RESOURCE ACCESS TOOLS
CATALOG 2012-13
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AP Interactive integrates the latest videos, photos, audio, graphics and text from The
Associated Press into one, comprehensive resource. All while running on very low
broadband. Interactives are truly one of a kind approach to research, lectures, lesson
plans, reports and presentations. AP Interactive has an easy to interface, search results
sorted by subject, people and events. With roll over synopsis of interactive file or click
for more in depth details.
AP Images is how students and teachers can access the unparalled archives of The
Associated Press. Powerful and easy to use, completely redesigned makes this database
perfect for students of all ages. New content is added constantly (by the minute), its virus
free, free of inappropriate content and outside links. All content is fully licensed for
educational use. This comprehensive resource covers many area such as Social Studies,
English, Science, Art, Economics, Cultural Studies, Religion, Environmental, Journalism
down to Health and ESL. With over 8 million primary source photos dating back to 1825
to a minute ago. Over 230,000 graphics, maps, charts, logo's and illustrations. Over 1.9
million news clips dating back from the 1920 and over 2.5 million news stories and
headlines written by AP staffers since 1997. All content contains caption and citation
information. Operating System/Web Browser Requirements Windows 98+ Platform
Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or later Mac OS X 10.2 Platform
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or later, Safari 2.0.2 or later
BRAINPOP – Ideal for both group and one-on-one settings, BrainPOP is used in
numerous ways, from introducing a new lesson or topic to illustrating complex subject matter to
reviewing before a test. Uniquely suited for 21st-century learning, all products are fully compatible
with interactive whiteboards, learner response systems, projectors, Macs, and PCs. No
downloading, installation, or special hardware is required. http://www.brainpop.com/
BRAINPOP: Award-winning and proven educational resource including hundreds of
standards-aligned animated topics. Covers Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts &
Music, Health, and Technology for grades 3 through 8. www.brainpop.com
BRAINPOP JR: Award-winning educational resource aligned to standards of Kindergarten
through 3rd grade. Covers Science, Reading & Writing, Math, Health, Social Studies, and
Arts & Technology. www.brainpopjr.com
BRAINPOP COMBO: Subscriptions include access to BrainPOP Jr., BrainPOP and
BrainPOP Español. (www.brainpop.com, www.brainpopjr.com, http://esp.brainpop.com)
BrainPop ESL: Innovative and award-winning ESL/ELL program based on animated
movies and interactive features. BrainPOP ESL incorporates listening, speaking, reading
and writing skills, and is suitable for all non-native speakers - starting at beginner's level.
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CAPSTONE:
PebbleGo (4th module TBD): A fourth PebbleGo module is currently under
development and is slated for release later this year. More information will be available at
a later date.
PebbleGo Animals: Animals is a database designed specifically for K-2 emergent
readers and researchers. It features more than 200 animal articles correlated to life
science standards, animal audio and video, carefully leveled text, educational games, and
innovative read-aloud capabilities.
PebbleGo Earth & Space: Database includes concepts like weather, seasons, Earth
science, and space – all with the built in reading and research tools made popular with
PebbleGo Animals. Leveled text, educational games, and videos support science concepts
for your youngest researchers.
PebbleGoBiographies: The award winning pre-K-3 database for reading and research,
now offers Biographies! Your youngest researchers can learn more about current and
historical figures that have influenced the United States. Like PebbleGo Animals and
PebbleGo Earth and Space, this latest PebbleGo database includes built in reading and
research tools. Leveled text, educational games, and videos support science concepts for
your youngest researchers.
CAREER CRUISING –
ccAchieve (Application Planner): ccAchieve (Application Planner) helps students
manage the complex process of applying to college and for scholarships, and submitting
transcripts. Through our partnership with Docufide, secure education credentials can be
sent from any SIS to any destination. Demonstration of product available upon request.
ccPathfinder (Course Planner): ccPathfinder (Course Planner) helps students build 4year high school course plans which align perfectly with their career aspirations and
graduation requirements, and integrates with schools’ Student Information System (SIS)
to streamline scheduling. Demonstration of product available upon request.
ccSpringboard (Career Cruising): ccSpringboard (Career Cruising) is where
exploration begins. It includes exceptionally accurate personal assessments, inspirational
multi- media occupational profiles, richly detailed career and college information,
employment and industry information, and a personal portfolio with a Resume Builder.
Ready-to-use classroom activities and other support materials are included. Individual
school trials available upon request.
Cengage / Gale
Biography in Context: Virtually every course of study — from history to science to literature — is
ultimately tied to the study of people. Biography in Context (BIC) delivers outstanding research support
with more than 654,000 biographical entries covering more than 380,000 notable international figures from
all time periods and areas of study, including science and technology, arts and entertainment, literature,
sports and fitness, history, popular culture, politics, and more. Now in Cengage Learning’s new portal
environment—which provides focused coverage of the most-searched and studied people—BIC includes
more than 725 portal pages on the most notable contemporary and historical figures. Examples of
individuals featured include Barack Obama, Hosni Mubarak, Tina Fey, Hilary Rodham Clinton, Benjamin
Netanyahu, Hamid Karzai, Leonardo da Vinci, Lady Gaga, Toni Morrison, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and many
more. More than 45 categories are covered in BIC, including Actors, African Americans, American
Presidents, Ancient Greeks and Romans, Authors, Environmentalists, Historic World Leaders,
Contemporary World Leaders, Nobel Peace Prize Winners, Notable Women, Scientists, Writers, and
World Explorers. Multimedia is also a key component of BIC, and video, audio, and images are featured
prominently on people pages and in search results. • Portal pages are edited by a large staff of experienced
editors dedicated to ensuring the credibility, relevancy, and currency of BIC. Editors collaborate with a
large network of contributors who are considered subject-matter experts in their respective fields. • Portal
pages cover the most-studied people and are intended to provide students and educators with a starting
point for research:  The biographical overview is hand-selected by editors and subject experts and is
intended to provide users with a comprehensive yet accessible summary of the person  Featured content
is also hand-selected and is meant to be the “best of the best.” A special effort is made to provide
selections that cover all aspects of the person, include a good mix of content types, create relationships
between people, and truly put the person into social and historical context for students. • BIC topic pages
include the following content “buckets” or sections: reference, news, magazines, academic journals,
primary sources, websites, images, video, and audio. The first results that appear in content buckets other
than academic journals, magazines, and news are often hand-selected so that students and educators are
able to quickly access some of the best and most authoritative content on a particular person. • Portal pages
also include related topics to create connections between people: For example, the Nathaniel Hawthorne
page in BIC references the following related pages: Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Henry David
Thoreau, John Keats, Louis May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and William Blake. • More than 475 new
people pages have been added to BIC since August 2010, including 60 that were added in August 2011.
Examples include:  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge  Shaun White  Mahalia Jackson  John G.
Roberts  Maurice Sendak  John A. Boehner  Nancy Pelosi  Jane Lynch  Rudy Giuliani 
Elizabeth Taylor  And many more! • On average, 340 new portal or people pages are added to BIC each
month. • New portals focus primarily on rounding out categories like Asian Americans, American
Presidents, Nobel Prize Winners, Artists, Children’s Authors, African Americans, and more. Other factors
considered include top searches, customer input, and national curriculum standards across major subject
areas. • People pages in BIC are continuously updated, with a focus on updating information on living
people. Approximately 500 people pages will be updated through June 2012.
Career Transitions: Career Transitions from Cengage Learning (product overview attached) was
developed through collaboration between two Cengage business units: Gale, and the Career & Professional
Group (CPG). Gale is a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and
businesses and CPG is a leading producer of textbooks, instructional materials and online learning for the
adult education and training markets. Career Transitions is the first in a new family of Cengage Learning
solutions based on practical life skills and learning. It provides people in mid-life--in the midst of job or
career change--with an end-to-end workflow for discovering, planning and pursuing their next career step.
Career Transitions appeals to people with varying levels of comfort with technology, helping them perform
confidence-building activities as they navigate the 21st Century employment environment. In today’s
challenging economy—or tomorrow’s knowledge economy--Career Transitions is a practical and timely
resource. Bringing together the most pertinent and current career and job resources, Career Transitions
walks users through the five steps of career change in one comprehensive and consistent online experience:
Discover My Interests: This assessment section integrates Career Transition’s own digital version of the
U.S. Department of Labor’s popular O*Net Interest Profiler. Users simply point-and-click in response to
questions about various work activities, and Career Transitions recommends career paths based on their
scores in six career interest categories and the level of preparation or experience necessary for the career.
As users browse the recommendations, they can compare job and growth opportunities in their state and
across the county, targeting the ones they like best. Explore Careers: Here users can explore and compare
growth opportunities across over 900 careers and 1200 industries in their states or states across the country.
Users can “target” the best choices for themselves and the system saves their choices automatically for
later use in finding jobs. Unique “Learn More About” portals quickly and conveniently provide users with
the most pertinent details of the career, including recommended education and training, salary, growth
projections and a helpful list of common daily tasks. Longer narrative overviews often complement this
information; the portals also pull in national and local job listings, opportunities to take online courses,
listings of associations and companies associated with the specific career or industry, and news articles
with recent trends and information. Gale assembles this cross-referenced content from O*Net, the
Occupational Outlook Handbook, Indeed and Gale’s authoritative encyclopedias, directories and news
sources. By using its unique abilities to map disparate content into an intelligent, organized experience,
Gale provides a single, consolidated place where users find everything they need to know without having
to access and navigate multiple sites or systems. Prepare Resume: This section contains an intelligent and
fully-integrated resume wizard based on the popular Cengage Delmar title, “Resume Writer’s Workbook.”
Career Transitions helps users construct an effective and well positioned resume in six easy steps by
providing useful tips, advice and examples. Users can also create targeted cover letters, post their resume
to the Web, and apply for jobs online. Work is saved automatically for easy retrieval, updating and output,
including printing, e-mailing and saving in a number of formats. Improve my Chances: Users can find
easily accessible and useful tips and advice on topics such as Networking, Applying, Interviewing and
Negotiation in this important section, as well as access to a personal library of saved articles, companies,
associations and courses. Users can also browse through the ed2go online course catalog for more
opportunities to improve their skills, knowledge or experience and overall job chances. Find Jobs provides
a robust job-search environment that enables users to create focused job search profiles using their Career
Transitions targets or search free-form around keywords and location. Through a partnership with Indeed,
the Career Transitions job search engine pulls posting from all over the Web, including major job boards,
company sites, education/military/government sites and local classified ads. Gale’s mapping capabilities
ensure top functionality and suitability for users. Additional features: • Although Career Transitions is
designed to walk users through the job change process, individual modules can also be accessed directly. •
Career Transitions can be fully customized to integrate local resources, highlight local employers, promote
location-specific classes and workshops, link to customized resources, and more. • All content, including
resumes, career and industry targets, assessment results, bookmarks for articles, associations, and classes,
and even job searches are automatically saved to the user’s account. Disk drives and flash drives are not
required – it’s anytime, anywhere access via the Internet. • Since Career Transitions is fully-automated,
users can take as much time with each section that they require and update as frequently as desired. • An
integrated blog highlights current news and resources that may be of interest to users. • A special section-“Unemployed? Get Help Now”--finds unemployment services and social services for users in every state. •
Videos embedded in each section tell the user what to expect from that part of the service.
Global Issues in Context: Global Issues in Context (GIC) offers global perspectives on issues and
current events of international importance (with more added each month). This is not a pro vs. con
database. Rather, GIC ties together a variety of sources to present a rich analysis of social, political,
military, economic, environmental, cultural, science and health-related issues, as well as headline news
from around the world. It provides information seekers with a framework to better understand 21st-century
issues and events while highlighting global connections and the interdependence of all nations. GIC
focuses on broad issues, such as counterterrorism, business ethics, human rights, famine, globalization,
world trade, nuclear proliferation, and global warming, as well as more specific events and topics in the
news that are related to these broader issues, such as genocide in Darfur, product safety of Chinese
imports, the Gulf oil spill, the 2012 presidential election, and the tsunami that hit Japan. It also includes
detailed demographic and cultural information on 245 countries and 21 standalone country dependencies,
providing a foundation for cross-cultural studies and, international periodicals and news sources that bring
additional insight and currency. Each issue/country covered in this database has a dedicated portal page
which includes a variety of content sources and media formats organized by type: • Overviews
summarizing background information, historical context, contemporary stances, and the impact of each of
the issues and news events featured • Expert Perspectives analyzing an issue or event through multiple
aspects, for example, cultural, religious, political, social, economic, scientific or health-related • Reference
documents providing background information on all issues and nations • Full-text international Magazines,
Academic Journals, and News Sources. • Primary Sources, such as legislation and court proceedings •
Statistics, including interactive graphs, tables, and charts • Such Multimedia elements as images, video,
podcasts, and audio • Links to Web sites, including government sites and organizations GIC also features
robust tools such as a curriculum standards search, lexile’s reading scores for periodicals, a translation
feature, research tools and a research guide, and more. Also the “World News” section of the home page is
customizable, allowing you to choose the news sources that are of the most interest to your patrons.
http://www.gale.cengage.com/tlist/greenr.xls GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment,
Energy, and Natural Resources) is a new, authoritative online resource that focuses on the academic study
of sustainability and the environment. GREENR allows users to navigate issue, organization and country
portals. A one-stop site, this resource provides news, video, primary source documents and more in highly
accessible research areas covering relevant categories such as energy systems, healthcare, food and others.
