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Gr. 8 I&S (history): Renaissance People

Database Access from School

ACS Egham Online Databases

 

 Britannica Image Quest (Username: global  Password: britannica) (All grades)

 A database of over 2 million images.  You have permission to use these images in your projects.  You will find MLA citation information with each image as well as other useful tools.

Britannica Foundation  (Username: global  Password: britannica) (Grades 4-8)

Britannica Intermediate (gr. 6-10) (Username: global  Password: britannica) (Grades 6-10)

Britannica Advanced  (Username: global  Password: britannica) (Grades 10-12)

Chelsea House Biographies Online (Grades 6-12)

Features full-length biographies of contemporary and historical personalities from around the world along with useful resources for writing reports.

Username: acsschoollib

Password: acsschool​

 Destiny

Destiny is the Library Management System used in both the Lower and Upper School libraries at Egham.  Through Destiny, users can access the holdings of the chosen library as well as those of all the other ACS libraries (except HS Cobham).  Our resources include books, e-books, e-audio books, websites and databases.  Destiny is not difficult to access at a basic level but user use would be enhanced by a workshop from either of the school's librarians.

Global Exploration Online (Grades 8-12)

Details the wonders, anxieties, and achievements of explorers throughout world history with engaging text, videos, and maps.

Username: acsschoollib

Password: acsschool​

Oxford Art Online  (Username: acsegham  Password: oxford1) (Grades 9-12)

Oxford Art Online is the access point for Grove Art Online, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, and other Oxford art reference resources.

Oxford Music Online  (Username: acsegham  Password: oxford1) (Grades 9-12)

Oxford Music Online is the access point for Grove Music Online and other Oxford music reference resource

SIRS Discoverer (Grades 4-8)

This database provides safe and current content for students with varied reading abilities. All content is hand-selected and indexed from over 2,100 reliable, high-quality sources. 

 

Note about databases:

We are experiencing difficulties accessing some of our databases from off campus.  You will find usernames and passwords for some of them here so that you can login off campus.  For the others, you may only be able to access them at school.   To login off campus, you may need to set up an Athens login through your librarian.