[LM_NET] electronic databases for high school

[Nanci Dreybus <ndd224@MAIL.LONGWOOD.EDU>]

Hi, Everyone!

I am a first year high school library media specialist and I need some advice.  My 
school doesn't pay for any electronic databases and I think we need at least one.  
We presently have a free trial for World Book Online Reference Center.  I am 
thinking that the minimum yearly cost of $770 is a pretty good deal.  The Platinum 
Plus is $1500 and the plain platinum is somewhere in the middle.  I would love 
feedback from those of you who have World Book Online Reference Center.  Do you 
think it is a valuable resource and do your students and teachers like it?

Also, does anyone have another electronic database that they would recommend for 
high school?

Thank you,

Nanci Dreybus, Library Media Specialist
Smithfield High School
Smithfield, Virginia
ndreybus@iwcs.k12.va.us

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