Researchers view content in a way that resembles the Web, allowing them to easily browse to find
answers. Other features include: • Interactive World Map, allowing users to browse by country or topic •
Contextual multimedia, customizable journals and news and refereed case studies From topics like food
safety to the impact of economic development on international relations, today's important environmental
issues are shaping the future and reach far beyond the United States. Additionally, as green collar jobs
grow, this resource supports students preparing for future careers in the industry. GREENR helps
GREENR:
information-seekers understand emerging GREEN technologies, issues around the environment and
sustainability. Recent additions to GREENR include: • Videos & images – More than 800 images and 150
videos were selected especially for GREENR from third-party sources. • Case Studies – Almost 700 case
studies were collected especially for GREENR from the Internet, all providing full-text. • Websites &
Blogs – Nearly 2,000 websites were hand-selected for GREENR. • Conferences – Almost 700 conference
announcements, presentations, and reports were selected for GREENR directly from the sponsoring
organizations’ websites. • References – Most reference articles come from Gale’s award-winning reference
works, as well as approved third-party sources, new essays unique to GREENR are being commissioned
every day. • Primary Sources – More than 700 full-text primary documents were selected from the Internet
especially for GREENR.
http://www.gale.cengage.com/tlist/sb5118.xls Rated highest in user
satisfaction, Health & Wellness Resource Center has established itself as the “go-to” consumer health
reference in libraries everywhere. With Health & Wellness Resource Center, Gale has brought together all
of the rich content that health professionals, students and researchers want and made it accessible in an
intuitive interface. Health & Wellness Resource Center includes access to: • A broad collection of Gale’s
exclusive medical reference titles • Medically-reviewed streaming videos • Harvard doctors’ answers to
patients’ questions • Authoritative articles from trusted medical journals • Current and continually updated
material with answers to your patrons’ most pressing medical questions • Full-text articles from reference
and periodical literature with a single search query • A fully updated, easy-to-use interface with InfoTrac
searching functionality • Clearly organized search results • Seamless Print, Email, and Download options
for every article What is in the Health and Wellness Resource Center? • Health and medical journals and
pamphlets (over 75% in full-text). • Health articles from 3,000+ general-interest periodical publications. •
Over 800 streaming videos from Healthology. • Reputable sources including the PDR drug guides from
Thomson Healthcare and Gale’s Medical and Health Information Directory. • Instant access to key, trusted
health Web sites. • Mosby's Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary accessible from every page. •
Links to Health Assessment Tools and Calculators. • Disease and Conditions summaries from the Gale
Encyclopedia of Medicine. • Key terms defined for the reader in every article. • A custom Drugs and
Herbal Remedies search. • New periodical and newspapers articles added daily so researchers are never
more than a click away from the latest information. Where does the content for Health & Wellness
Resource Center Come from? Gale's proprietary reference sources • Body by Design • Gale Encyclopedia
of Medicine, 3rd Ed. • Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, 2nd Ed. • Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders,
2nd Ed. • Nutrition and Well-Being A-Z • Medical and Health Information Directory • Sick! Additional
reference content from top health information providers • CareNotes System • Clinical Reference Systems
• Harvard Special Health Reports • Consumer Health Information Source Book • Mosby's Medical,
Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary • The PDR Family Guide to Over-the-Counter Drugs • The PDR
Family Guide to Prescription Drugs • USPDI, Vol. 2: Advice for the Patient Periodicals and pamphlets •
More than 1,100 journals, magazines and newsletters from 1980 — present • More than 860 full text
publications • More than 550 refereed journals • More than 1,000 publications with full color images and
PDFs • Only 27 embargoed publications in total • More than 2,700 pamphlets updated regularly Intuitive,
fully updated interface The Health & Wellness Resource Center features a fully updated, intuitive interface
-- providing multiple pathways to key information. Its browser style format enables users to browse the
latest news, review a set of subject areas, review and select a particular resource, or search across the entire
database. With its time-tested InfoTrac search functionality this essential resource is versatile and easy to
use. The Alternative Health Module The Alternative Health Module provides a one stop, full-service
resource for alternative and complimentary therapies. It provides a rich collection of books, journals,
Health and Wellness Resource Center:
magazines and pamphlets for consumers and health care professionals. This module provides additional
information on alternative topics such as herbal remedies, yoga, homeopathy, midwifery, chiropractic, and
more. This body of information is the perfect, seamless extension of your Health & Wellness Resource
Center subscription. Some of the references and periodicals included in this module are: • AltCareDex
System • Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine • PDR for Herbal Medicines • PDR Family Guide to
Natural Medicines and Healing Therapies • PDR for Nutritional Supplements • Complementary and
Alternative Medicine Information Sourcebook • Acupuncture Today • Alternative Medicine Review •
Complementary Therapies in Medicine • Complementary Therapies in Chronic Care • Healthy Villages •
Herbal Medicine: From the Heart of the Earth • International Midwifery • Journal of Chinese Medicine •
Legal Status of Traditional Medicine and Complementary/Alternative Medicine • Massage Therapy
Journal • Midwifery Today
U.S. History in Context (UHIC) delivers comprehensive, contextual, media-rich
search results from one of the most extensive online collections of historical information available.
Providing a complete overview of U.S. history that covers the most-studied events, decades, wars and
conflicts, political and cultural movements, people, and more, UHIC is aligned to state and national
curriculum standards. Now in Cengage Learning’s new portal environment—which provides focused
coverage of the most-searched and studied topics—UHIC includes more than 260 topic or portal pages.
Portal pages fall into the following types: event, person, and topic. Examples of portal pages include
Abolition and the Underground Railroad, Salem Witch Trials, Great Depression, Declaration of
Independence, Civil Rights Movement, The Civil War, Brown v. Board of Education, the Executive
Branch, and more. Broader categories covered in UHIC include: African American Perspectives; American
Decades; Biographies; Court Cases and the Supreme Court; Economics; Events, Decades, and Cultural
Trends; Government Documents; Native Americans; Political Constructs, Movements, and Organizations;
and Wars and Conflicts. UHIC provides a premium selection of reference titles from the following
imprints: Gale, Primary Source Media, Macmillan, Scribner, UXL, and Lucent. Specific titles include
American Decades, American Journey, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History, Dictionary of American
History, Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, and more. It also includes nearly 200 periodicals
and newspapers, and thousands of primary sources. Multimedia is also a key component of UHIC, and
video, audio, and images are featured prominently on the topic pages and in search results. • Portal pages
are edited by a large staff of experienced editors dedicated to ensuring the credibility, relevancy, and
currency of UHIC. Editors collaborate with a large network of contributors who are considered subjectmatter experts in their respective fields. • Portal pages cover the most-studied subjects and are intended to
provide students and educators with a starting point for research:  The overview is hand-selected by
editors and subject experts and is intended to provide users with a comprehensive yet accessible summary
of the topic  Featured Content is also hand-selected and is meant to be the “best of the best.” A special
effort is made to provide selections that cover all aspects of the topic, include a good mix of content types,
create relationships between topics, and truly put the topic into context for students. • Generally speaking,
UHIC topic pages can include the following content “buckets” or sections, depending on the topic page
type: reference, primary sources, court cases, academic journals, magazines, news, video, audio, images,
and websites. The first results that appear in content buckets other than academic journals, magazines, and
news are often hand-selected so that students and educators are able to quickly access some of the best and
most authoritative content on a particular subject. • Portal pages also include related topics to create
connections between subjects. For example, the Abolition and Underground Railroad topic page in UHIC
references the following topics: The Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, Frederick Douglass, Harriet
Tubman, John Brown, Racism in Post-Emancipation America, Slave Rebellions, Slavery and the
US History in Context:
Antebellum South, and William Lloyd Garrison. • 26 portal pages have been added to UHIC since August
2010, including the following added in August 2011:  Executive Branch  Legislative Branch  Judicial
Branch  Haymarket Square Riot  Daniel Boone  Harriet Beecher Stowe • Between 5 and 8 new portal
pages are added per month, with the goal of having more 330 topic pages by June 2012. New portal topics
are primarily driven by the U.S. history curriculum and focus on 1) core U.S. history areas and history
standards, 2) top searches, 3) filling out particular categories in product, and 3) customer and advisor/user
group input. Areas of focus include economics, court cases, Native Americans, and events. • Images,
videos, and audio files are continuously added.
World History in Context (WHIC) delivers comprehensive, contextual, mediarich search results from one of the most extensive online collections of historical information available.
Providing a complete overview of world history that covers the most-studied events, periods, cultures and
civilizations, world religions, wars and conflicts, political and cultural movements, people, and more,
WHIC is aligned to state and national curriculum standards. Now in Cengage Learning’s new portal
environment—which provides focused coverage of the most-searched and studied topics—WHIC includes
more than 245 topic or portal pages. Portal pages fall into the following types: event, person, and topic.
Examples of portal pages include Renaissance, Victorian Era, French Revolution, World War II, IsraeliArab Conflict, Globalization, Propaganda, Islam, Industrial Revolution, Ancient Egypt, Mayas, United
Nations, and more. Broader categories covered in WHIC include: Biographies; Countries, Cultures, and
Civilizations; Economics; Events, Periods, and Cultural Trends; Human Rights; Political Constructs,
Movements, and Organizations; Religions; and Wars and Conflicts. WHIC provides a premium selection
of reference titles from the following imprints: Gale, Primary Source Media, Macmillan, Scribner, UXL,
and Lucent. Specific titles include Gale Encyclopedia of World History, Encyclopedia of Modern Asia,
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, Encyclopedia of the Renaissance, World Eras, Historic
World Leaders, and more. It also includes more than 440 periodicals and newspapers, and thousands of
primary sources. Multimedia is also a key component of WHIC, and video, audio, and images are featured
prominently on the topic pages and in search results. Note that WHIC is cross-searchable with U.S. History
in Context (UHIC); users can simply choose to search “Both U.S. & World” after entering a term or phrase
in the basic search box. • Portal pages are edited by a large staff of experienced editors dedicated to
ensuring the credibility, relevancy, and currency of WHIC. Editors collaborate with a large network of
contributors who are considered subject-matter experts in their respective fields. • Portal pages cover the
most-studied subjects and are intended to provide students and educators with a starting point for research:
 The overview is hand-selected by editors and subject experts and is intended to provide users with a
comprehensive yet accessible summary of the topic  Featured Content is also hand-selected and is meant
to be the “best of the best.” A special effort is made to provide selections that cover all aspects of the topic,
include a good mix of content types, create relationships between topics, and truly put the topic into
context for students. • Generally speaking, WHIC topic pages can include the following content “buckets”
or sections, depending on the topic page type: reference, primary sources, academic journals, magazines,
news, video, audio, images, and websites. The first results that appear in content buckets other than
academic journals, magazines, and news are often hand-selected so that students and educators are able to
quickly access some of the best and most authoritative content on a particular subject. • Portal pages also
include related topics to create connections between subjects. For example, the United Nations topic page
in WHIC references the following related portal pages: Austria since 1914, France since 1945, Germany
1945-1990, Great Britain since 1914, Human Rights Movements, Italy since 1914, Japan since 1945,
League of Nations, Slavery throughout the World, Soviet Union 1917-1991, Women’s Rights, and World
War II. • 27 portal pages have been added to WHIC since August 2010, including the following added in
World History in Context:
August 2011:  Propaganda  Globalization  Fairs and Markets  Oil and Oil Production  Calendar 
Immanuel Kant
• 42 new full-text periodicals were added in August 2011, including:  African Studies
Quarterly  The Middle East  World and I  UN Chronicle  Quebec Studies  Asian Culture and
History  Review of European Studies  And more • On average, between 5 and 8 new portal pages are
added per month, with the goal of having more than 310 topic pages by June 2012. New portal topics are
primarily driven by the World history curriculum and focus on 1) core World history areas and history
standards, 2) top searches, 3) filling out particular categories in product, and 3) customer and advisor/user
group input. Areas of focus include non-western people and civilizations, events, economics, human rights,
and wars and conflicts. • Images, videos, and audio files are continuously added.
http://www.gale.cengage.com/tlist/sc3024.xls. Kids InfoBits targets the research needs of
students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Because of the wide age rage represented in those grades, Kids
InfoBits is designed to serve two distinct groups; children in kindergarten through grade two and the more
research-savvy kids in grades three through five. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual
graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related
magazine and reference content. Kids InfoBits features: • A drilldown subject topic tree for users who need
helping identifying a particular topic • A simple and visually appealing graphic interface. • The ability to
listen to or download any article as an MP3 file. • Full-text proprietary reference content from Blackbirch
Press that supports the K-5 curriculum • Approximately 100 full-text, age appropriate magazines • Over
7,000 searchable, indexed images • A 5-year backfile that offers relevant and manageable results lists
Reference content in Kids InfoBits includes: • Kidbits, 3rd Ed. (Blackbirch Press) • The Blackbirch
Encyclopedia of Science and Invention • The Blackbirch Kid's Almanac of Geography • The Blackbirch
Kid's Visual Reference of the World • The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Edition (includes annual updates) •
Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary • Animals with Jobs (KidHaven Press) • Creatures of the Sea
(KidHaven Press) • Endangered Animals and Habitats (Lucent Books) • Eye Opener series (Blackbirch
Press) • First Facts series (Blackbirch Press) • Natures Predators series (Blackbirch Press) • Returning to
Wildlife series (Blackbirch Press) • Tribes of Native America series (Blackbirch Press) • Wild series
(Blackbirch Press)
Kids InfoBits:
Literature Resource Center is the world’s most current, comprehensive, and
reliable online literature database. Uniquely relevant to today's curriculum, Literature Resource Center’s
rich critical, biographical and contextual materials support interdisciplinary approaches, information
literacy, and the development of critical thinking skills. Researchers at all levels will find the information
they need on authors and their works in all genres and disciplines, from all time periods and from around
the world. Included in Literature Resource Center: • Biographical entries on more than 135,000 authors,
from Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Authors New Revisions, Dictionary of Literary Biography,
Contemporary Literary Criticism and other Gale sources, providing detailed biographical, bibliographical
and contextual information about authors’ lives and works • More than 75,000 selected full-text critical
essays and reviews from Contemporary Literary Criticism, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism,
Literature Criticism from 1400-1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary
Criticism, as well as Drama Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Short Story Criticism
and Children’s Literature Review. • More than 11,000 overviews of frequently studied works, from sources
including Gale’s For Students series, Literature and Its Times and Characters in 20th-Century Fiction. •
More than 850,000 full-text articles, critical essays and reviews from over 390 scholarly journals and
literary magazines. • More than 30,000 full-text poems, short stories and plays. • More than 4,500
Literature Resource Center:
interviews. • Nearly 5,000 links to selected Web sites and more than 2,800 author portraits. • The ability to
identify groups of authors who share characteristics such as genre, time period, themes, nationality,
ethnicity and gender. • Merriam-Webster's® Encyclopedia of Literature, featuring 10,000 definitions of
literary terms. New and updated material is added continuously. Materials from forthcoming volumes of
Gale’s print literature series are added to Literature Resource Center throughout the year, along with fulltext journal articles and Web sites. Web sites are checked and death dates, major awards, major literary
works, newsworthy events and career-related events are added to biographical essays to keep content
accurate and reliable. Navigation & Functionality Literature Resource Center provides a "simple but rich"
user experience, which is designed to support the diverse needs and search habits of library users with: •
Easy and accurate results from the homepage whether searching on author names, titles or topics • Multiple
options to refine searches and browse indexes • "Tabbed" results reflect the way literature is studied and
encourages further exploration via related subjects links, searches within the source publication, and links
to other articles by the same person • Tools like Print, e-mail, Download, Citation Tools and Bookmark are
clearly and easily accessible • Browsable search indexes help users identify the most useful search terms
for their needs • Person Search and Works Search create representative lists of authors or works that share
characteristics like nationality, gender, genre, or century • Sort by Relevance, Publication Date and
Document Title Features include: • Improved usability based on extensive research into end-user needs •
Cross-searchability with resources such as LitFinder, Gale Virtual Reference Library, MLA International
Bibliography, Scribner Writers Series and Twayne's Authors Series. • Browse publications and other
search indexes • "How to Cite" feature with export to citation tools • Multiple options for sorting and
filtering results • Enhanced Person Search and Works Search options • ReadSpeaker audio technology •
And much more
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (OVIC) is the premier online resource
covering today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to
Unemployment. OVIC is cross-curricular and supports science, social studies, current events, and language
arts classes. Now in Cengage Learning’s new portal environment—which provides focused coverage of the
most-searched and studied topics—OVIC includes more than 250 topic or portal pages on the most
pressing issues of our time. Examples of portal pages include the Federal Budget Deficit, the Energy
Crises, Online Social Networks, Childhood Obesity, Bullying, Freedom of Speech, Coal, Organic Food,
and Judicial Activism. Broader categories covered in OVIC include: Business and Economics; Energy and
Environmentalism; Family Issues; Health and Medicine; Law and Politics; Science, Technology, and
Ethics; Society and Culture; and War and Diplomacy. OVIC also includes a category on the National
Debate Topic, providing quick and easy access to content on these frequently studied and discussed issues.
