Print Resources
BBMS Library Catalog allows you to search all of the media center materials at Bonnie Branch and at other schools in Howard County.
Howard County Public Library is a partner in education, offering programs, activities, and events for all Howard County students, families, and teachers, in addition to being a resource for school assignments and reading for pleasure.
Online Resources
Gale's Biography in Context includes biographical sketches and full-text articles from reference works and magazines. It includes biographies of more than one million people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
SIRS Knowledge Source is a comprehensive online interface providing integrated access to thousands of full-text articles, documents, and graphics from SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, and SIRS Renaissance. Thousands of full-text articles from domestic and international sources exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues are available.
Gale's Research in Context is a fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 1,000 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips.
World Book Online Reference Center is an excellent source of reliable, easy to understand information for students. World Book Online offers all the features of the print encyclopedia plus links to maps, web sites, and other print articles.
Additional Resources
Freedom/Rights Websites
Biography Websites
BBMS Library Catalog allows you to search all of the media center materials at Bonnie Branch and at other schools in Howard County.
Howard County Public Library is a partner in education, offering programs, activities, and events for all Howard County students, families, and teachers, in addition to being a resource for school assignments and reading for pleasure.
Online Resources
Gale's Biography in Context includes biographical sketches and full-text articles from reference works and magazines. It includes biographies of more than one million people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
SIRS Knowledge Source is a comprehensive online interface providing integrated access to thousands of full-text articles, documents, and graphics from SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, and SIRS Renaissance. Thousands of full-text articles from domestic and international sources exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues are available.
Gale's Research in Context is a fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 1,000 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips.
World Book Online Reference Center is an excellent source of reliable, easy to understand information for students. World Book Online offers all the features of the print encyclopedia plus links to maps, web sites, and other print articles.
Additional Resources
Freedom/Rights Websites
- Democracy Web - Map of Freedom - Presents users with an instant, visual portrait of the state of freedom around the world.
- Women's Rights Worldwide - Working Against the Oppression of Women Around the World.
- Global Issues - Human Rights Issues - A collection of Human Rights abuses from around the world.
- Global Issues - Surveillance State - What impacts would such secretive mass surveillance have on democracy and freedom?
- Global Issues - Women's Rights - Despite many successes in empowering women, numerous issues still exist in all areas of life, ranging from the cultural, political to the economic.
- Human Rights Watch - Leading independent organization dedicated to defending and protecting human rights.
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights - from the United Nations.
Biography Websites
- Biographical Dictionary - Facts and figures on 18,000 people
- Biography.com - Search over 20,000 biographies of personalities and biographical special features.
- Biography Online - People who fought for Human Rights / Civil Rights
- Freedom Heroes - Scroll to the bottom for biographies
- Infoplease - Selected Activists and Reformers
- Nobel Prize Laureates - Biographies and links to Nobel winners
- Presidents of the U.S. - In this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents.