     

  • History Behind the Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide

     

  • Presidents: A Reference History

     

  • Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students

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    Access these ebooks through Greenwood Electronic Media:

     

     

  • Understanding Huckleberry Finn

     

  • Understanding The Great Gatsby

     

  • Understanding The Scarlet Letter

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    For a one stop link to history, science, literature & more, visit the Awesome Stories

     

    site. Its password is available in the public folder along with the database passwords.

     

     

    Citing Online Sources using MLA format

     

     

     

     

     

     

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