Additionally, multimedia is a key component of OVIC, and video, audio, interactive maps, and images are
featured prominently on the topic pages and in search results. • Portal pages are edited by a large staff of
experienced editors dedicated to ensuring the credibility, relevancy, and currency of OVIC. Editors
collaborate with a large network of contributors who are considered subject-matter experts in their
respective fields. • Portal pages cover the most-studied issues and are intended to provide students and
educators with a starting point for research:  The overview is hand-selected by editors and subject experts
and is intended to provide users with a comprehensive yet accessible summary of the issue o Featured
viewpoints are also hand-selected and are meant to be the “best of the best.” A special effort is made to
provide current selections that cover differing viewpoints on the issue. • OVIC topic pages include the
following content “buckets” or sections: viewpoints, reference, news, magazines, academic journals,
statistics, primary sources, websites, images, video, and audio. The first results that appear in content
buckets other than academic journals, magazines, and news are often hand-selected so that students and
Opposing Viewpoints in Context:
educators are able to quickly access some of the best and most authoritative content on a particular issue. •
Portal pages also include related topics to create connections between subjects. For example, the Gun
Control topic page in OVIC references the following related pages: Activism, Arms Trade, Crime, Gangs,
Guns and Violence, Juvenile Offenders, Media Violence, Right to Bear Arms, and School Violence.
•
More than 70 new portal pages have been added to OVIC since August 2010, including 6 new pages in
August:  Cancer  Espionage and Intelligence  Organic Food  Sexting  Socialism • On average,
between 6 and 8 new portal pages are added per month, with the goal of having more 345 topic pages by
June 2012. New portal topics focus primarily on U.S.-focused social issues from an American perspective.
Other considerations include hot topics in the news and other current events, top searches, customer input,
and national standards across major subject areas. • More than 2,000 videos have been added to OVIC
since August 2010, including:  Treating Eating Disorders  Homosexuality and the Church  The
Increase in Unemployment  The Slippery Slope of Texting  And more! • More than 80 new interactive
maps have been added since August 2010, including:  American Housing Collapse  Guns and Violence
 Online Education  Texting while Driving  And more! The Charleston Advisor is now publishing its
twelfth year and for the tenth consecutive year the journal is sponsoring a series of awards for the best and
worst electronic services and databases of interest to libraries. The awards are not necessarily limited to
products covered by TCA, but TCA reviews (if available) were consulted in the final consideration. These
awards are published on an annual basis. Members of the editorial board made the final selections in a
September 2010 conference call. Awards are given in a group of standard categories; special one-time
kudos are periodically given and labeled below as a “Special One Time” award. Most Improved Product:
Opposing Viewpoints in Context – Gale Cengage has come up not only with a new name for what was the
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, they have improved it as a learning tool. The editorial content is
great for the undergraduate rhetoric paper but where the older version required much explanation — both
of its value and method — Opposing Viewpoints in Context simplifies finding both textual and media
information on important controversial topics.
The critical thinking add-on module offers activities,
assessments and tools that encourage students to interact with, argue about, and analyze issues and
concepts, encouraging the next step of learning, beyond rote memorization. Additionally, students can use
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking in a self-directed fashion, as a resource for group
projects and in a classroom environment. Students will master core curriculum content and develop skills
while engaging in the self-discovery of their opinions across a broad spectrum of issues. Fully aligned with
today’s learning goals, the critical thinking module bolsters students’ advanced applied-thinking
capabilities with these 18 important 21st century skills: • Evaluating the credibility of information sources •
Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant facts • Distinguishing fact from opinion • Recognizing
contradictions • Recognizing bias • Clarifying issues, conclusions, or beliefs • Developing criteria for
evaluation: clarifying values and standards • Analyzing arguments, interpretations, beliefs, or theories •
Identifying assumptions • Making plausible inferences, predictions, or interpretations • Analyzing or
evaluating actions or policies • Comparing analogous situations: transferring insights to new contexts •
Recognizing cause and effect • Demonstrating reasoned judgment • Identifying alternatives • Exploring
implications and consequences • Generating or assessing solutions • Drawing and testing conclusions
Released in March 2002, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center continues to be recognized for its
excellent content and design: • Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking was a finalist for
two prestigious CODiE Awards by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA): Best Social
Studies Instructional Solution and Best Reading/English Instructional Solution. In 2007 Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center was a finalist for the CODiE Award for Best Education Reference or Search
Opposing Viewpoints in Context & Crit. Thinking:
Service. (Critical Thinking is an add-on module to Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center that provides
students with challenging activities, quizzes, and audio entries to promote information literacy and
encourage interaction, problem-solving, and critical thinking.) • In the January 2008 edition of the
Charleston Advisor, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center scored the following out of 5 in these
categories: Content: 5 Searchability: 4 Pricing: 5 Contract Options: 5 Composite score: 4-3/4 The James
Madison University reviewers concluded: "Speaking from the academic library standpoint, the way
EBSCO’s Points of View broke every issue into the two-sided `Point' and `Counterpoint' was not
desirable––some issues certainly have more than two sides. While the content of the essays did not
overlook additional dimensions, the initial presentation of the content as two-sided is unfortunate. By
contrast, Opposing Viewpoints’ articles, with titles like `Adult Stem Cells Are More Promising than
embryonic Stem Cells' present various perspectives in their own right, rather than terming them `pro' or
`con.' Perhaps the two product titles, `Points of View” and `Opposing Viewpoints,' would be more accurate
if reversed! As a result, the information on Gale’s OVRC came across as more authoritative and of higher
quality." • Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center/Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical
Thinking received an A+ in a School Library Journal back-to-school review (September 1, 2007) of 6
"controversial" databases: “Report Card: Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center goes above and beyond
what most would expect from a database with both teacher-centric and student-focused resources that
expand the research experience. Unique MP3 access options and curriculum-focused resources take this
library resource into the classroom and well beyond the four walls of the school making this database
worthy of an A+.” Read the full article: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6473868.html&
A rich library of video clips and print resources to ensure school improvement efforts
are “idea driven” and focused on critical issues: o The Art and Science of Teaching o Best Practices in
Action (critical thinking skills, motivation and building resiliency) o The Brain and Learning o Curriculum
Mapping o Differentiated Instruction o English Language Learners o Formative Assessment o High
Schools at Work o Literacy Strategies o The Whole Child  Get continuous connection to video
demonstrations and other information on research-based classroom practices. o Rate the videos and print
resources so others in your learning group can see how you and your colleagues are benefiting from the
content.  A familiar easy-to-use interface and an on-screen host.  Drawn from authoritative sources
including: Robert J. Marzano, Carol Ann Tomlinson, Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Virginia Rojas, Doug Fisher,
Sue Brookhart and Joe DiMartino.
ASCD PD in Focus:
Science in Context (SCIC) supports high school curricula and university coursework
and features authoritative information for science assignments and projects. From earth science and life
science, to space, technology, mathematics, science history, and biography, this curriculum-oriented online
experience is designed to boost achievement for students and researchers and assist educators in creating
lesson plans and units of study. Now in Cengage Learning’s new portal environment—which provides
focused coverage of the most-searched and studied topics—SCIC includes more than 485 topic or portal
pages. Portal pages fall into the following types: topic and person. Examples of portal pages include:
Endangered Species, Stem Cells and Stem Cell Research, Forensic Science, Chemical Compounds,
Earthquakes, Leonardo da Vinci, Stephen Hawking, Big Bang, Theory, Cancer, Green Engineering,
Weather Modeling, Human Geography, and more. Broader categories covered in SCIC include: Biology,
Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science, Health and Medicine, Math and Technology, and Physics
and Astronomy. Two new categories—Scientists and General Science—were added in spring 2011. SCIC
provides a premium selection of reference titles, including Chemical Elements, Encyclopedia of
Science in Context:
Endangered Species, Genetics, Space Sciences, When Technology Fails, World of Biology, World of
Forensic Science, and many more. It also includes more than 440 periodicals and newspapers. Multimedia
is also a key component of SCIC, and video, audio, and images are featured prominently on the topic pages
and in search results. • Portal pages are edited by a large staff of experienced editors dedicated to ensuring
the credibility, relevancy, and currency of SCIC. Editors collaborate with a large network of contributors
who are considered subject-matter experts in their respective fields. • Portal pages cover the most-studied
subjects and are intended to provide students and educators with a starting point for research:  The
overview is hand-selected by editors and subject experts and is intended to provide users with a
comprehensive yet accessible summary of the topic  Featured Content is also hand-selected and is meant
to be the “best of the best.” A special effort is made to provide selections that cover all aspects of the topic,
include a good mix of content types, create relationships between topics, and truly put the topic into
context for students. • Generally speaking, SCIC topic pages can include the following content “buckets”
or sections, depending on the topic page type: reference, experiments, academic journals, magazines, news,
video, audio, images, and websites. The first results that appear in content buckets other than academic
journals, magazines, and news are often hand-selected so that students and educators are able to quickly
access some of the best and most authoritative content on a particular subject. • Portal pages also include
related topics to create connections between subjects. For example, the Global Warming and Climate
Change topic page in SCIC references the following topics: Carbon Dioxide, Climate and Weather,
Deforestation, Greenhouse Effect and Greenhouse Gases, and Ice Ages. • 97 new portal pages have been
added since August 2010, with 24 added in September 2011, including:  Stephen Hawking  Dian
Fossey  Rene Descartes  Sharks  Jellyfish  Extremophiles  Animal Testing  Rare Earth Elements
 Schizophrenia  And more • Continuous updating of core content sets is ongoing; this includes titles
such as Gale Encyclopedia of Science, World of Biology, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, World of
Chemistry, Earth Sciences, and more. For example, 71 entries were updated in August 2011. • On average,
between 4 and 6 new portal pages are added per month, with the goal of having more 425 topic pages by
June 2011. New portal topics are primarily driven by the science curriculum and focus on 1) core science
areas and science standards, 2) top searches, 3) hot topics in science (from a scientific viewpoint, not issues
driven), and 4) customer and advisor/user group input. • More than 170 hand-picked websites have been
added to SCIC since August 2010. • Images, videos, and audio files are continuously added.
Aimed at middle school and high school students, Student Resource Center
has all of the award-winning resources that you’ve come to expect from Gale®, including content based on
national curriculum standards in major subject areas such as history, literature, science and social studies.
It also comes with the ability to quickly and easily find relevant search results across all Gale electronic
products — in one seamless search — with Gale’s PowerSearch™. Students are able to access a variety of
resources that will help them conduct research, complete assignments, create presentations and more, with
content and curriculum-focused tools that include: • Read Speaker auditory articles • More than eight
million full-text articles from one thousandfour hundred periodicals and newspapers • More than 4,000
proprietary of primary documents • Hundreds of plays and poems • Multimedia content, which includes
podcasts, video and audio clips, and thousands of flags, maps and seals and photographs • More than
63,000 topic overviews, biographies, and pieces of literary criticism • Content level recommendations for
reference articles (Basic, Intermediate and Advanced) to help readers choose appropriate content for their
abilities and teachers to assign differentiated articles on the same topic • Research Tools and Research
Guide that tie information literacy skills to use of the resource center New to Student Resource Center are
robust features specifically targeted to students and educators, including: • A user-friendly interface that
captures student interest and provides a consistent user experience across Gale K-12 databases • A national
Student Resource Center Jr.:
and state curriculum standards search, correlated to the content, that allows educators to quickly identify
material by grade and discipline • Configurable Lexile reading levels for periodicals that support reading
initiatives and testing (where does this functionality appear?) • Curriculum topic trees on Student Resource
Center’s home page feature one-click access to the hottest, most-searched topics in each major curriculum
area • "Keyword in context" within results list that allows users to easily determine relevance of each
search result • Podcast feeds, starting with weekly presidential radio broadcasts, with more than 13,300
podcasts (I don’t see these in Jr. There are audio files but only about 500), including the weekly
presidential radio address and podcasts from such premier NPR programs as Morning Edition, All Things
Considered, and Talk of the Nation. Also included are podcasts from NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press
and many more Premier reference content includes Career Information Center, Student Resource Center
Health Module, American Journey Series primary sources and American Decades. New reference content
is added on an ongoing basis, and new full-text periodical and newspaper articles are added every day.
