American
History Online Spans more than 500 years of political,
military, social, and cultural history, highlighting
the important people and events of the American experience.
To use American History Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
Biography
Resource Center Need information about a person?
This is the best source for award-winning biographies
from respected reference books plus full-text periodical
articles from Gale Databases (InfoTrac). (Funded by the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners) To use Biography Resource
Center at home, enter a library card number
from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts
in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
Gale Databases (InfoTrac) A collection of 14 databases with
articles and citations from magazines, journals, newspapers
and reference books. Use Gale Databases (InfoTrac) for current events,
biographies, health, and business information.
(Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners) To use Gale's
InfoTrac at home, enter a library card number
from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts
in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
Issues
& Controversies Use Issues & Controversies
from Facts on File to find up-to-date, in-depth and
objective information on the most prominent and hotly
debated issues of the day. This is a great place to
find clear explanations of opposing points of view!
(Funded by the Central Massachusetts Regional
Library System)
To use Issues & Controversies
at home, enter a library card number from Fay School
(see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts
in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
Kids
InfoBits This new Gale InfoTrac
database is great for Lower School research and current
events.
To use Kids InfoBits at home, enter
a library card number from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts
in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
Massachusetts
Newsstand Full text articles from twelve
Massachusetts newspapers, including the Boston
Globe, the Boston Herald,
and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
(Funded by the Central Massachusetts Regional Library
System) To use Massachusetts Newsstand
at home, enter a library card number from Fay School
(see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts
in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
Oxford
English Dictionary (OED) The OED is the world's leading
authority on the history and development of the English
language. It is a historical dictionary, which traces
the evolution of over 600,000 words, both past and
present. The OED uses quotations to illustrate how
words have been used over the last millennium.
To use the OED at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
Science
Online Science Online is a complete reference
database containing thousands of entries covering
almost every field of science. Categories include:
Diagrams, Definitions, Biographies, Essays, and Experiments
and are cross-referenced through hyperlinks and are
searchable by keyword, topic, and year. In addition,
the site includes a Timeline dating from the big bang
to the present.
To use Science Online at home, enter
a library card number from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts
in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
ONLINE
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Britannica
Online The complete Encyclopædia
Britannica (high school), Compton's by Britannica
(middle school) and Britannica Elementary (elementary
school) and the Britannica Internet Guide.
To use Britannica Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
Grolier
Online A complete reference library: Encyclopedia
Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New
Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular Science,
Lands and Peoples, America the Beautiful and Amazing
Animals of the World.
To use Grolier Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
ONLINE
MAGAZINES
CQ
Researcher The Congressional Quarterly (CQ)
Researcher offers complete reporting on the most current
and controversial issues of the day with summaries,
pros and cons, bibliographies and more.
To use CQ Researcher at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
To use Ancient & Medieval History Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password.