Research and Study

Library Catalogs

Resources for Classroom Projects

Online Databases

Research Tips

Internet Reference Tools

Searching the Internet

The Research and Study area encompasses the largest area of the Lower School Library where students, teachers, and parents alike can sit to study and complete research at group or individual tables. This area also houses our computers used for research purposes, including searching the library catalog, using our online databases, searching the Internet, and creating research products.

 

Library Catalogs

FCDS Lower School Catalog

FCDS Upper School Catalog

 

Forsyth County Public Library


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Online Databases and Subscriptions

Forsyth Country Day School has subscriptions to the following online services:



SIRS Discoverer
Full-text articles and pictures on a variety of topics from newspapers, magazines, journals and government publications

Full-text encyclopedia and almanac

ABC-Clio State and World Geography

In-depth information on the fifty states and all of the countries around the world

World Book Online Encyclopedia

Includes the standard version of the encyclopedia with a new World Book Kids feature



BrainPOP.com

Animated Movies, Interactive Quizzes, Experiments, Comic Strips, How-to hands on applications, Timelines and print-able Activity Pages

News Bank

Access to more than 1,000 newspapers from around the world

 

New York Public Library Digital Gallery

Free access to over 100,000 digital images, maps, and other primary documents

United Streaming

(Teacher Resource)

Web based digital video distribution program

World Book Kids

A revolutionary site for younger students that infuses creativity and wonder in learning

Enchanted Learning®

Over 20,000 searchable Web pages for students and teachers with research content, printable pages, and enlargeable pages

Grove Art Online

Grove Art Online comprises the full text of The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, edited by Hugh Brigstocke (2001).

 

Grove Music Online

Grove Music Online comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002).

Maps 101

For access from school, click in the yellow link that says, "If you are a current Maps 101 subscriber, click here."

More than 4,000 easy-to-print or interactive maps, K-12 lesson plans, daily and weekly current events articles, up-to-date World & U.S. Reference Atlases, educational quizzes, games, and so much more!

** As part of our school's site license agreement with the respective vendors, Forsyth Country Day School families may access the above services from home, using Home Access passwords.
Contact Fontaine Gervasi for more information.

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Research Tips

The Big6™ Research Process

The "Big6™" is copyright © (1987) Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz. For more information, visit: www.big6.com

The Big6 Kids Page http://www.big6.com/kids/

The Big6 Question Asking Process http://www.squires.fayette.k12.ky.us/library/research/big6.htm

Big6 Assignment Organizer for Grades 3-6
http://www.standrews.austin.tx.us/library/ElementaryOrganizer.htm

Bibliograhy Help NEW

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