Daily Announcements: May 11, 2008
Resource for your child
Dear Parent,
Your students have access to Grolier Online Encyclopedia at school and at home to use for research reports and homework. http://go.grolier.com
The Milan Area Schools user name and password for home use are:
User Name: milanarea
Password: milanarea
Use lower case letters when logging in from home. No passwords needed at school!
There are 4 databases to choose from:
Encyclopedia Americana
More than 100,000 full-text periodical articles
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
The encyclopedia's 40,000 quick-reference articles; text, images and videos
The New Book of Knowledge
Question of the Day and Wonder Questions: Fascinating facts and brainteasers
Lands and Peoples
Encyclopedia of Countries, Cultures, and Current Events for Middle and High Schools
Grolier Online includes:
Encyclopedia articles
Prescreened, academically relevant web linksALL LINKS ARE SAFE!
Homework Help
Research Starters
Current events and news sources
Biographies and timelines
Magazine and newspaper articles, all directly accessible from encyclopedia articles
Rich multimedia