More than 550 600 reference volumes including: • African American Almanac • Epics for Students • Gale
Encyclopedia of Multicultural America: Primary Sources • Hispanic American Almanac • Junior
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World • Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of
Mexican States • Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations • Shakespeare for Students Student Resource
Center is available on Gale’s PowerSearch platform, which has many advanced features including: (I can’t
speak to it’s appearance or functionality on PowerSearch but maybe some of the stuff I didn’t see above is
available through PoweSearch.) • Bread crumb navigation — Allows users to see where they are in a
search by displaying the sequence of pages navigated • Translation feature — Allows users to translate
documents into Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Italian, Portuguese and simplified Chinese and Korean
with more to come • Configurable Google© image search — Helps students easily search for additional
images • Publication Search — Gives researchers the ability to search for a single edition, volume, or issue
of a particular publication and retrieve all of its available documents • Subject Guide Search — Gives
students the ability to browse a listing of subjects, people, products, locations and organizations that
contain the words entered • How to Cite feature—Allows users to generate citation information using a
style of their choice With the migration of Student Resource Center Junior to Gale’s PowerSearch platform
in May 2006, the database now includes the following features: • A new student-friendly interface that
includes features targeted to students and educators • Cross-searching capabilities that allow students to
quickly and easily find relevant search results across all Gale electronic products in one seamless search •
National and state curriculum standards search with correlated content that allows educators to quickly
identify material by grade and discipline. Curriculum Standards in SRC Junior include: National Standards
(Grades 6-12) for Technology, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies, and State Standards (Grades 612) for Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies. • Lexile reading levels for periodicals to support
reading initiatives and testing • Popular topic picklist and curriculum topic trees that provide one-click
access to the hottest, most-searched topics in each curriculum area. The curriculum area topic trees include
Cultures, Geography, Literature, Science, U.S. History, and World History. • “Keyword in context” within
results list that offers students a glimpse into articles so they can easily determine the relevancy of each
search result • Translation feature that allows users to translate documents into Spanish, French, Japanese,
German, Italian, Portuguese, simplified Chinese, and Korean
Student Resources in Context (SRIC) offers easy access to award-winning
content based on national curriculum standards. SRIC is interdisciplinary by nature and covers the major
subject areas, including biography, geography, history, government, literature, science and health, and
social studies, allowing students to create connections between subject areas and to truly put topics into
larger cultural, social, and historical context. SRIC includes more than 530 topic or portal pages across
Student Resources in Context:
broad categories such as History, Science, and Literature. SRIC provides a premium selection of reference
titles, including Encyclopedia of World Biography, Discovering Authors, Gale Encyclopedia of Science,
UXL Biographies, American Decades, World of Health, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History, numerous
Worldmark encyclopedias, and many more.
Junior Reference Collection is the ideal curriculum-based database for
students in upper elementary and middle school grades. Students have quick access to accurate information
on the most-studied subjects: science, literature, arts, biographies and general reference among others. The
information in this online database enhances and encourages the education process by providing userfriendly tools for classroom research and independent study. With Junior Reference Collection, students
have current, relevant, organized, and easy-to-read information at their fingertips. The entries are thorough,
in depth, and written in clear, concise terms at an appropriate reading level. Junior Reference Collection
adheres to national and state curriculum standards while providing access from the classroom, library
media center or home 24 hours a day. With more than 17,000 biographies, topic overviews, plot summaries
and primary sources, this one-stop database for in-depth coverage of middle grades curriculum subjects
eliminates guesswork from student research and places the emphasis on success. Multimedia content
includes video and audio clips and thousands of flags, maps, seals and photographs. Content level
recommendations (Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced) help readers choose appropriate content for their
abilities. Research tools and a Research Guide tie information literacy skills to use of the database.
Curriculum topic trees on Junior Reference Collection’s home page feature one-click access to the hottest,
most-searched topics in each major curriculum area. Armed with only the best information, students can
place their studies into context and develop informed perspectives on past and current world events and
address tomorrow's issues and trends.
Junior Reference Collection:
The Discovering Collection offers easy access to award-winning content based on
curriculum standards. Covering the major subject areas, including history, literature, science and social
studies, Discovery Collection provides a premium selection of reference, primary documents and
multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips. • Available on the Gale PowerSearch platform,
allowing users to quickly and easily find relevant search results across all Gale electronic products – in one
seamless search. • Student-friendly user interface includes features targeted to students and educators such
as curriculum Topic Trees and Curriculum Standards Search. • National and state curriculum standards
search with correlated content allows educators to quickly identify material by grade and discipline.
Curriculum Standards in DC include: National Standards (Grades 6-12) for Technology, Language Arts,
Science and Social Studies and State Standards (Grades 6-12) for Language Arts, Science and Social
Studies. • The popular topic picklist and the Topic Tree buttons on Discovery Collection’s home page
provide one-click access to the hottest, most-searched topics in each major curriculum area. • “Keyword in
context” within results lists offers users a glimpse into the article so they can easily determine the
relevance of each search result. • Allows users to translate documents into Spanish, French, Japanese,
German, Italian, Portuguese, simplified Chinese and Korean. • Covers all major subject areas: literature,
history, science and health, geography and cultures, and biography. • Contains more than 510 volumes of
over 75 proprietary Gale, U*X*L and Primary Source Media titles (worth over $60,000). Included in the
database are 16,800 topic overviews, 28,000 biographies, more than 3,000 plot summaries on the most
widely studied works of literature and 13,500 pieces of literary criticism. • Includes hundreds of primary
documents from the American Journey Series, including The African American Experience, Civil Rights
in America and Women in America. • Includes hundreds of plays and poems widely studied by students,
Discovering Collection:
including Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not
Go Gentle into That Good Night.” • Includes more than six hours of audio and video clips, nearly 3,000
flags, maps and seals and nearly 16,000 photographs. • Content level recommendations (basic,
intermediate, and advanced) to help readers choose appropriate content for their abilities; Research Tools
and Research Guide that ties information literacy skills to use of the database; and more than 1,700 study
guide questions to promote understanding. • New reference content added on an ongoing basis.
http://www.gale.cengage.com/tlist/grzimek.xls Grzimek's acclaimed 17volume Animal Life Encyclopedia is the print standard for conventional animal reference collections. But
students and researchers today need dynamic resources that foster discussion and critical thinking. That's
why Grzimek and Gale offer an online solution that sets the benchmark for comprehensive and credible
animal information while facilitating interaction. Grzimek's Animal Life is a perfect example of the new
generation of resources from Gale designed with users in mind. Constantly updated with facts, figures,
news and views, this image-rich resource is a true educational experience where a quick trip to find
specific information can lead to the desire to explore and learn more. This fall, users will be inspired by: •
Unequaled coverage — more than 4,000 species categorized by Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Insects,
Invertebrates, Mammals and Reptiles, including information on evolution, habitat, behavior, range and
more • Authoritative, peer-reviewed content — updated regularly by a worldwide network of experts •
Ease of use — immersive tools like interactive range maps and an intuitive interface let users discover
while also supporting serious academic research • Media richness — thousands of photos, maps, videos,
audio tracks and more • Convenient learning tools – translation into 11 languages; ReadSpeaker text-tospeech translations; ability to download, print, bookmark and share through popular social networking and
other online application • Planned enhancements include – curriculum correlations and tools to connect
experts, educators and students
Grzimek's Animal Life Online:
Books & Authors is specially designed to complement the browsing habits of today's
Web user, integrating easy-to-follow menus that allow users to broaden and narrow their searches
according to author, title, series, awards and other criteria. An "if you like" search connects readers to
themes and genres that may have otherwise gone unnoticed. At the same time, its meticulously edited
database — developed by a team of genre experts – delivers up-to-date, reliable information not found in
the random and unverified results of the Web. It's a "best of both worlds" arrangement that combines the
depth of Gale expertise in literature with the Internet's unique capacity to create, build and foster
communities of readers. Readers can use Books & Authors to enhance the experience of the book they are
reading; dig deeper into its themes and origins; or learn how the author's life and times contributed to the
work. Ideal for reading groups and book clubs, Books & Authors is also a valuable reference source for
public libraries that serve everyone from students and professionals to the casual reader.
Books and Authors:
Contemporary Authors® Online offers your students and patrons continuous
access to current biographical and bibliographical data on more than 120,000 modern authors, while
eliminating your need for product storage. Each Contemporary Authors® Online entry contains the most
complete and up-to-date entry, accessible through an easy-to-use interface with a variety of search paths to
help you locate the information you need quickly and efficiently. You can easily search for an author by
name, title of work, subject/genre, nationality, date and place of birth, honors, awards and much more.
Added to the database annually are approximately 3,000 new entries and 1,000 full-entry updates from the
Contemporary Authors:
Contemporary Authors® and Contemporary Authors® New Revision Series print volumes. Look for
recent information on J.K. Rowling, Isaac Asimov, Isabel Allende, Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Crichton,
Derek Walcott, Dave Barry, Toni Morrison, Neil Simon, and many others. In addition, Contemporary
Authors® Online offers continuously updated information on the most active authors in this database.
Included are author-provided updates, expanded entries, bibliographies, awards, and recent update
information.
Since the appearance of the first volume of Contemporary Literary
Criticism (CLC) in 1973, researchers have grown to depend upon the RUSA (Reference Users Services
Association) award-winning reference work for critiques of key contemporary works. With Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select, you have the benefits of Internet access to extensive biographical and critical
information combined with subject-term accessibility and other powerful search options. And, with an
integrated index that extends to every print volume in this expansive series, cross-referencing is a snap.
Users will find that Contemporary Literary Criticism Select offers many new advantages when accessing
literary criticism information: • Search by author name, title, subject/genre, critic name or a full-text search
to find information quickly • Combine search criteria to target results • Access from any Web-capable
computer (including 24-hour remote access) • Data updates are automatic -- no download or discs to
handle Contemporary Literary Criticism Select encompasses more than 600 significant authors and
includes more than 266 major retrospective authors re-crafted from the series' earlier volumes. Updates
occur bi-monthly
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select:
This award-winning series is dedicated to making literature and its
creators better understood and more accessible to students and interested readers, while satisfying the
standards of librarians, teachers and scholars. Dictionary of Literary Biography, now available online,
provides reliable information in an easily comprehensible format, while placing writers in the larger
perspective of literary history. While Dictionary of Literary Biography will continue to be an important
reference work in print, the addition of online access extends the functionality of this rich reference
resource and make it available to smaller collections. Dictionary of Literary Biography addresses your
patrons' needs for overall indexing and subject term accessibility of this extensive series, helping them
locate multiple entries for the same author within the print series or enter a subject term to find writers by a
genre or topic. Dictionary of Literary Biography also offers researchers many new channels to access the
information they're looking for. These comprehensive search options include: • Author name • Title •
Subjects • Birth and death dates • Nationality • Ethnicity • Gender • Full Text Additionally, you can search
for essays on publishing houses and literary topics. You can search a single parameter or combine several
for a detailed search on a selected author. And intratext hyperlinks to other notable authors encourage the
exploration and study of other authors in Dictionary of Literary Biography. Here's a few of the many
authors highlighted in Dictionary of Literary Biography: • James Agee • William Burroughs • Don DeLillo
• William Faulkner • Gail Godwin • Jerzy Kosinski • Margaret Mitchell • Toni Morrison • Amy Tan •
Booth Tarkington
Dictionary of Literary Biography:
The flagship of Gale’s full-text collections of literary works, LitFinder brings the works in
today’s literary canon—and those aspiring to it—online, in an easy to use database. The works and
citations available in LitFinder cover all time periods and are international in scope and chosen as moststudied and representative of the time period they represent. LitFinder provides the opportunity for
LitFinder:
complete appreciation and study of great literary works by offering access to more than 150,000 full-text
poems, 850,000 poem citations and excerpts, 5,000 full-text short stories, 2,800 full-text essays, 1,800 fulltext speeches, and 1,000 full-text plays and more. As a stand-alone resource, or as a fantastic complement
to Gale's Literature Resource Center, LitFinder puts complete works — and additional information sources
such as biographies, essays and explanations — into the hands and minds of students and researchers for
further study, evaluation and enjoyment.
Scribner Writers Series contains signed, scholarly 15-20 page articles on authors from a
range of Scribner Writers series, including: British Writers, American Writers, African American Writers,
African Writers, European Writers, Latin American Writers, Modern American Women Writers, Mystery
and Suspense Writers, Poets: American and British, Science Fiction Writers, Supernatural Fiction Writers,
and Writers for Young Adults
Scribner Writers:
Gale is proud to announce the latest innovation in database research. The
Shakespeare Collection -- a global, online environment for scholarly research -- offers enriched
functionality and entirely new possibilities for the study of Shakespeare and his works. Quite simply, The
Shakespeare Collection is the subject's most comprehensive and authoritative online resource, bringing
together general reference data, full-text scholarly periodicals, reprinted criticism, primary source material
and the full-text annotated works from The Arden Shakespeare, the world's most recognized scholarly
edition. More specifically, this new online environment offers: • The Arden full-text annotated scholarly
editions of the complete works of Shakespeare, together with the introduction and critical essays and
appendices included in each Arden edition • Full-text criticism on Shakespeare, his works and performance
• Full-text journals focusing on a range of literary and interdisciplinary topics, such as the Renaissance,
Elizabethan studies, Early Modern English studies, film studies and much more • Selections from Primary
Source Microfilm's Prompt book collections • Proprietary reference related to Shakespeare's works, social
and historical context relevant to the study of the works and more
Shakespeare Collection:
Powerful search functions and an easy-to-use interface make What Do I Read
Next? the most powerful readers' advisory tool available today. Researchers of all ages will enjoy the
expertise of specialists, critics and librarians to find the best examples of internationally known fiction and
nonfiction. Gale gives you and your users over 115,000 titles, more than 62,500 plot summaries, 561
awards titles, recommended reading lists and biographical information. Most books included in What Do I
Read Next? must be an award-winner, a best seller or have appeared on a recommended reading list.
Genres include inspirational, mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, western and historical
novels, general fiction, classic fiction and nonfiction. The user-friendly software includes custom, in-depth
search options by title, author, subject, genre, locale and more. This unique readers' advisory tool allows
you to: • Identify new books to enjoy that meet a personalized reading profile • Create customized reading
lists by using the "Keeper List" function • Conduct a "Find Similar" title search or view the list of similar
titles supplied by genre experts • Hyperlink between titles and recommended reading and award lists, and
between series entries and the titles in the series • A monthly highlights page allows the user to see
selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month
What Do I Read Next?:
Academic ASAP covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences.
This resource for academic research integrates the full text of publications from across the disciplines and
Academic ASAP:
now includes vocational-technical titles used by community college students, filling a specific need for
curriculum-oriented collections. Academic ASAP provides indexing for more than 1,400 periodicals and
nearly 700 in full text. The combination of full text for scholarly journals and selected general interest titles
for smaller academic libraries is ideal.
http://www.gale.cengage.com/tlist/aone.xls Academic OneFile is the premier source for
peer-reviewed, full-text articles from more than 14,500 of the world's leading journals and reference
sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts,
theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With
millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, both undergraduate and
graduate researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. The focus of Academic OneFile is to
provide libraries with content that compliments their existing collections, without duplicating them. The
majority of the content in Academic OneFile is peer-reviewed content that is unique to Gale. Gale’s
agreements with publishers like Sage and Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. provide unrestricted access to content
that typically is only available through direct subscriptions with the publisher. Gale is not interested in
duplicating large collections and then imposing lengthy embargoes. Instead, we focus on developing longterm relationships with publishers that allow Gale to provide access without embargoes. Gale is also
focused on providing full-text access to content that is cited or included in major bibliographic indices. The
chart below illustrates Gale’s progress in securing content included in some of these indices. This list is not
inclusive of all the indices that Gale focuses on. In addition to all of the traditional services available
through InfoTrac, Gale is proud to announce a number of unique resources offered through collaboration
with Thomson Scientific. Mutual subscribers of Academic OneFile and Thomson Scientific's Web of
Science® and Journal Citation Reports® are provided seamless access to cited references, digital object
identifier (DOI) links, and additional article-level metadata. Users are also able to view the impact factor
history for selected journals. Further, Thomson Scientific customers will be able to pull the full-text of an
article directly from their InfoTrac subscription. This close collaboration allows fully integrated and
seamless access to the best in, full-text academic content and the indexing around it. Academic OneFile
can also be seamlessly accessed through Google Scholar. Through a special partnership with Google, users
are able to activate Academic OneFile links through Google Scholar’s advanced preferences. Academic
OneFile also includes a linking arrangement with JSTOR for archival access to a number of periodicals.
