ELA
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Bloom's Literary Reference Online
Essays examining the lives and works of great writers throughout history and the world, and critical articles published by noted scholars.
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Britannica Academic
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Britannica School
General reference resource for multiple age groups.
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Gale PowerSearch
Search newspapers, business journals and health journals.
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Literary Ref. Center
Provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
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World Book Student
Elementary and middle school general reference resource.
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Teaching Books
Discover online multimedia resources. Bring books and authors to life.
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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.
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SIRS Discoverer
A general reference database for elementary and middle school learners.
Social Studies
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Access World News
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African-American History
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American History Online
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American Indian History
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Ancient & Medieval History
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Britannica School
General reference resource for multiple age groups.
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FactCite American History
Articles on people, places, and events in American History.
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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.
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FactCite Mythology
Greek and Roman gods, goddesses, heroes, places, and other aspects of Greek and Roman mythology.
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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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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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Modern World History Online
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World Book
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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.
Science
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Britannica School
General reference resource for multiple age groups.
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Exploring Nature
Product added by purchase report form.
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FactCite: Science and Technology
Illustrated coverage of the Elements, Planets, Ecosystems, Animals, and Plants. For grades 4 to 9.
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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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World Book
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Britannica Academic
Health Sciences
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Gale: Opposing Viewpoints
Facts and arguments on current events topics and social issues.
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Teen Health and Wellness
Nonjudgmental, straightforward info for middle and high school covering diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, green living, financial literacy, 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: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
World Languages
Other
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Issues & Controversies
Hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.
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Britannica Image Quest
General reference resource for multiple age groups.
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Gale PowerSearch
Search newspapers, business journals and health journals.
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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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Soundzabound
Soundzabound royalty free music.
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CyberSmarts
A unique collection of five Interactive eBooks, gives students grades 3-6 hands-on experience in navigating the online world in a safe, controlled environment.
Video Resources
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Academic Video Online (AVON)
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Classroom Video On Demand
Thousands of videos offering great content for any research, learning and information on more than 935 subject categories.
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Digital Theatre Plus
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Learn360
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PBS Learning Media
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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
ebooks
Citation
Quality websites for research
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Google Scholar
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Google scholar is a great place to start searching for quality, accurate information. Some articles might not be available without paid access. This will give you better results than a general google search.
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Pew Research Center
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Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. They public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.
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JSTOR
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Free access to help you explore a wide range of scholarly content through a powerful research platform.
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Library of Congress
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
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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.