Library Media Services Department and Instructional Technology

2008-2009 District-Licensed Resources

The following websites provide research information and resources to students, teachers staff and parents of Duval County Public School System.  All of the online databases and resources are available both during the school year and the summer vacation period.  They may be accessed from ANY COMPUTER with Internet access, at home or at school. These resources require a password to use at school and home.  See the media specialist for a list of passwords.

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Culture Grams

URL:  http://proquestk12.com/myproducts

Contains information about countries of the world and states in the United States.  Select Culture Grams from the list of databases.

Grolier Encyclopedia On-Line

URL: http://go.grolier.com

Provides access to four encyclopedias plus magazine articles and selected websites.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

URL: http://www.school.eb.com

Encyclopedia Britannica On-line Spanish Version

URL: http://spanish.eb.com

Annals of American History

URL:  http://america.eb.com

Gale On-Line

URL:  http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/fl_duvalcps

  Includes

Florida Electronic Library- Comprehensive database of magazine, newspaper, reference resources covering a wide range of topics including current events, the arts, computer science, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Gale Science Resource Center (high school only) contains thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, and pictures from over 200 magazines and academic journals and selected websites

ProQuest eLibrary Curriculum Edition (Middle & High)

URL: http://proquestk12.com/myproducts

Contains  more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts.  Includes pictures, maps and selected websites.  Also includes:

Culture Grams contains information about countries of the world.

Proquest Learning Literature offers original full-text works, author biographies, literary criticism, and more.
History Study Center contains  primary and secondary sources covering  ancient to modern U.S. and world history.

Rand McNally Classroom

URL: http://www.randmcnallyclassroom.com                                  

Cross-curricular teacher resources and interactive maps and educational activities 

                TeachingBooks (All)

URL: http://teachingbooks.net/home

Collection of print and multimedia resources about authors and books. 

Destiny Online catalog

Duval County Public School media center library databases   

At School URL:  http://destiny.duvalschools.org

At Home: URL: https://duvalnet.duvalschools.org