This product, like all other products on the PowerSearch platform, maintains full OpenURL compliance for
e-journal and subscription access. Academic OneFile features a fully updated, intuitive interface -providing multiple pathways to key information. Featuring the latest technology available on the
groundbreaking PowerSearch® platform, this essential resource is versatile and easy to use.
Academic OneFile:
http://www.gale.cengage.com/tlist/edu_ref.xls This collection of more
than 1300 periodicals and thousands of education reports is a great resource for any educator -- from the
school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level.
Educator's Reference Complete includes the full ERIC database and provides full-text results for nearly
half of the journal titles found in ERIC. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool
to college and every educational specialty – such as technology, bilingual education, health education and
testing. Educator's Reference Complete also focuses on issues in administration, funding and policy.
Educator's Reference Complete:
Expanded Academic ASAP:
http://www.gale.cengage.com/tlist/sb5019.xls The scope and depth of
coverage in Expanded Academic ASAP will satisfy the broad spectrum of students, faculty and graduate
researchers who depend on your library for answers every day. Balanced coverage is available through
more than 5500 indexed and nearly 3200 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social
science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general
interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others. More than 3700 journals are
refereed, and more than 20 years of backfile coverage is included with your subscription. And now,
through a unique partnership between Gale and IngentaConnect, InfoTrac Web provides seamless access to
electronic journals in a familiar, easy-to-use interface. The integrated collection allows searching and
access to articles from more than 6,000 scholarly journals, based on the institution’s subscriptions. Access
to IngentaConnect content is free of charge to customers of Expanded Academic ASAP.
General Reference Center provides access to an integrated set of general
interest sources: magazines, newspaper articles, children's magazines, almanacs, encyclopedias,
dictionaries, reference books and more. With more than 1,000 full-text titles specifically selected for public
libraries, you won't have any frustrated off-site users complaining about access. Because your researchers
need complete answers to general reference questions — anytime, anywhere — there's General Reference
Center. A 20-year backfile is integrated and included with your subscription. And with InfoTrac's linking
between source types, it's easy for users to find comprehensive answers in one seamless, self-directed
search process.
General Reference Center:
http://www.gale.cengage.com/tlist/sc3021.xls Middle-school students have unique needs
when it comes to researching and preparing papers, projects and presentations. InfoTrac Junior Edition was
created by Gale with them in mind. Here they’ll find age-appropriate, reliable content from magazines,
newspapers and reference books, all easily accessed from a kid-friendly interface. All of which makes
InfoTrac Junior Edition the ideal alternative to the random, often inaccurate results that come from Web
surfing. From science, history and literature to politics, sports and the environment, InfoTrac Junior
Edition delivers results. And with 24- hour unlimited access, students can get those results from school,
library or home. This database is 100% full text. COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE • More than 200 fulltext titles • Thousands of articles from periodicals that are updated daily • Full-text content from reference
books like World Almanac and Book of Facts, and more • Hundreds of country, state, and province maps
WHAT WILL STUDENTS FIND? • Subject, Keyword, and Advanced searches to broaden or narrow
results • “Did You Mean” feature for incorrect spellings • Search Alerts • Limited searches to newspapers,
magazines, encyclopedias, maps and more • Two Merriam-Webster’s® dictionaries for fast look-ups • A
homework-helping Toolbox A POWERFUL ENGINE InfoTrac Junior Edition’s state-of-the-art features
are powered by InfoTrac, Gale’s robust search engine. The superior InfoTrac subject guide helps students
retrieve results relevant to their search. They can choose documents by type or by narrowed subject.
InfoTrac Junior Edition is just the right size for middle-schoolers — delivering targeted results that will not
overwhelm them. The bookmark link that appears on your results page means you can bookmark the page
for future reference, copy it into an e-mail message or embed it into a Web page. Because you can
bookmark at the “search” level, a particular search can be updated daily — ideal for researching current
events. Bookmarks are also useful for creating reading lists, course reserves, links to periodical or
newspaper sources, lesson plans and much more.
Info Trac Jr. Ed.:
Info Trac Student Ed.:
http://www.gale.cengage.com/tlist/sc3020.xls InfoTrac Student Edition is designed
to handle student requests and delivers results for both wide-ranging and narrowly targeted searches.
Logical search paths and context-sensitive help screens assure students that the information they retrieve is
information they can use, making InfoTrac Student Edition — the ideal alternative to the random and often
inaccurate results that can come from Web surfing. Comprehensive coverage Offer your students full-text
content from 14 reference books, including: • Asimov’s Chronology of Science & Discovery • The
Columbia Encyclopedia • Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates • Merriam-Webster’s Biographical
Dictionary • World Almanac and Book of Facts The collection also includes: • More than 1300 full-text
titles in total • More than 10 million articles from periodicals that are updated daily • Hundreds of maps to
complement papers, projects, and presentations What will students find? • Subject, Keyword and
Advanced searches to broaden or narrow results • Limited searches to newspapers, magazines,
encyclopedias, maps and more • Three Merriam-Webster’s dictionaries for fast look-ups • A homeworkhelping Toolbox
http://www.gale.cengage.com/tlist/sb5022.xls Expand your library's services to meet the needs of
the growing Hispanic population in your community with ¡Informe! Created exclusively for Spanishspeaking users, this full-text electronic reference tool is the first system to provide indexing, images and
full text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations. Vocabulary terms are based on the
expressions Spanish-speakers commonly use, allowing users to easily navigate through the database
without experiencing inaccurate search terms. The titles include popular news magazines, key newspapers
from throughout the Spanish-speaking world, and more scholarly journals, providing something for
everyone.
Informe:
Professional Collection is a custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for
educators that is updated daily and provides 24 hour access from school or home. The Professional
Collection offers balanced coverage for any professional educator: • Arts and Humanities • Child and
Adolescent Psychology and Development • Drug and Alcohol Abuse • Health/Nutrition/Fitness • Learning
Disabilities • Literature • School Law • Science and Technology • Social Sciences • Sports/Athletic
Training
Prof. Collection:
The Times Digital Archive, the first of several online digitized newspapers
from Gale's highly anticipated Historical Newspapers Archive initiative. By taking our microfilm
collection of The Times (London) and turning it into a high-resolution digital format with searchable
images, The Times Digital Archive presents online access to one of the most highly regarded resources for
the study of 19th- and 20th-century history. With The Times Digital Archive, researchers now have an
unparalleled opportunity to search and view the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world online
in its original published context. Every complete page of every issue of The Times (London) from 1785 to
1985. Every headline, article and image. Every front page, editorial, birth and death notice, advertisement
and classified ad that appeared within the pages of The Times (London) will be easily accessible from
what promises to be a complete virtual chronicle of history for this period.
The Times Digital Archive:
Users of Questia High School have 24/7 access to this online collection of
14,000+ copyrighted books, digitized from cover to cover to include full text, and ranked by Lexile level.
Each subscriber logs in with an individual user name and password for access to his/her personal
workspace that includes research tools for advanced searching, book marking, highlighting in six colors,
Questia HS & Achieve Bundle:
note-taking, and automatic citation and bibliography generation. The American Heritage Dictionary, a
thesaurus, and World Encyclopedia are also included.
CLDC
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE
The CLCD, LLC, (Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database): offers Internet
based reader’s advisory, acquisition, research, and reference services, with 2.300,000
MARC records and more than 400,000 reviews of children’s books, multimedia, audio
books, etc, from 40 sources. Also included are over 120,000 jacket images and thousands
of author, illustrator, and curriculum (discussion guides, teaching guides, lesson plans,
etc.) links. Subscribers can search the full text searchable database for specific titles,
authors, or subjects and see the associated reviews, reading and interest levels (including
Lexiles, Accelerated Reading, and Reading Counts), prepare annotated
lists/bibliographies, and locate and download MARC records. Searches may be made
precise through qualifiers such as age, grade, publisher, publication date, series, genre,
etc. In addition to the review data, the CLCD database has information about thousands
of books that have been recognized as having particular merit. . A monthly newsletter and
themed reviews are also available.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Columbia Gazetteer of the
World Online
www.columbiagazetteer.org
The Gazetteer continues with its core function as an authoritative
encyclopedia of geographical places and features. But this
revised and expanded edition of the Gazetteer includes updated
population data, restructuring of political units within countries,
coverage of devastation caused by wars, and of alteration of
landscape through natural processes and human activities.
Columbia International Affairs Online remains a leader in providing its
users with the best and most peer-reviewed texts on international
Columbia International Affairs affairs. More than 250 leading academic and research institutions,
publishers, government agencies, and journals worldwide contribute to
Online (CIAO)
the site with over 500,000 pages of working papers, policy briefs, ewww.ciaonet.org
books, journal articles, and case studies in the field of international
relations. To see the latest in what think tanks are thinking, please click
here: http://www.ciaonet.org/main/wnew.html.
Columbia Granger's World of
Poetry
www.columbiagrangers.org
Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry continues to provide an
authoritative reference for anthologized poetry, over 450,000
citations in all. With the launch of our redesigned resource, we now
provide over 250,000 full text poems, 1,000 poem commentaries,
600 glossary terms, approximately 500 poet biographies, and fulltext of 14 essential Columbia University Press titles of poetry history
and criticism. An extensively rebuilt advanced search engine
envisions searching beyond the usual author, title, words in poem
and subject by also supporting searching by gender, language,
nationality, poem form, schools and movements, era, and nationality.
COUNTRY WATCH
CountryWatch
Premium
Subscription
CountryWatch
Youth Edition
Premium Subscription provides political, economic, cultural, historical, and
demographic information, data and news on the world's 195 countries via the
Country Reviews, Country Wire, CountryWatch Data, Maps, Political
Intelligence Wire, and the Global Guide.
The CountryWatch Youth Edition is a combination of background
information on world's 195 countries providing current events coverage, a
guide to the formation of countries within global context, curriculum-based
resources, and colorful international images.
CQ PRESS
Now in its 80th year, The CQ Researcher is the choice of librarians and
researchers seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues
shaping our world. Used by students and other researchers who need to
complete an assignment, prepare for a debate, or become a quick expert on a
topic, each 12,000-word report is a unique work, investigated and written by a
seasoned journalist. Published 44 times a year, the single-themed CQ
Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social
CQ Researcher issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education,
the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. The CQ Researcher can be
read in its entirety or by section, which includes a background and chronology;
an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements
from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources.
Grade Levels: 9-12. http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher CQ Researcher
Online The CQ Researcher is your complete source for in-depth analysis
reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day.
CQ Global
Researcher
Like the CQ Researcher, CQ Global Researcher presents issues in a digestible,
easy-to-access format featuring numerous maps, charts, and other graphics,
plus popular sections such as "Current Situation," "Pro/Con," and a new
section, "Voices from Abroad." CQ Global Researcher is published monthly,
with each report covering a pressing political, social, environmental, or
regional issue from around the globe.
The A to Z guide to all of the who, what, where, and why of American
Encyclopedia of
Government. Comprehensive reference source for all three U.S. government
American
branches and based on the popular CQ Press print series: A-Z Congress,
Government
Supreme Court, Presidency and Supreme Court.
EasyBib:
EasyBib: School Edition is a tool that helps students intuitively manage citations and
research. It features a bibliography composer, note-taking, outlining and paper writing
platforms. EasyBib helps students avoid plagiarism, assess source credibility, and
synthesize information, allowing educators to effectively teach critical information
literacy skills. Recommended for grades 3-12. Compatible with all browsers.
easybib.com/products/bib4school
EBSCO Publishing
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Art Museum Image Gallery: This easy-to-use database offers non-profit institutions
unparalleled access to thousands of high-quality art images and related multimedia.
Drawing on the collections of distinguished museums around the world and essential
for programs in art history, studio art, and design, the images in Art Museum Image
Gallery offer a wealth of art and information to enrich learning.
Biography Reference Bank: Biography Reference Bank offers the in-depth, original
profiles of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated, and Current Biography, the thorough
periodicals coverage of Biography Index, and the specialist biographical
content of Junior Authors & Illustrators as well as biographical full-text articles, page
images, and abstracts from the complete range of Wilson databases, licensed profiles
from other respected sources, and articles from today’s leading magazines and
journals.
Book Review Digest Plus: Book Review Digest Plus is an essential library tool that
brings together book reviews on a wide range of topics, from a variety of sources.
Unlike reviews on book-sale sites and the open Internet, many of the reviews are
serious, academic works. This invaluable resource for literary and biographical
research is essential for readers’ advisory and collection development.
Children’s Core Collection: Containing over 13,000 titles, this rich resource covers
fiction and nonfiction works, story collections, picture books and magazines
recommended for readers in preschool through sixth grade. Professional
literature for the children's librarian—both periodicals and books—is also covered.
Selected and recommended by specialists in library service to children, listed books
within Children’s Core Collection encompass a wide variety of topics, including a new
abundance of books on technology, social sciences and sciences.
Cinema Image Gallery: Cinema Image Gallery features an unparalleled range of
pictures, posters, video clips, and other material from the world of film and television
from the late 19th century to the present day. It presents the history of moviemaking as
well as up-to-the-minute content from recent releases, and an extensive collection of
television stills.
Current Biography Illustrated: Current Biography Illustrated offers the content of the
printed monthly magazine Current Biography, produced by the H.W. Wilson Company,
in searchable, electronic format. Readers will be able to find accurate, up-to-date
biographies drawing information from newspaper articles, magazine articles, and
books. Students and patrons can search by name, profession, place of origin, gender,
ethnicity, birth/death dates, titles of works and key words for more than 25,000 articles
and obituaries. In addition, profiles maintained in this database feature more than
19,500 images, and offer the subject's own views, attitudes and commentary as well
as the commentaries of other journalists and colleagues.
