ECASD LibGuides: MHS Library Databases: Fast Facts

Encyclopedias Beyond Wikipedia

Britannica School This link opens in a new window
Articles, images, and more. Use tools to cite, read aloud, change reading level. [🔐login info - access Britannica in Clever] [✅searching tips]
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry. [🔐login info]

Britannica School Atlas - High This link opens in a new window
Full-color maps that reflect today's world; access data on population, languages, and monetary units. [🔐login info]
CultureGrams (MHS & NHS) This link opens in a new window
Photos, slideshows, videos, interviews, customs, recipes, flags, graphs, infographics, line/political/physical maps, reports and more of the US and countries around the world. [🔐login info ]
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Google Earth
3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
An array of earth, water, biological, and mapping data.
CIA World Factbook
Provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary This link opens in a new window
The largest, most comprehensive American dictionary; also includes Top 10 Lists, Word of the Day, and "Ask the Editor" videos. [🔐login info]

Thesaurus.com
Free online version of Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus (3rd ed., 2013).
Rhyme Zone
A rhyming dictionary, thesaurus, and spelling checker.
Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Search the International Dictionary of English, Dictionary of American English, and the Learner's Dictionary.

The American Heritage® Book of English Usage
A source of information on "grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms."

Britannica's On This Day
Events in world history that happened on this date.
Infoplease
Combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas and several almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records. Edited and updated regularly.
The Old Farmer's Almanac
In print since 1792, shares planting charts for those who grow their own food; recipes for those who live in the kitchen; moon- and sunrise times; annual forecasts.
Today in History
A feature of the American Memory collections of the Library of Congress that includes a special historical primary source feature for each day of the year.