What is NC WiseOwl?

NC WISE OWL is a Web site that has, as its centerpiece, several subscription databases. InfoTrac, a periodical database product by the Gale Group, is made up of a Kids Edition for elementary students, a Junior Edition for middle schoolers, and both the Student Edition and InfoTrac Gold Reference Edition for the high school and parent community. The Junior Reference Center and Kids InfoBits offer access to reference materials with a simplified format for greater ease of use. Also included in the Gale database collection is the Scribner Writers Series, with information on more than 1600 authors. Grolier Online offers two encyclopedias: The New Book of Knowledge for elementary and middle school students, and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia for middle and high school students. Additional reference sources available include Lands & Peoples, Popular Science, America the Beautiful, and a collection of searchable eBooks in the Virtual Reference Center.

Who sponsors NC WiseOwl?

The WiseOwl project is sponsored by the Instructional Technology Division of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The Web site is maintained by the Resources Development and Evaluation Section.

Who can use NC WiseOwl

NC WiseOwl is for public and charter schools in North Carolina. Students, faculty, and parents of these institutions may use NC WiseOwl at school and in the home.

Use of the subscription resources (identified by the blue buttons on the left side of each page) by private schools and home-schooled students is not permitted by our contracts.