Education Full Text: Education Full Text was developed to meet the needs of
students, professionals, and policy makers, while still containing much of interest to the
regular reader. It is a complete source of education scholarship. The database
encompasses an international array of English-language periodicals, monographs, and
yearbooks, and offers an international array of English-language periodicals,
monographs, and yearbooks.
Graphic Novels Core Collection: The growing popularity of this literary form makes it
an increasingly important part of your school or public library offerings. Graphic Novels
Core Collection highlights approximately 2,000 recommended titles with descriptive
and evaluative annotations, plus cover art.
Library Literature Full Text: Library Literature & Information Science Full Text
provides a clear focus on library studies and how technology and the development of
the Internet have changed the library experience and research in general, as well as
funding challenges and how libraries meet them, and literacy, numeracy, and special
education issues.
Middle & Jr. HS Core Collection: For libraries serving readers in grades five through
nine, this collection provides indispensable help with collection development and
maintenance, curriculum support, readers' advisory and general reference.
Middle and Junior High Core Collection contains over 9,000 entries for nonfiction
works, fiction and collections for children and adolescents, plus review sources and
other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists. Entries provide
complete bibliographic data, price, subject headings, a descriptive annotation and
evaluative quotations from a review when available.
NonBook Materials Core Collection: Reflecting the changing landscape of library
resources, Nonbook Materials Core Collection covers a range of audiobooks, book
reviews, games, periodicals, sound recordings, video recordings, websites
and other electronic resources for guidance in building and maintaining your library’s
collection in these areas. By streamlining the fragmented world of non-book materials
and making recommended titles easy to find, this essential resource ensures that
patrons have the best possible research and entertainment tools available to them.
OmniFile Full Text Select Edition: OmniFile Full Text, Select Edition is an excellent
choice for libraries that prefer a 100% full text database. This is an affordable and
convenient subset of OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition — offering only the full text
content.
Readers' Guide Full Text Mega Ed.: The index that revolutionized the world of
research, Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature, has been reinvented as a more
powerful, convenient, affordable, and flexible resource than ever. Readers’ Guide
Full Text, Mega Edition is a comprehensive tool for educators, students, or any
researcher seeking comprehensive current events coverage, curriculum support, or
access to quality periodicals.
Readers' Guide Full Text Select Ed.: Reader’s Guide Full Text, Select Edition is the
most popular choice for libraries that want a 100% full text database which can provide
searchable full-text, as well as abstracting and indexing for a broad selection of the
most-wanted popular periodicals. It is the ultimate tool for educators, students, or any
library patron seeking comprehensive current events coverage, curriculum support, or
access to quality periodicals.
Science Full Text Select: Science Full Text Select is an ideal resource for supporting
science curricula in educational settings, such as community colleges, vocational and
technical schools, and high schools, as well as an excellent addition to science
resources in public libraries. Including all the full-text content from Applied Science &
Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, and General Science Full
Text, this is an ideal resource for supporting science curricula in educational settings—
such as community colleges, vocational and technical schools, and high schools—and
an excellent addition to science resources in public libraries.
Senior HS Core Collection: This selective list of books recommended for young
people in grades 9 through 12 is invaluable for
collection development and maintenance, reader's advisory and curriculum support in
the high school library. Senior High Core Collection contains more than 40,500 entries
for fiction and nonfiction works, including listings of review sources and other aids for
librarians and school media specialists. Entries provide complete bibliographic data,
price, subject headings, a descriptive annotation and evaluative quotations from a
review when available
Advanced Placement Source Advanced Placement Source is designed to meet the
extensive needs of high school students enrolled in various AP courses. This database
is designed to support students in multiple areas of study including: The Arts and
music, Biology, Chemistry, Computer science, Economics & statistics, Environmental
science, Government & politics, Human geography, Mathematics, Physics,
Psychology, U.S., European & world history
MasterFile Premier MasterFILE Premier contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals
covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural
issues and much more. This database also contains full text for more than 500
reference books and tens of thousands of primary source documents, as well as
an Image Collection of over 597,000 photos, maps & flags. MasterFILE Premier offers
PDF backfiles (as far back as 1975) for key publications including American Libraries,
Foreign Affairs, History Today, Judaism, Library Journal, National Review, Saturday
Evening Post, etc.
Middle Online Package w/ Book Collection, Nonfiction Consisting of six databases,
the Middle Online Package offers the most complete collection of full-text
reference resources available for middle schools. This full-text package contains
databases designed not only for students, but also for educators. The Middle Online
Package contains the following databases: Middle Search Plus, Health Source:
Consumer Edition, Newspaper Source, ERIC and Professional Development
Collection.
Middle Online Package w/ Novelist k-8 Consisting of six databases, the Middle
Online Package offers the most complete collection of full-text
reference resources available for middle schools. This full-text package contains
databases designed not only for students, but also for educators. The Middle Online
Package contains the following databases: Middle Search Plus, Health Source:
Consumer Edition, Newspaper Source, ERIC and Professional Development
Collection.
Middle Online Package w/ Novelist k-8 Plus Consisting of six databases, the Middle
Online Package offers the most complete collection of full-text
reference resources available for middle schools. This full-text package contains
databases designed not only for students, but also for educators. The Middle Online
Package contains the following databases: Middle Search Plus, Health Source:
Consumer Edition, Newspaper Source, ERIC and Professional Development
Collection.
Primary Online Package w/ Book Collection nonfiction Consisting of four
collections, the Primary Online Package offers the most complete collection of full-text
reference resources available for elementary schools. This full-text package contains
databases designed not only for students, but also for educators. The Primary Online
Package contains the following databases: Primary Search, Newspaper Source, ERIC
and Professional Development Collection.
Primary Online Package w/ Novelist k-8 Consisting of four collections, the Primary
Online Package offers the most complete collection of full-text
reference resources available for elementary schools. This full-text package contains
databases designed not only for students, but also for educators. The Primary Online
Package contains the following databases: Primary Search, Newspaper Source, ERIC
and Professional Development Collection.
Primary Online Package w/ Novelist k-8 Plus Consisting of four collections, the
Primary Online Package offers the most complete collection of full-text
reference resources available for elementary schools. This full-text package contains
databases designed not only for students, but also for educators. The Primary Online
Package contains the following databases: Primary Search, Newspaper Source, ERIC
and Professional Development Collection.
Ultra Online Package Consisting of six databases, the Ultra Online Package offers
the most complete collection of full-text reference resources available for secondary
schools. This full-text package contains databases designed not only for students, but
also for educators. The Ultra Online Package contains the following databases:
MAS Ultra: School Edition, Health Source: Consumer Edition, Newspaper Source,
TOPICsearch, ERIC and Professional Development Collection.
Auto Repair Reference Center (ARRC) The Auto Repair Reference Center (ARRC)
database contains the most comprehensive collection of automobile repair reference
information in the market. ARRC contains information on most major manufacturers of
domestic and imported vehicles. Database content includes more than 37,000 vehicles
covered from 1945 to present, millions of drawings and step-by-step photographs,
approximately 110,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original
equipment vehicle manufacturer, over 180,000 enhanced wiring diagrams for easy
viewing and printing, specifications & maintenance schedules, Labor Time Guide &
Estimator, AutoIQ, Quick Tips (a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance),
diagnostic information, and much more. New repair procedures, TSBs and updates are
continually added to the product. All of the content in Auto Repair Reference Center
has been created by ASE certified technicians.
Biography Reference Center Containing many of the top-ranked biographical
reference collections & magazines, Biography Reference Center offers a
comprehensive collection of more than 460,000 full-text biographies, including the
complete full-text run of Biography Today and Biography, as well as thousands of
narrative biographies that are not available in other databases. Biography-specific
indexing for each name in the product provides users with detailed information such as
date of birth, city of birth, alias, gender, cultural identity, nationality, occupation, awards
and achievements and more.
Book Collection: Nonfiction Book Collection: Nonfiction is a rich research database
for public libraries and school libraries. A cross curricular database, it provides content
representing a wide spectrum of works, including popular series from top book
publishers such as Allosaurus Publishers, Bess Press, Inc., Branden Publishing,
Capstone Press, Compass Point Books, Fulcrum Publishing, Lerner Publishing Group,
Mason Crest Publishers, Morgan Reynolds, Inc., Morning Glory Press, Oliver Press,
Rourke Publishing, LLC and Stackpole Books. It contains informative abstracts and
searchable full text for more than 4,500 popular nonfiction books. The database
includes full text entries on core subject areas, as well as information on careers,
health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills and more.
Career Guidance System This resource offers students, counselors, teachers and
parents a centralized location to work together on career and college guidance. Career
Guidance System offers a quick, user-friendly system over the Internet, suited to many
situations - whether a class of students is drafting career goals, or a student conducts
a college search independently, or a counselor assists students. This comprehensive
system also offers individualized portfolio tools, and reporting features for educators
and administrators, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Career Guidance System
helps to make the career curriculum connection, and guide plans for post-secondary
options.
Career Library Career Library offers a comprehensive information resource for career
and college research. Five user friendly components help users match their interests
to occupations, education prospects, and more. Created for individual researchers and
career/education technology professionals, Career Library is a valuable addition to
libraries and career centers.
Consumer Health Complete Consumer Health Complete is the single most
comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to
support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of healthrelated topics. Consumer Health Complete provides content covering all areas of
health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of
complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full-text database covers topics
such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics,
children's health, men & women's health, etc.
Education Research Complete Education Research Complete is the definitive online
resource for education research. This massive file offers the world's largest and most
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database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of
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education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health
education, and testing. Education Research Complete also covers areas of curriculum
instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The
database provides indexing and abstracts for nearly 2,400 journals, as well as full text
for more than 1,400 journals. This database also includes full text for more than 550
books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference
papers.
English Language Learner (ELL) Reference Center This multi-purpose information
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in everyday life by providing assistance as they conduct research, build their
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General Science Collection General Science Collection provides information on all
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most popular science publications. Subject areas covered include the observation,
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application of science to industrial or commercial objectives. General Science
Collection also includes Great Scientific Achievements of the Twentieth Century from
Salem Press. This collection is a multi-volume encyclopedia that covers 500 scientific
milestones of the twentieth century, ranging from the identification of neuron cells, to
the first blueprint of the human genome. For each event, users will find an in-depth
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impact on modern life.
History Reference Center History Reference Center is the world's most
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American Heritage, American Historical Review, American History, Archaeology,
Aviation History,British Heritage, Chinese America: History & Perspectives, Civil War
Times, Foreign Affairs, German History, History, History Review, History Today (back
to January 1975), History: Reviews of New Books, Kansas History, Journal of
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and more. Further, the database contains nearly 57,000 historical documents; more
than 77,000 biographies of historical figures; thousands of historical photos and maps;
and more than 80 hours of historical video.
Home Improvement Reference Center Home Improvement Reference Center is the
definitive online tool for home improvement assistance, including: maintenance,
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decorating home & garden, etc. This comprehensive resource contains more than 100
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popular home repair projects, a convenient A-Z browsing tool, and full-text magazines.
Literary Reference Center Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive database
that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and
their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. It has been specifically designed
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than 35,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000
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MagillOnLiterature Plus™, and much more.
MagillOnLiterature Plus MagillOnLiterature Plus, produced by Salem Press,
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Newspaper Source Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than
40 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including Christian Science Monitor,
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provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.
Newspaper Source Plus Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 1,000 full-text
newspapers, providing more than 38 million full-text articles. The database contains
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In addition, Newspaper Source Plus features nearly 913,000 television and radio news
transcripts, including: ABC News (American Broadcasting Company), ABC (Australian
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Novelist NoveList is an online readers’ advisory service that helps librarians and
readers find fiction books based on books they have read or topics in which they are
interested. Readers can search for books by title, author or by simply describing a
book they would like to read. Currently, the database includes information on more
than 180,000 fiction titles for all ages with subject and keyword access; more than
36,000 individual subject headings (fiction); 200,000+ full-text reviews and descriptions
from Booklist, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and others.
Searches can be limited by reading level, using Lexile scores to match students with
books geared to their reading ability. NoveList helps libraries provide the best service
possible to fiction readers. NoveList is more than a database; it is a set of resources
and services designed to help libraries create, develop and support the library’s
services to its fiction readers. NoveList gives libraries access to the best subject
indexing available for fiction, bibliographies and lists for the most popular authors, and
a complete training program for library staff in the area of providing quality service for
fiction readers.
Novelist Plus NoveList Plus is an online readers’ advisory service. Currently, the
database contains information on over 260,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles for
all ages, which can be searched using 36,000 subject headings. Users can find books
in a variety of ways including searching by title, author, or plot. NoveList
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Other features include: over 600 book discussion guides, over 1,800 award lists, over
1,000 BookTalks, over 800 recommended reads thematic book lists, and much more.
Novelist K-8 If you are looking for ways to introduce both teachers and students to
new books, and if you want to encourage independent reading and help students think
more about why a particular story appeals to them -- you should look at NoveList® K8. NoveList K-8 contains enhanced subject access for over 70,000 fiction titles aimed
at the K-8 population. Full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and
Booklist are available for many titles. NoveList K-8, a fiction database, is designed with
a bright, appealing layout, designed especially for elementary and middle schools. The
“Working with Kids” section of the Browse panel on the homepage provides a single
location to access all of the curricular materials such as our Grab and Go Book Lists,
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Novelist K-8 Plus NoveList K-8 Plus is a reading resource for kids and the school
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Points of View Reference Center contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints,
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the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and
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and writing position papers. Additionally, this database contains the Video
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some of the most important social, political, and cultural moments of the 20th century.
Points of View Reference Center provides the basis from which students can realize
and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues
and develop analytical thinking skills. Critical Thinking Guides for every topic covered
helps the student judge Fact vs. Opinion and enhances the student's ability to read
and think critically.
Professional Development Collection & ERIC Professional Development Collection
provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for
professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers. This is the
most comprehensive and most valuable collection of full-text education journals in the
world. Professional Development Collection includes full text for more than 520 high
quality education journals including Chronicle of Higher Education, Education,
Education Digest, Education Week, Educational Leadership, Journal of Education,
Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Higher Education, Theory Into
Practice, and many more. This database also contains more than 230 full-text
educational reports. ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides
access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to
information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and
Resources in Education Index. ERIC contains more than 1.4 million records and links
to more than 337,000 full-text documents from ERIC.
