Shaker Middle School Library

American History

A bibliographic resource that provides a robust source of information focusing on the history and life of the United States and Canada

Levels: High School Subjects: Social Studies

BrainPOP

Videos, activities and games covering: science, social studies, english, math, engineering & tech, health, arts and music.

Levels: Elementary School Subjects: Social Studies

BrainPOP ELL

Videos, activities and games designed for designed for all English Language Learners.

Levels: Elementary School

Britannica Academic

Levels: Middle School Subjects: General

Britannica Escolar

Levels: Middle School Subjects: General

Britannica School

General reference resource for multiple age groups.

Levels: Middle School Subjects: General

Culture Grams

Concise cultural and statistical snapshots of every country recognized by the United Nations

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos

Beginner’s Spanish language general reference tool.

Subjects: General

Epoint Plus

Levels: Primary, Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General

FabMaker Studio

Easy-to-use, web-based program that invites students to experience STEM and STEAM learning in an engaging, personally meaningful way.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: Specialized

FactCite

Access to all of your FactCite subscriptions.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General

FactCite American History

Articles on people, places, and events in American History.

FactCite Biography for Beginners

Biographies of famous people from around the world.

FactCite Countries and Cultures

Comprehensive coverage of the countries of the world, illustrated. Supports research for country reports and activities such as Model UN and debate. Sections include curated weblinks for further study.

FactCite Defining Moments

FactCite Essential Information

Covers most areas of the curriculum, including world and American literature, world and American history, government and government documents, physical sciences, biology, social science, and countries of the world.

FactCite Mythology

Greek and Roman gods, goddesses, heroes, places, and other aspects of Greek and Roman mythology.

FactCite Shapers of Society

Biographies of men and women, past and present, from around the world, who influenced the progress of civilization.

FactCite: Science and Technology

Illustrated coverage of the Elements, Planets, Ecosystems, Animals, and Plants. For grades 4 to 9.

FactCite: US & World Biographies

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School Subjects: General, Social Studies

Flocabulary

Subjects: General

Gale Academic OneFile Select with Subject Collections

Resource for academic research includes scholarly journals and selected general interest titles in a wide variety of subjects.

Levels: High School Subjects: Specialized

Gale Academic OneFile with Subject Collections

Contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.

Gale In Context: Elementary

Formerly Kids InfoBits A general reference resource for primary and elementary.

Levels: Primary Subjects: General

Gale in Context: Middle School

Created for middle-schoolers, Research in Context combines Gale reference content with age-appropriate videos, periodicals, primary sources, and more

Levels: Middle School Subjects: General, Social Studies, ELA, Science

Gale NovelNY Databases

Gale resource portal.

Levels: Middle School Subjects: General

Gale OneFile: Computer Science

Provides access to business and technical publications in the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries.

Levels: High School, Professional Subjects: Specialized

Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete

Resource for educators and education students. Provides access to periodicals covering pre-school to college and most educational specialties. Includes full-text for many titles cited in ERIC.

Levels: Professional Subjects: Specialized

Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine

Full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a variety of personal health information sources.

Levels: High School, Professional Subjects: Specialized

Gale OneFile: Informe Académico

Spanish interface provides access to Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals both from and about Latin America.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Gale OneFile: News

This full-text newspaper database has several New York Newspapers including the New York Times from 1995 on, and over 1,000 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Gale PowerSearch

Search newspapers, business journals and health journals.

Levels: Middle School Subjects: General

Gale: Opposing Viewpoints

Facts and arguments on current events topics and social issues.

Levels: High School Subjects: Social Studies

Growing Up With Science

Subjects: General

Habitats of the World

Subjects: General

Health Source

LessonPix

Subjects: General

Lightbox K-12

Levels: Primary, Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Middle Search Plus

New York Times

A subset of Gale OneFile: News, this database includes articles from newspapers from around New York State including: Glens Falls Post-Star, New York Times, New York Post, Buffalo News, and Newsday.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Newsbank

Subjects: General

Newsela ELA

Deliver the context and relevance your ELA curriculum has been missing, with real-world, standards-aligned, leveled texts in 20+ genres that let you create engaging ELA lessons while delivering the skills, background knowledge and vocabulary students need. Non-fiction articles with 5 reading levels, with comprehension quizzes. Site adjusts reading level for each student. Upgrades Newsela Essentials with more ELA content such as Novel Studies, fiction, vocab tools, and NYS standards-aligned content. (You do not need both ELA and Essentials)

Subjects: General

Newsomatic

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School Subjects: General

Newspaper Source

Noodle Tools

An online research tool to track your sources, take notes, create outlines, collaborate with classmates, and format and print your bibliography.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Novelist

A database about books specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.

Levels: High School, Professional Subjects: Specialized

Read & Write

Subjects: General

Rosen Learning Center

Levels: Elementary School Subjects: Social Studies

Sooth.fyi

Sooth is a curated search engine optimized for students and knowledge professionals. We’ve built a proprietary search index comprised solely of expert content from across the web covering a range of important global topics. Accelerate your knowledge search.

Subjects: General