Reference Resources

Nettrekker

Find the best information. Use Nettrekker, an award winning, safe, and authoritative academic search engine designed for use in schools. RMS students may also use Nettrekker from home computers.

Login ID and password are available from teachers or library staff.
Click here to go to Nettrekker.

World Book Online

City of Decatur schools has a subscription to the World Book Online encyclopedia. It is available from all school computers and students and staff may also use from home with our password. Teachers and library staff will provide this password upon request.
Click here for World Book Online.

Cobblestone Online

Online indexing and full text articles for the Cobblestone family of periodicals is available for RMS students and staff.

Periodicals include Cobblestone , American history; Footsteps , African American history; Calliope , world history; Faces , world cultures; Dig , archeology; and Odyssey , science.

Click here to visit Cobblestone Online

Galileo

Georgia’s online library offers many quality k-12 resources, such as Encyclopaedia Britannica, SIRS Researcher, Middle School Search (indexing and full text for selected periodicals), and lots more.

Password changes quarterly and is available from media center staff and is published in the school newsletter.

Click here to visit Galileo.

The Big 6

The Big 6 is useful to help organize and evaluate information.

Click here to visit The Big 6.

Pathfinders

Pathfinders are reference guides for selected topics or projects that list appropriate references and resources. As pathfinders are developed for RMS projects, they will be posted here.

Bibliography Help

Bibliography Guidelines Download
Bibliography Worksheet for books and web sitesWord Document or PDF

Maps101.com

http://www.maps101.com/Login.aspx
user name: renfroe
password: middle

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