Online Resources and Databases

Grant Wood AEA Online Resources: Free and unlimited access at home, work or school. The log in & password are provided by Metro staff.  The Grant Wood Area Education Agency arranges these resources for students and staff of the Cedar Rapids Community School District.
 

• Integrated OneSearch search ALL the databases in a single search.

• Iowa AEA Online Digital Library: more than 400 titles of educational digital media.
• AP Images: Associated Press photos, articles, audio clips, charts, tables and maps.
• Atomic Learning: software training for more than 110 applications used daily. 
• BookFLIX: video storybooks (PreK-3).
• Britannica Digital Learning: learning and reference materials.
• CultureGrams: lifestyle, history and customs of people of the world.
• Digital Literacy: knowledge and skills to navigate the online world
• EBSCO: magazines, newspapers, journals, maps, flags, biographies, books.
• Follett Shelf Student
• Follett Shelf Professional
• Gale-Cengage Learning: reliable and screened reference content.
• iClipArt.com: 2.6 million images, fonts and sounds.
• Learn 360: streaming video, quizzes, lessons and more.
• SIRS: full-text articles and analysis on today’s most controversial issues.
• soundzabound.com: no log-in needed, royalty free music.
• Student News Net: current events, weekly news quizzes.
• Teen Health & Wellness: real life, real answers.
• TeachingBooks.Net: brings books and authors to life.

 

Additional Resources

Helpful Search Engines: Bing, Dogpile, FactBites, Google, Sweet Search

General Research

The Library of Congress: world’s largest library
National Archives: The Bill of Rights, The Declaration of Independence
The Internet Archive: Universal access to all knowledge
Encyclopedia of Life: online database of every species known
The World Digital Library: searchable by country, time period and more
Wikipedia: ”The free encyclopedia that Anyone can edit.”
Occupational Outlook: everything you need to know about jobs
US Census Bureau: from colonial times to present, data galore, print on demand
Google News: search hundreds of historic newspapers from the 1800-1900s

Books and Reading

Reading Rants: featuring out of the ordinary book lists for teens
Guys Read: for guys who love to read, or not
Teen Ink: writing by and for teens since 1989
Project Gutenberg: the original producer of free ebooks
Bartleby.com: literature, reference & verse
Poets.org: American poets and contemporary poetry

Words and Writing and Citing

OWL: Purdue University Online Writing Lab for grades 7-12
Easy Bib: The Automatic Bibliography & Citation Maker
Visuwords: online graphical dictionary
Thesaurus.com & Dictionary.com
Rhyming Dictionary