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PHS Resources

 

ONLINE REFERENCE RESOURCES

FitQuest Personal Trainer
Graphics: Corbis CIA World Factbook
Puzzlemaker Graphics: Ditto
Information Please Almanac Maps in The News
National Atlas of the United States AlternaTime - Timelines Collection
Today In History This Day In History
Flags of The World Law.Com                      
Web of Online Dictionaries BrainTrack University
Cambridge Dictionaries Online Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Aphorisms Galore
Quoteland.Com Creative Quotations
Occupational Outlook Handbook Thomas Legislative Information
Access Washington Festivals of The World
Artcyclopedia Biographical Dictionary
Encyclopedia Britannica Literary Criticism Collection
Statistical Abstract of the United States Statistical Resources On The Web
Lexical FreeNet Roget's Thesaurus II
Foreign language For Travelers 50 States.Com
Fodors.Com  Song Lyrics: Lyrics World                       
Opposing Viewpoints Database - Trial Version

PHS DATABASES           

Electric Library           

This current events resource contains newspapers, magazines, book reviews, pictures, maps, tv & radio transcripts.                      

Proquest Direct           

This current events resource contains 1600 full-text periodicals. It also includes six regional newspapers & the New York Times.  Resources are searchable from 1987 to the present.

MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES          

Gale Encyclopedia Of World Biography

A CD-Rom version of the 17-volume set which includes 7000 entries.  It was published in 1998.  This resource is networked to all workstations in the PHS Media Center.

Multimedia Encyclopedias           

Six workstations in the PHS Media Center provide access to current multimedia encyclopedias in English, and three workstations provide access to current multimedia encyclopedias in Spanish.