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Greenbrier High School
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Important Note:
The following resources are licensed databases paid for by CCBOE or the state of Georgia. Not all are accessible from home. Some are for school use only.
- Contemporary Literary Criticism Select - Contemporary Literary Criticism Select is an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC Select entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works, and sources for further study. A password is required to use this resource at school and at home. Please see your teacher or the media staff for each of these passwords.
- Discovering Collection - Discovering Collection offers easy access to award-winning content based on national curriculum standards. Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, DC provides a premium selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips. A password is required to use this resource at school and at home. Please see your teacher or the media staff for each of these passwords.
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition - This powerful resource allows the user to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and web sites. You can also explore learning materials, a dictionary and thesaurus, atlases, timelines, and other features -- all at the appropriate grade level. This resource is accessible at school, and at home through GALILEO. Please see your teacher or the media staff for the GALILEO at-home password.
- GALILEO - Georgia Library Learning Online - GALILEO is an award-winning initiative of the University System of Georgia. It provides access to popular databases with full-text articles; digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, audio, video, and other materials; selected WWW resources on all subjects; full-text books; and full-text journal and magazine articles. GALILEO is also available at the public library, with even more databases than the school version. Contact the public library for information on obtaining their at-home password. GALILEO is available for at-home use. Please see your teacher or the media staff for the at-home password.
- Georgia Career Information System - GCIS provides current and accurate occupational and educational information to schools and agencies throughout Georgia in order to help young people and adults make informed career choices. GCIS is available for at-home use. Please see your teacher or the media staff for the at-home username and password.
- GHS Online Catalog - Use this link while at school to check the availability of books and other materials in the GHS Media Center. GHS Online Catalog is available at school only.
- Literary Reference Center - Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. LRC contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works and is an essential resource for public, academic and high school libraries. This resource is accessible at school, and at home through GALILEO. Please see your teacher or the media staff for the GALILEO at-home password.
- netTrekker - netTrekker, a search engine designed for schools, enhances teaching and learning by providing fast and easy access to more than 180,000 high quality, pre-screened, and educationally relevant K-12 online resources. These online resources also align with each state's academic standards and benchmarks and can be used in the classroom to stimulate instruction and learning. netTrekker is available for at-home use. You must register for a username and password. See your teacher or the media staff if you need assistance.
- SIRS Databases - SIRS Knowledge Source™ provides integrated online access to full-text articles and Internet resources from SIRS reference databases - SIRS Researcher® (general reference), SIRS Government Reporter® (information by and about the US Government), SIRS WebSelect® (editorially selected web sites) and SIRS Renaissance® (arts and humanities). SIRS Knowledge Source™ is available at school only. SIRS Researcher® and SIRS WebSelect® are available through GALILEO. Please see your teacher or the media staff for the GALILEO at-home password.
- Worldbook Online - World Book Online, from the publishers of The World Book Encyclopedia, is your online route to up-to-date, reliable, authoritative, easy-to-understand information and an array of supplementary search tools and information sources. World Book Online is available for at-home use. See your teacher or the media staff for the username and password.
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