Unlocking the Power of Grolier Online

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10 Ways Teachers can use Grolier Online

• Unlocking the Power of Grolier Online

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1. Look up articles in the Encyclopedia

• Encyclopedia Americana
• Grades 6 up
• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
• Grades 5 up
• The New Book of Knowledge
• Grades 3 and up

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2. Find magazine articles

• Full-text articles from 750 periodicals
• Over 100,000 articles
• Imbedded in articles (NBK, GME, and EA)
• Grouped age appropriately
• Chosen based on educational content

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3. Cut down on time looking for appropriate web
sites

• Grolier Internet Index Available on all databases
• Imbedded in articles for easy access
• Regularly checked for
• Age appropriateness
• Currency
• Accuracy
• Relevancy
• 319,400 links
• Access to thousands of primary sources

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4. Make searches easy

• Global Search Engine
• Searches all licensed databases simultaneously
• Wildcard searches
• Search by Individual database
• Encyclopedia search available in all databases
• News article search available in NBK and GME

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5. Find maps of countries all over the world

• Grolier Online ATLAS
• Historical Maps
• Geopolitical Maps
• Explorer Maps
• Thematic Maps
• Over 850 maps

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6. Find out the definition and pronunciation of
words

• Dictionaries
• American Heritage Dictionary
• Includes audio pronunciations
• American Heritage Childrens Dictionary
• Spanish to English Dictionary
• English to Spanish Dictionary
• Thesauri
• Rogets II The New Thesaurus
• The American Heritage Childrens Thesaurus

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7. Find Current Events Online

• Encyclopedia Americana
• Americana Journal
• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
• News 5 articles every week
• The New Book of Knowledge
• NewScoops New articles every week

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8. Find Lesson Plans online

• Encyclopedia Americana Journal Feature
• Discussion questions, critical thinking
  activities
• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
• Brain Jam Teacher Resources
• Discussion Questions, Essay Topics, Activities
• Brain Jam Event Planner
• Research Starters
• The New Book of Knowledge
• NewScoops with Reading Comprehension and Lesson
  Plans
• Teachers Guide in
• The New Book of Knowledge

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9. Projects and Games

• Grolier Multimedia
• Brain Jam
• Games and Quizzes
• Research Starters
• The New Book of Knowledge
• Projects and Experiments
• Web feat
• Find additional games in the specialty databases!

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10. And so much more

• Images
• Flags
• Tables and charts
• Biographies
• State and country reports
• Teacher resources
• Timelines
• Research help
• Literary selections
• And so much more!