Welcome to the Chesterbrook Media Center!
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Online Catalog
Search the online catalog to find books in Chesterbrook's library collection.
Research Help
Sites That Can Help You Find Information on Just About Anything
These sites are not free – either Fairfax County or the state pay for you to have access to them. If you are using these from home, you can get the passwords for them on the library page on Blackboard. You do not need passwords if you use them at school.
Site to Find Information about Countries and States
This is also a site that requires a password. Find it on the library page on Blackboard.
Sites to Find Information about People
These are arranged in order of usefulness. If you don’t find any information in the first one, try one of the others.
Sites to Find Information about Volcanoes
The Global Volcanism site is especially helpful for finding out what type a certain volcano is and how many times it has erupted. The second site will give more information about the types of volcanoes.
Principal Types of Volcanoes
This government website lists many volcanoes of the world and gives information about them. Click on the name of a volcano, then click on the link below "Background and Information.
USGS Volcanoes
Cool Stuff
Just what it says!
Other Helpful Sites
These kid-friendly search engines and research sites can be useful when you're looking for information on the Internet.
B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
Other Links
These are other websites that might be interesting to students and parents.
Fairfax County Program of Studies
Virginia Standards of Learning
