Media Center

Online Databases

Databases provide authentic research resources for students and teachers.

Frelinghuysen Middle School

Grolier Online Database

Supports the whole curriculum with concise articles on geography, history, government, language, literature, religion, technology, the arts and sciences—everything that shapes our world.

Links to articles, Web sites, periodicals, and bibliographies satisfy research requirements safely and authoritatively.

Extensive media resources including photographs, videos, and interactive maps reinforce learning and engage students

Illustrated, interactive time lines chart the course of world history with engaging artwork and hyperlinks to related topics to help students understand pivotal moments throughout time and around the world.

BRAIN JAM’s comprehensive feature and archive units tie GME to the curriculum with links to resources, activities, essay topics, and discussion questions on a wide variety of timely subjects updated monthly.

RESEARCH STARTERS offer students everything they need to plan and write a research report or term paper.

ABC-CLIO Social Studies Database

American History

American Government

World History - Ancient

World History - Modern

Britannica Encyclopedia -

Online encyclopedia available at three different levels; Elementary, Middle, High School

 Available is Spanish

EBSCO INDEX -

 Variety of Databases at different levels of reading ability.

Newspapers, journals, search engines

Facts on File

American History, American Women’s History, African American History, American Indian History, Modern world History, Ancient and Medieval History, World Atlas, Science, Health Reference,  Blooms literary Reference, Ferguson’s Career Reference, Curriculum Resource Center

Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.