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 40,000+ encyclopedia & reference articles, 10,000+ biographies, 20,000 pictures & maps, 10,000 sounds, 100+ videos and animations, 7,000 links to approved Web sites, dictionary & atlas, student activities. Check out Surf the Ages, history as it might have been if the World Wide Web existed then!

Reference articles with text-to-speech, learning & life skills activities, translation tools, multimedia, & interactive video.

Encyclopedia - general information, good for background knowledge on people, places, things, events; Compton's is especially for middle school students; browse a topic or A-Z, timelines, dictionary, atlas & videos.
Encyclopedia - general information, good for background knowledge on people, places, things, events; Britannica includes index, Year in Review, primary source documents, videos.

100% full-text articles & images from 1,900+ domestic & international newspapers, magazines, & government documents, 9,000+ educational weblinks, 29,000+ graphics, photos, maps, & charts.

Periodical database - find articles in magazines & newspapers, TV/radio transcripts; eLibrary also has pictures, audio/video; special features: Topic Tree, dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, almanac, atlas.

Periodical database - find articles in magazines & newspapers; Ebsco also offers Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video.

Gale Biography Resource Center - comprehensive database of biographical information on over 380,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines more than 450,000 biographies from over 1,000 volumes of more than 135 respected Gale sources; more than 27,000 images, in-depth coverage of key events, and up-to-date reporting that can be found in magazines and newspapers. Also, web addresses in the Further Readings sections of thousands of biographies are hyperlinked for direct access to online sources used to inform or supplement the profiles.

Country maps, statistics, pictures, famous people, food recipes w/ an insider’s perspective on daily life & culture of people in more than 200 countries.

20,000+ primary and secondary sources give geographic, political, social, economic, and cultural info on countries, including holidays & current issues; use ClioView to compare statistics on different countries.

Interactive collection of 15,000+ primary/secondary sources covers people, events, and themes of our nation's history; search by text, category, period, or region; special features: topic explorations on specific time periods, 15 reference eBooks on people, War of 1812, Civil War, etc.

Texas Almanac

Maps 101 online resource

Careers
 Career Choices Explorer - for information on hundreds of careers; explore options that match your interests, view career videos, plan HS courses.

Directory - lists of quality Websites chosen especially for middle school students.
NetTrekker home registration

Reading & LA - See and hear directly from the creators of very best books for young adults with original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of professional book readings; also has guides to thousands of titles, and a wealth of multimedia resources on young adult literature.

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Summer 2010Special Dates
Mon Aug 23 - First day of School for 2010-2011

Barbara Bush MS Calendar of Events


Student Access Services:

Online library catalog of books - use this link at school to search for books in the BBMS library. At home, use the link near the bottom of the page.
Search for Books@SCHOOL


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Online Technology Training
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Student wikis:
Broncowiki @ pbwiki.  a wiki for 6g
BOOKLOOki - a wiki for 7g ATLog

Look at our e-books!

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Link to Irving Public Library

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C-FB Online Student Portal

Admin & Support Services

TEACHER LINKS

Link to United Streaming - Video on Demand


Link to DCS PowerVideos

Link to C-FB's Community of Learners Curriculum Online.

Portal for information important to all CFB staff members.

ATL PD Links
What is a wiki?
Wiki PPT

DeweyLinks for Teachers
Ms P picks the best websites
 Copyright Info for Teachers
& AAM Copyright Website
What you can use & when
Intellectual Property Defined
©R Butler 2005

TeacherTube.com
WikIT- an online compendium of graphic organizers
 

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