Resources

General Research Databases

GALILEO

  • Must use password if you are not on site.  Password can be located in the media center.

MAS Ultra (Galileo)

  • Periodicals, Reference Books, Pictures, Maps, etc.

Book Collection: Nonfiction (Galileo)

  • Searchable full text articles from nonfiction books

Google Books

  • Look for books offering Full View or Preview 

Google Scholar

  • Find scholarly articles

Newspaper Source (Galileo)

  • Full-text for 35 U.S. and international newspapers

  • Use GALILEO password

MasterFILE Elite (Galileo)

  • Over 1,000 journals and general magazines covering nearly all subjects

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, & Translators

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

  • Use GALILEO password

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus online Dictionary.com (Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translator)

Cambridge Dictionaries Online (also translator) 

Britannica Encyclopedia (Galileo)

Pictures, Video, & Sound Sources

EBSCO Image Search (Galileo)

  • Images relating to current events, history, and nature

  • Flags and maps included

American Memory (Library of Congress)

  • View historical images, maps, sound recordings, manuscripts, motion pictures, etc.

Soundzabound

  • Music and sound effects

Free Audiobooks this summer

SYNC is a program that gives away two complete audiobook downloads — a current Young Adult title paired thematically with a Classic or Required Summer Reading title — each week to listeners ages 13+ while SYNC is in session each summer.

Today's News

Research & Citation Help

MLA 7th Ed. Citation

Thanks to Andy Spinks and the media specialist at Wheeler Co Library for providing very useful links and information.

Student Volunteer Hours Information

1. To qualify for the Georgia Student Service Award, an average of 50 service hours per year (9-12) or 200 hours by graduation is required. Graduating seniors who reach the milestone will receive a certificate and a red, white, and blue service cord to be worn at graduation.

2. Graduating seniors must submit log sheets to Mrs. Christi Fletcher in room 310 or at christi.fletcher@tiftschools.com before March 2025.

3. Log sheets can be found in Mrs. Fletcher’s room, Guidance Office, or at tchs.tiftschools.com on the Student’s Page.

4. Submitting the log sheet to the Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism does not mean that the hours indicated on it will automatically be applied to the Graduation Cord of Excellence Program. All volunteer hours are subject to verification; signatures and phone number is required for vertification. Please note: Court-ordered service does not count toward volunteer service hours.

5. If service hours indicated on this sheet are with or for an organization not sponsored by the school, they must be verified by the sponsoring agency and the school coordinator (Christi Fletcher).

6. Students should make copy of this form before it is submitted and keep that copy for their records.

Student Volunteer Hour Recording Sheet

Fact Sheet