Reference Latina Referencia Latina, a comprehensive Spanish-language database,
offers content from a variety of sources including 49,000 encyclopedia entries; more
than 100,000 images; more than 2,500 health reports; a Spanish-English dictionary; an
atlas consisting of 330 Spanish-language maps; and full text for over 100 reference
books and dozens of general interest magazines in a broad array of subject areas. Its
intuitive, theme-based Spanish-language interface is designed to make content readily
accessible to non-English users with limited online research experience. Daily updates
ensure availability of the most current articles from a dozen prominent newspapers
from 10 Latin American countries such as: El Comercio (Perú), El Mercurio (Chile), El
Tiempo (Colombia), El Universal (México), El País (Uruguay), El Nacional
(Venezuela), La Nación (Argentina), La Nación (Costa Rica), etc. In addition,
prominent full-text magazines include Automundo, People en Español, Entrepreneur
México, Contenido, and Impacto Latin News.
Science Reference Center Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research
database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content.
Designed to meet every student's science research needs, Science Reference Center
contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books,
periodicals, and other sources. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth &
space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life
science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and
wildlife. Science Reference Center also satisfies the demand for standards-based
content by providing teachers and librarians with articles correlated to state and
national curriculum standards. Science Reference Center contains: 182 full-text
science periodicals; 725 full-text science reference books; 23 full-text science
encyclopedias; 812 full-text science essays; 3,200+ full-text, full-length biographies; 61
science animations; 18,000+ science images; and 519 science videos.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center (SEERC) Small Engine Repair Reference
Center is the definitive online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs,
commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor
power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snowthrowers, snowmobiles,
tillers and other small engines. This comprehensive resource contains more than 440
full-text reference books with original photos and illustrations that guide the user
through every job. The database often provides repair information on more than 25
years of an engine model; more than 80,000 repairs covered. Also, the database
allows users to search by product type, brand, model/engine type, specific area of
model/engine type, and model numbers.
African American Experience Developed with the guidance of African American
librarians and subject specialists, The African American Experience (AAE) is the
widest ranging and easiest-to-use online database collection on African American
history and culture. The African American experience encompasses the contributions
of myriad individuals from the black community who have achieved success in the arts,
science, business, the military, and in politics as well as nameless others that endured
the travails of slavery and institutionalized discrimination. A collection that taps a
tremendous variety of sources is required to cover a topic of this magnitude, and the
importance to understanding African American history and its relation to greater U.S.
history. Drawing on multiple titles and assembled with the guidance of leading
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to the present day. Additionally, the Analyze section offers key questions aimed at
stimulating critical thinking on such topics as “Was Reconstruction an unfinished
revolution?” and “Should black America be considered a nation within a nation?
American Government American Government connects contemporary issues with
the foundations of government and compares the political and economic systems of
the United States with those of other countries. Users can learn through a wealth of
short biographies, videos, quotes, and primary source documents. American
Government provides authoritative information, while also moving students toward
active, informed, thoughtful citizenship. Aligned with standards and major textbooks,
curricular elements are organized by topic, including the three branches of
government; rights and liberties; and local, state, national, and international systems.
This essential resource supports students and teachers researching the history
and workings of the U.S. government, from George Washington to the current
administration and includes current events coverage that provides trustworthy,
unbiased information.
American History From the earliest explorers of the Americas to today's headlines,
American History investigates the people, events, and themes of our nation's
evolution. This database moves student researchers beyond the simple memorizing of
names and dates toward a deeper understanding of America's fascinating, complex
story-from its earliest origins, westward expansion, social movements, and internal
conflicts to contemporary defining moments. Integrating American politics, science,
culture, philosophy, and economics, this authoritative database explores the ongoing
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interface.
American Indian Experience The American Indian Experience (AIE) is a full-text
digital resource exploring the histories and contemporary cultures of the indigenous
peoples of the United States. Designed, developed, and indexed under the guidance
of Loriene Roy, the first Native American President of the American Library
Association, and a team of American Indian librarians and scholars to meet the needs
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general public, The American Indian Experience offers full-text access to an online
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documents, and thousands of images. From prehistory to the present day, from the
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Native America,” with analysis provided by leading Native American Studies scholars.
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World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras explores history in every corner of the globe.
Overviews and activities are enhanced with thousands of authoritative primary and
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Daily Life through History Daily Life through History is a groundbreaking, dynamic
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topics such as American food and cooking, celebrations, clothes, romance, work,
religion, housing, language, and social customs.
Issues News sound bites and traditional databases often merely scratch the surface of
the most important issues of our time. This database helps students develop an indepth understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy-with
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Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society has been produced with the input of
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This database also provides students the opportunity to truly immerse themselves in
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This rich online resource helps users investigate controversial topics by framing
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scholars’ perspectives and analyses, allowing students to formulate educated opinions
on hotly debated “gray area” subjects.
Latino American Experience This comprehensive, informative, easy to use online
resource marks the first-ever database dedicated to the history and culture of Latinos –
the largest and fastest-growing group in the U.S. The Latino American Experience
features over 200 volumes of unique content, including Spanish language content and
hundreds of primary source documents: maps, images, audio clips, interviews,
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links to Web sites. This is truly a virtual library on Latino culture.
Pop Culture Universe The first electronic reference resource focusing on Popular
Culture to come from a major publisher, Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas
(PCU) is an authoritative, yet fun, research source for all areas of US/World Pop
Culture. Built on hundreds of award-winning titles for all levels of researchers, PCU
provides a safe haven for investigating topics that appeal to students—without the
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State Geography This interactive database offers teachers, librarians, and students
an unbeatable combination of authoritative research sources, standards-aligned
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Which state first gave women the right to vote? Which has only one legislative house?
United States Geography provides information in an engaging, visual format that helps
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demographic comparisons between states regarding over 60 types of statistics,
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has human habitation affected the Southern U.S. environment?” and “What steps
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also access valuable additional content, such as biographies of important political and
cultural icons, contemporary and historic Native Americans, and environmental figures.
World Geography At a time of increasing globalization and ongoing conflict, it is more
important than ever for students to understand the unique characteristics of the world's
nations and people and become informed citizens of the world. World Geography:
Understanding a Changing World develops students' global literacy, focusing on the
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Students can perform advanced searches by region, category, and country and make
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World History From crises in the Middle East to civil strife across Africa to the
vestiges of communism in China, South Korea, and Cuba, we live in a world where
current conflicts have deep historical roots. This database offers a comprehensive
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and addressing different learning styles. World History: The Modern Era covers a
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Revolution; and the last 100 years of conflicts and international cooperation. In
addition, the Analyze section is specifically designed to engage young minds and
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Whether used for research, as a study aid for test preparation, a source for enhancing
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World Religions The diversity of faiths and beliefs in human experience makes the
study of religion uniquely fascinating and valuable. Religion plays an essential role in
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contains thousands of authoritative reference items from leading experts, all
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engaging essays from scholars that present multiple perspectives on enduring
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This comprehensive reference resource provides a virtual textbook that covers religion
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and enabling a deeper understanding of the complex issues facing us in the 21st
century. The advisor for this collection of dynamic, regularly updated content is J.
Gordon Melton, PhD, author of more than 40 scholarly texts and reference books on
the topic of religion, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Institute for Religious
Studies at Baylor University in Texas.
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Spanish Reference Center
Encyclopedia Universalis
Online/French
Unicersalis Jr. Online/French
ages.–Organized by subject matter and searchable…takes you
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Reference Center delivers two products in one—a reference
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schools and libraries to tailor the product to their users' needs,
making it the only online Spanish-language database that
offers age-appropriate content for everyone. Enciclopedia
Moderna, the most comprehensive encyclopedia in the
Spanish language, includes over 50,000 encyclopedia articles
plus images, maps, and tables. Complete with a dictionary,
atlas, and timelines, it's the perfect resource for native
Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and students learning
Spanish. Britannica Escolar Online provides a Spanish
Elementary Encyclopedia with 2,000 articles, images,
Spanish-language videos, and Spanish Learning Materials
specifically designed for younger students. These resources
are designed to help students sharpen their language skills
while they learn new lessons.
Grade Level: 6 to College. URL: http://french.eb.com . The
entire Encyclopædia Universalis is now available online! Its
extensive collection of resources responds to the needs of
schools, libraries, students, and anyone doing research.
Trusted Content from Leading Minds A powerful and
intelligent search engine provides access to all subjects, with
38,000 articles written and signed by more than 6,400
renowned authors, historians, professors, and Nobel Prize
winners. Vivid Graphics and Multimedia 25,000 multimedia
elements engage users and enhance learning. Additional
Research Tools A world atlas with more than 1,400 physical
and political maps, timelines, an integrated dictionary with
120,000 entries, 100,000 bibliographies, original source
documents, and a guide to select Web sites are helpful
resources in the research process.
Grade Level: 1 to 12. URL: http://french.eb.com/junior .
Created in collaboration with education and childhood
experts, Universalis Junior is now available online. Students
will enjoy the intuitive interface that offers access to 2,500
encyclopedia articles. Perfect for homework, projects, and
satisfying natural curiosity, Universalis Junior Online is an
Britannica Global Reference
Database
Annals of American History Online
Merriam Webster's 3rd New
International Dictionary
World Data Analyst Online
easy-to-use and engaging tool that teaches research skills and
makes learning fun. Comprehensive Coverage of School
Subjects Students can explore what they've covered in school
and other topics of interest: historical figures and events,
famous individuals and fictional heroes, cities and countries,
plants and animals, people and cultures, science and
technology, sports, and more. Created for Ages 7 and Up
Universalis Junior Online delivers the information that young
learners need for homework and school projects. Do a key
word search on a specific topic or browse A-Z entries to get
ideas. Articles include links to related entries so that students
can continue to discover and learn.
Grade Level: PK-12. URL: http://global.eb.com . The Global
Reference Center is an extensive collection of Encyclopædia
Britannica’s foreign language content, offering trustworthy
information in Spanish, Japanese, Korean, simplified Chinese,
and French. Users will find comprehensive global content on
subjects such as art, geography, history, politics, science,
sports, technology, and more. Each site also contains
additional local content—including culture, history, and
traditions—specific to each product. Brilliant photos, detailed
maps, and other images accompany the text, engaging readers
and encouraging further learning.
Grade Level: 6 to 12. URL: http://america.eb.com . Explore
the rich and varied history of the United States with
Encyclopædia Britannica's Annals of American History. This
valuable online chronicle provides a year-by-year
documentary of American thought and action. Read the
original words of more than 1,500 authors who made and
analyzed American history through speeches, writings,
memoirs, poems, and interviews.
Grade Level: 6 to 12. URL: http://mwu.eb.com . MWU
Online- Librarians, teachers, and students can trust this
comprehensive database of words and robust search
functionality, which allow users to research language and
study words in a variety of exciting ways. It’s the perfect
resource for anyone interested in expanding his or her
understanding of the English language.
Grade Level: 6 -12. URL: http://world.eb.com . This powerful
database of current and historical statistics on over 200
countries of the world makes historical and cross-national
comparisons easy. Plus, the Analyst Tool allows users to
create tables, charts, and even export information to a
spreadsheet for further data analysis. Users can also link to
country articles from the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.
World Data Analyst is ideal for in-depth research, exploring
new topics for study, or learning more about the world around
us.
Grade Level: Grades 5 and above. Includes Access to
Britannica's Supplemental Databases: -Annals of American
History Online (http://america.eb.com) -Britannica Online
Britannica's Supplemental Database Global Reference Center (http://global.eb.com) -Britannica
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World Data Analyst Online (http://world.eb.com) -Spanish
Reference Center Online (http://spanish.eb.com) -MerriamWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabriged
Online (http://mwu.eb.com)
Grade Level: 4-8. URL: http://snn.eb.com . Britannica’s
Student News Net engages students with timely, relevant
news and current events. Designed for students in grades 4-8,
related learning activities and lesson plans teach students how
to organize facts, make connections, and use information in
Student News Net
problem-solving activities. A Complete Online Solution for
Early-Childhood Learning. –Incorporate current events into
school projects and homework –Top news from around the
world –Archived news adds perspective –“Word of the Day”
builds vocabulary –Science and civics for the classroom
Grade Level: Grades PK and above. URL:
http://benbella.eb.com . Britannica's Ben & Bella uses
language immersion to introduce children to English
pronunciation, vocabulary, and essential phrases. Learning is
fun and engaging, using animations, live action, chants,
songs, and topics familiar to children. By encouraging
children to actively participate with mind, voice, and body,
Discover English with Ben and Bella
this delightful and effective program provides an engaging
and dynamic setting for teaching the fundamentals of English.
Includes a full program with 18 episodes for PreKindergarten
through 1st grade students. –An entertaining Tour Guide
Makes Learning an Adventure –Creative Methods help
improve comprehension –Appropriate for various stages of
learning
Facts on File Inc.
American History Online spans more than 500 years of political, military,
social, and cultural history. Thousands of biographies, subject entries,
American History
timeline entries, primary sources, images and videos, and maps cover the
Online
entire spectrum of the American experience, providing the most
comprehensive range of information in a single source.
African-American African-American History Online covers the entire spectrum of AfricanHistory Online
American history over more than 500 years. The extensively hyperlinked
entries include subject entries, primary sources, images and videos, general
and topic-specific timelines, biographies, maps and charts, and more.
Bloom’s Literary Reference Online is the definitive source for literary
criticism from Harold Bloom, with essays and criticism on thousands of great
writers and their works, an archive of 46,000 characters, plus articles on
Bloom's Literary
Reference Center topics and themes, specific advice on how to write good essays on popularly
assigned authors, a timeline, video segments, and a special feature on
Professor Harold Bloom’s Western Literary Canon.
American Indian History Online offers fast access to more than 15,000 years
of American Indian culture and history, plus browseable indexes of Indian
culture areas and more than 600 tribes. Event and topic entries, biographies,
American-Indian
History Online
images and videos, maps and charts, legends, primary sources, and timeline
entries allow for an interactive, multifaceted look at the indigenous peoples
of the Americas.
American Women’s History Online contains biographies, historical and
topical subject entries, primary sources, maps and charts, images, and videos
American Women's covering more than 500 years of American women’s history. In addition to a
History Online
general timeline, three unique timelines cover the history of reproductive
rights and technology, women in politics, and the American women’s
suffrage movement.
Ancient and Medieval History Online provides thorough coverage of nine
civilizations—ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Greece, ancient
Ancient & Medieval Rome, ancient and medieval Africa, medieval Europe, the Americas, ancient
History Online
and medieval Asia, and Islamic Empire—from prehistory to the 1500s. This
highly acclaimed resource is excellent for in-depth research or comparative
studies across civilizations.
