General Information
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BrainPOP
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Britannica Academic
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Britannica School
General reference resource for multiple age groups.
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Gale Academic OneFile with Subject Collections
Contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.
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Gale General OneFile with Subject Collections
News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics.
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Gale In Context: Elementary
Formerly Kids InfoBits A general reference resource for primary and elementary.
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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
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Gale in Context: High School
Full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted website
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World Book
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NewsBank
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This WSWHE MultiMedia resource has historical and current newspaper resources, including local newspapers. Need a login? Ask Mrs. Carpenter or email libraryservices@wswheboces.org.
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Access World News
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News-O-Matic
News-O-Matic is a digital news platform designed for K–8 students, offering daily, age-appropriate nonfiction articles that align with educational standards in subjects like ELA, science, social studies, and social-emotional learning. The platform emphasizes safety and accessibility by providing content reviewed by a child psychologist, multiple reading levels, audio narration, and translations in several languages. Interactive features such as videos, quizzes, and a "News Room" for student engagement enhance the learning experience. Educators benefit from tools like lesson plans and customizable units to seamlessly integrate current events into their teaching.
Controversial and Timely Topics
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Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies
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Gale: Opposing Viewpoints
Facts and arguments on current events topics and social issues.
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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.
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Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines
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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.
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Pro Con
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All Sides
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Social Sciences
ELA
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Gale in Context: Biography
Authoritative reference content covering a vast array of people from historically significant figures to present-day newsmakers
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Books & Authors
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Literature Resource Center
Up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. Its materials support interdisciplinary approaches, information literacy, and the development of critical thinking skills.
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Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media
Social Studies
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ABC-CLIO Databases
Authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring, significant, and timely issues
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American History Online
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Ancient/Medieval Era
Ranging from the dawn of prehistory, through the great ancient empires, to the beginning of the Renaissance, this unique online resource explores history in every corner of the globe.
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The Modern Era
Covers a broad range of topics including the evolution of modern Europe; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world; the global impact of the Industrial Revolution; and the last 100 years of conflicts and international cooperation.
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World at War
Complete with overviews of more than 30 wars, this resource includes timelines, causes and consequences, portraits of opponents, and links to supporting facts and figures.
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Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice
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Gale OneFile: Economics and Theory
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Gale OneFile: Military and Intelligence
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Gale OneFile: U.S. History
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Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism
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Gale OneFile: World History
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Kids Discover
Kids Discover Online offers a growing library of over 2,000 engaging Science, Social Studies, and Nonfiction articles, written at 3 Lexile Reading Levels. Reading levels are geared towards grades 3-8. Kids Discover Online includes lesson-planning tools for educators, standards and curriculum alignment, online assessments, and more.
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U.S. History in Context
Provides a complete overview of our nation’s past that covers the most-studied events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, people, and more.
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Gale In Context: World History
Provides an overview of world history that covers the most-studied events, periods, cultures, civilizations, religions, conflicts, wars, ideologies, cultural movements, people, and more.
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New York Heritage
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Science, Health, and Agriculture
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Kids Discover
Kids Discover Online offers a growing library of over 2,000 engaging Science, Social Studies, and Nonfiction articles, written at 3 Lexile Reading Levels. Reading levels are geared towards grades 3-8. Kids Discover Online includes lesson-planning tools for educators, standards and curriculum alignment, online assessments, and more.
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PK Earth and Space
Inspires elementary and middle school learners about key earth and space science topics including earth cycles, ecosystems and biomes, energy and matter, landforms, maps, natural disasters, rocks and minerals, environmental issues, the scientific method, space, water, and weather and climate.
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PK Life Science
Inspires elementary and middle school learners about key life science topics including animals; classification; endangered and extinct species; food chains and food webs; green living; habitats and ecosystems; the human body; life cycles; plants; and survival and adaptation.
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PK Physical Science
Informs and inspires learners about key physical science topics including atoms and molecules; elements and the periodic table; energy and matter; force and motion; and temperature and measurement.
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Gale OneFile: Agriculture
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Gale in Context Environmental Studies
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Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies and Policy
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Health and Wellness Resource Center
Full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more.
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Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
Full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a variety of personal health information sources.
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Gale OneFile: Information Science
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Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health
Product added by purchase report form.
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Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
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Gale OneFile: Science
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Science in Context
Provides contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics showing how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity.
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Medline Plus
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Science News
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Business, Technology, Careers, Life Skills
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Business Insights: Essentials
Includes company profiles, industry reports and financial reports, as well as business magazines and newspapers.
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Gale OneFile: Computer Science
Provides access to business and technical publications in the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries.
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Gale OneFile: Entrepreneurship
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Gale OneFile: Home Improvement
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Gale OneFile: Hospitality and Tourism
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Gale OneFile: Insurance and Liability
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Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers
Databases in Other Languages
Arts
eBooks
Research Tools
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Noodle Tools
An online research tool to track your sources, take notes, create outlines, collaborate with classmates, and format and print your bibliography.
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Soundzabound
Soundzabound royalty free music.
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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.
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Turnitin Feedback Studio
For Teachers
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ClickView
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Streamable Learning by ClickView
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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.
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PBS Learning Media
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Teaching Books
Discover online multimedia resources. Bring books and authors to life.
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Swank K-12 Streaming
Swank K-12 Streaming is convenient, controlled, and connected streaming platform that makes it easy for teachers to incorporate high-quality films into lesson plans. The library includes thousands of films for educational support, including the top feature films, documentaries and foreign titles.
Powered by Swank Motion Pictures, the content is curated specifically for educators based on the movies they need for lessons, and provides access both inside the classroom or for assignments outside of the classroom.
Eliminate the need for DVD players in classrooms
Enable streaming access for districts blocking personal streaming sites
Extend the classroom with connectivity to any LMS
Streamline access with single sign-on integration