Current Database Offerings
e-Library Quick Search
What is Grolier Online?
Online version of Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, which is a reference resource for students from elementary to high school.
back to page menuContents
- Encyclopedia
- An interactive atlas — Provides geopolitical, historical, and thematic maps, as well as gives coordinates and measures distances
- Dictionary and thesauri links
- Feature Showcase link — Highlights a topical area of study
- Today Is… link — Highlights important birthdays and historical events
- News Now link — Current events
- For Educators section — Links to lesson plans and ideas that follow national standards
Things to Know
- Both Grolier Encyclopedia interfaces are available to our patrons from remote locations from outside the library but a user name and password are required. The user name and password are available by contacting a librarian.
- Depending on the student, you can switch the page setup to one for younger children (Grades 3-5) by clicking the Jump to Kids icon in the upper right hand corner.
- Contains English to Spanish and Spanish to English dictionaries.
username: west password: virginia
Visit Grolier Online Kids Interface




