Annals of American History
Encyclopedia Britannica database of over 2,000 primary source documents and 700 pieces of multimedia. Explore U.S. history through primary speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, poems, images, and multimedia.
Britannica Online School Edition
Based on the standard general reference encyclopedia. It also includes Encyclopedia Britannica, Student and Elementary Britannica, Britannica Internet Guide and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus. It offers reference articles, pictures, video, and multimedia. Special features include Britannica Spotlight and Resources for Teachers.
Country Watch
Provides up-to-date geopolitical information and news on 192 countries of the world. Includes maps and map links. Geared to middle school, high school, and adults.
EBSCOHost
Includes several databases: MasterFile Premier, Middle Search Plus, EBSCO Animals, Searchasaurus, and NoveList K-8. Provides full text for more than 2,050 general reference publications. It covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier includes more than full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps, and flags. This database is updated daily. Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 150 popular, magazines for middle and jr. high school research. It also contains biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. EBSCO Animals provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals.
Facts for Learning
Facts on File database for students in grades 2-5 and 5-8. It includes topic search articles from Gareth Stevens reference books, World Almanac for Kids, Weekly Reader, Oxford American Children’s Encyclopedia 2nd edition, and other reference sources. Special features include Homework Corner, Picture Gallery, Teacher’s Toolbox, Calendar, Brain Teasers & Activities, and Library and Research skills, atlas and dictionary. |
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Infotrac
Includes three separate databases - Student Resource Center, Kids InfoBits and Contemporary Authors. The Student Resource Center is a fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 300 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips. Targets the middle grades 5-8. Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in kindergarten through grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Contemporary Authors offers complete biographical information on 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Marshall Cavendish
A new resource offered for Lower School and Middle School students to access research information across many subject areas including history, geography, health, and science.
SIRS Discoverer
For elementary students. Provides children’s magazine, newspaper articles, and pictures on thousands of topics. It also includes maps, an encyclopedia, World Almanac for Kids 2004, current events, biographies, activities, country facts, a dictionary, and a thesaurus.
SIRS Knowledge Source
Full-text material from five databases: SIRS Researcher for periodical articles; SIRS Government Reporter for full-text government documents and reports; SIRS Renaissance for humanities articles; SIRS Interactive Citizenship for civics information; and SIRS NetSelect for evaluated Internet web resources.
World Book Online
The entire 22 volume set with 3,700 additional entries not available in print. World Book offers more than 25,000 encyclopedia articles that are carefully edited to suit the educational level of grades 4–12. World Book's 1,800 tables cover a huge range from facts about countries and other places, to important dates. It offers animation, video clips, pictures, sound clips, and panoramic views. It includes an atlas, Back in Time articles, Behind the Headlines, magazine articles, special reports, Surf the Ages, Today in History, and teacher, student and parent resources. |
