What is Grolier Online?

Online version of Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, which is a reference resource for students from elementary to high school.

Contents

• 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.

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