Chelsea House Bio
Database
Coming Spring 2012
Curriculum Resource Center provides an electronic library of easily
reproduced handouts to supplement text and lesson plans used in middle
Curriculum
school, high school, and junior college classrooms. This comprehensive
Resource Center
collection features thousands of fact sheets, timelines, images, maps, fullcolor diagrams, experiments, math activities, and much more!
Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center provides detailed profiles of nearly 3,400
jobs and 94 industries; invaluable advice on career skills; more than 55,000
Ferguson's Career
resource entries; sample résumés and cover letters; a school search feature
Guidance
with exclusive information from Peterson’s Nelnet, LLC; a career interest
assessment tool; and much more!
Health Reference Center contains thousands of hyperlinked entries organized
into five major categories—body systems, diseases and disorders, drug abuse
Health Ref. Center
and addiction, mental health and developmental disorders, and nutrition and
wellness—plus important health content focusing on teens, women, men,
children, and seniors.
Modern World History Online covers the full scope of world history from the
mid-15th century to the present. Thousands of fully hyperlinked subject
Modern World
entries, biographies, images and videos, maps and charts, primary sources,
History Online
and timeline entries combine to provide a detailed and comparative view of
the people, places, events, and ideas that have defined modern world history.
Science Online contains extensive information on the full spectrum of
scientific disciplines in a variety of useful formats, including printable
Science Online
diagrams, illustrations, images, videos, and flash animations. The content is
organized by subject area and type of resource, and is available with and
without experiments and state and national education standards.
U.S. Government Online provides an in-depth look at the structure, function,
and history of the U.S. government—providing students with the tools they
need to understand how the government works, who the key players are, and
US Gov't Online
what its role is in the everyday lives of citizens. The easy-to-navigate
interface allows users to find relevant essays; primary source documents;
images and videos; tables, charts, and maps; and news articles.
World Almanac Online expands on the “most useful reference book” The
World Almanac and provides students and researchers access to authoritative,
World Almanac
essential statistics on hundreds of topics in a searchable online format.
Perfect for any school or library. Great quick reference source.
The World Almanac® for Kids Online expands on the contents of The World
Almanac® for Kids print edition, along with other award-winning reference
books from The World Almanac® and Facts On File. This engaging resource
World Almanac for
contains kid-friendly content, resources for reports and research, and a
Kids
dynamic home page with daily features. A natural complement to the
curriculum, this entertaining online site helps kids develop online research
skills with a trusted source.
World Geography and Culture Online enhances the study of countries, U.S.
states, places, peoples, and geography concepts and skills, providing both
World Geo. &
Culture
facts at a glance and in-depth coverage through country and U.S. state
entries, maps, flags, images, statistics, news articles, a gazetteer, compare and
rank tools, and much more.
World Religions Online features focused and thorough coverage of religions
and spiritual traditions from around the world. Ideal for religious studies and
World Religions
social studies classrooms, this user-friendly online resource features an easyOnline
to-navigate interface, gateway pages that focus on the world’s major
religions, timelines, fact files, media galleries, and much more.
Writer’s Reference Center provides users with a convenient one-stop location
for all of the tools necessary to write and research effectively, from the
Writers Reference mechanics of writing and grammar to style and research. Writing references
Center
are pulled from Facts On File’s extensive reference catalog, and more than
150 essays covering grammar, style, research, and more allow users to learn
new concepts and find answers quickly.
Issues &
Controversies in
American History
History comes to life, not as a mere recitation of names and dates, but as a
series of turning points where the future hung in the balance and opinions
raged on all sides. This educational database builds a deeper understanding of
how historical events have shaped the United States.
Today’s Science bridges the gap between the science taught in the classroom
and real-world discoveries. In addition to accurate, engaging, and timely
Today's Science
articles written especially for students, this news service database includes a
science fair guide, interviews with current scientists, suggestions for research
topics, and much more.
World News Digest brings seven decades of news from the renowned Facts
On File World News Digest in print together with the most recent coverage
World News Digest
and thousands of additional resources. Researchers can follow a story ahead
in time and back in time, and obtain the background information they need to
understand its significance.
GROLIER (Scholastic)
BookFlix - BookFlix is an engaging online literacy resource that pairs classic fictional
video storybooks from Weston Woods with related non-fiction ebooks from Scholastic.
BookFlix was created for students that are pre-kindergarten through grade 3. BookFlix
consists of the following: • 100 fiction/non-fiction pairs build background knowledge and
introduce content-area information. • Spanish language versions of 30 pairs offer first
language support. • Read-along option for both fiction and non-fiction develops listening
and reading comprehension. • Interactive educational games informally assess learning. •
Narrated definitions and text build vocabulary and support early readers. • Author
biographies introduce children to favorite writers. • Safe, age-appropriate Web links
extend learning on high-interest topics. • Educator resources, including lesson plans and
correlations, support teachers, librarians, and parents. Each BookFlix pair matches classic
fictional video storybooks with top-quality high-interest non-fiction ebooks to reinforce
early reading skills and develop essential real-world knowledge and understanding. With
the power of multimedia, BookFlix offers a thoroughly engaging reading and learning
environment.
TrueFlix™: TrueFlix™ is more than just e-books. TrueFlix consists of the following: •
47 e-books/flipbooks • 47 videos • 375+ articles from Grolier Online • 350+ vetted
weblinks • Primary Source documents, works of fiction, poems, maps/charts, etc. for each
title • 47 lesson plans • 47 project ideas • 47 “Show What You Know” quizzes (10
multiple choice questions per title) • 47 word match games • 2 open ended questions per
title for the teacher to use to encourage classroom discussion • Read-Aloud technology •
Curriculum correlations for each title TrueFlix™ has been described by some of our
customers as “e-books on steroids”. It is the only online resource that leverages the award
winning True Books content to help students hone literacy skills, build knowledge of
subject-area content, and cultivate 21st Century skills through the inquiry process.
TrueFlix™ will be updated every year with at least 12 additional True Books and the
related scaffolding. In the next school year (2011 – 2012), we will be adding 24
additional TrueFlix™.
Amazing Animals of the World Online• Amazing Animals of the World is like a
virtual trip to the zoo with engaging and interactive information on over 1,200 animals.
This resource is perfect for the younger students in grades 1 to 4.
America the Beautiful Online• America the Beautiful is a unique fact-filled, interestdriven research tool for learning more on the United States, noted Americans and U.S.
history. America the Beautiful is an excellent resource for students in grade 4 and
above.
La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre Online• La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre is the
comprehensive research tool for Spanish speakers and beginning/intermediate students
of Spanish.
Lands and Peoples Online• Lands and Peoples provides the most up-to-date
information on countries, cultures and current events for students in grade 6 and above.
Encyclopedia Americana Online• The Encyclopedia Americana is our largest general
reference resource. The Encyclopedia Americana serves the needs of high schools
students through adult.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia• The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia offers
quick access to reference articles and media resources for a visually rich research
experience. The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is written for upper middle school
through high school students.
New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia Online• The New Book of Knowledge is our
general reference resource for students in grades 3 through 8. The New Book of
Knowledge is an easy to use resource that helps students gain access to a wide range of
topics.
The New Book of Popular Science Online• The New Book of Popular Science
provides the latest in-depth science, health, and technology research and news for
students in grade 6 and above.
Learning A-Z
Reading A-Z is famous with teachers for its vast library of printable and projectable readers at
27 levels of difficulty. But the leveled readers are just the beginning! There are also books in
many genres and formats, fluency passages for timed reading, customizable worksheets,
poetry, reader’s theater scripts, Spanish resources, and many more classroom resources and
tools.
Raz-Kids.com delivers hundreds of interactive, leveled books spanning 27 levels of difficulty,
covering a wide range of subjects. In addition to engaging kids at their reading level and in
their area of interest, this award-winning student-centric site gives kids 24/7 Web access to the
practice they need to become better, more confident readers. At the same time, teachers can
customize assignments, view reports, and track student progress every step of the way.
Reading-Tutors.com can be used by anyone doing one-on-one reading instruction with
children in need of extra help — or it can provide the groundwork to launch or expand a
comprehensive tutoring program. With 400+ pre-made tutoring packets, Reading-Tutors.com
is perfect for after-school, summer, and all other tutoring situations, including for parents to
use at home.
Vocabulary A-Z.com contains 11,500+ words placed in content-area, functional and resourcecorrelated categories. Teachers can choose from pre-made lists or customize their own. Just as
a rich vocabulary works to fuel reading gains and overall literacy, VocabularyA-Z.com
integrates seamlessly with ReadingA-Z.com and Raz-Kids.com to help every student, in every
classroom.
WritingA-Z.com gives you everything you need to teach writing in your classroom. Access is
instant and includes hundreds of leveled, downloadable writing resources, including core
lessons and mini-lessons that allow you to target specific writing skills. Plus, you’ll get tools to
teach process writing on four developmental levels within the genres of expository, narrative,
persuasive, procedural, and transactional writing.
ScienceA-Z.com offers a wide range of leveled, downloadable materials and printable
worksheets, activities and lesson plans for four key categories of science — Life, Earth,
Physical, and Process science. Blending literacy with dynamic science content, ScienceAZ.com is designed to ensure every student can learn key science concepts and improve their
reading skills.
LexisNexis:
LexisNexis Scholastic is an online service designed for students in the grades 9-12.
This resource provides access to over 10,000 news, business, legal, and legislative
titles. Access is provided through IP authentication. Remote access is also available.
http://academic.lexisnexis.com/online-services/subscriberresources/scholastic/scholastic-overview.aspx
Mango Languages:
Mango is a self-paced language learning program teaching practical conversation and
cultural awareness for the world’s most popular languages. Mango Languages offers 34
foreign languages and 15 English as a Second Language (ESL) courses online.
MAPS 101
www.maps101.com -- computer with internet connectivity
required. Cross-curricular K-12 online (web-based) resource. Unlimited access at
school & home. Images can be projected, used on white active boards, computers,
copied into documents & PowerPoint, and material is pre-formatted for printing.
Supports physical & cultural Geography, US/World History, Earth Science, ELA &
Spanish Language Arts, Civics/Gov't with over 7,000 political, physical historical, &
interactive maps, weekly full-text articles & assessment questions, National Geographic
(NG) videos, archived maps from NG yellow border magazine, Lessons & Activities,
educational games and quizzes, World & U.S Reference Atlases.
MARSHALL CAVENDISH
This wide-ranging reference resource offers valuable research
Animal and Plant Anatomy
opportunities on the anatomy and classification of aquatic species as
well as detailed information about aquatic habitats.
This wide-ranging reference resource offers valuable research
Aquatic World
opportunities on the anatomy and classification of aquatic species as
well as detailed information about aquatic habitats.
Richly illustrated, this vibrant resource looks at the diversity,
populations, ecosystems, behavior, reproduction, heredity, and
Birds of the World
anatomy of birds across the globe.
A comprehensive, abundantly illustrated resource that explores more
Dinosaurs
than 200 dinosaurs, from little-known species like the Megalosaurus
to the more popular Velociraptor and Tyrannosaurus.
This resource provides essential information about chemistry,
Earth and Physical Sciences
physics, and earth and space science for student researchers.
A detailed resource that discusses the origin, discovery, special
The Elements
characteristics, and importance of the 117 known elements, from
aluminum to zirconium.
A student-friendly introduction to earth and space science, this wideExploring Earth and Space
ranging resource features information on the fields of astronomy,
Science
physics, geography, geology, and more.
From oxygen to cloning, no topic relevant to life science in the
Exploring Life Science
twenty-first century is omitted in this readily accessible and highly
visual resource.
Enhanced by high-quality photographs and lively drawings, this
Exploring Mammals
absorbing resource introduces the behaviors and life cycles of more
than 90 mammals.
A one-stop, easily accessible resource on the history of innovation
Exploring Technology
and invention as well as important breakthroughs in technology.
Growing up with Science
Habitats of the World
Insects and spiders of the
world
How it works
No branch of the middle school science curriculum goes unexamined
in this favorite resource for young researchers.
An accessible and richly illustrated resource that offers an
inspirational account of the world's land, freshwater, marine, and
human habitats.
A fascinating journey of discovery—both around the globe and
around the backyard—into the world of insects, spiders, and
arthropods.
This reference source offers students and general readers
International Wildlife
Inventors and inventions
Life sciences
Reptiles and amphibians
Technology & applied
sciences
Wildlife and plants of the
world
Diseases and Disorders
Drugs and Society
Facts about Drugs
Family Health
authoritative, comprehensive coverage of science and technology
and strives to explain to the reader how things really do work.
This reference source focuses on the physical features and lifestyles
of species from every branch of the animal family, with special
attention given throughout to taxonomic relations.
A wide-ranging exploration of inventions and their creators,
providing a vividly illustrated account of important innovations from
air conditioners to MRI scanners, from bicycles to frozen foods.
Cutting-edge coverage of life science topics, including agriculture,
anatomy, biochemistry, biology, genetics, medicine, and molecular
biology.
Incorporating the latest research, this resource covers a range of
representative reptile and amphibian species in depth and makes
cutting-edge science accessible to students and the general reader.
This comprehensive yet concise reference resource focuses on
technology and applied sciences in support of the science classroom
curriculum.
This engaging resource incorporates coverage of common, everyday
plant and animal species with lesser-known exotic species from
around the world, making this a must-have introduction to the study
of life science.
More than 250 infectious diseases, mental disorders, and
noninfectious diseases and disorders are detailed in this informative
and accessible resource. Plus 50 overview articles on general health
care issues.
Developed and written by experts devoted to drug research and
treatment, this uniquely comprehensive resource examines a wide
range of issues concerning addiction, treatment, and the societal
impact of drug abuse.
Here young adults can find the basic facts and gritty details of drugs
and drug use.
For quick access to key information on all aspects of family health
care, this highly regarded resource is unmatched.
A comprehensive and engaging resource designed to help young
people make healthful and safe personal choices about all aspects of
food and nutrition.
Health Encyclopedia
An essential resource for young people looking to make the right
decisions about their health and lifestyle.
This wide-ranging resource on sex in today's society provides more
Sex and Society
than 250 articles on relationships, parenting, social and cultural
issues, health, and making smart personal choices.
America in the 20th Century An abundantly illustrated resource that charts the decade-by-decade
progress of the United States through the volatile twentieth century.
Food and Nutrition
An absorbing resource that examines world history from the
emergence of the earliest humans about two million years ago
through the end of the Middle Ages.
This resource provides valuable details about the key individuals and
Civil War
battles of the American Civil War, as well as information about the
social, economic, technical, and political background of the conflict.
This valuable resource charts the birth of a nation from the first
arrival of Europeans on the shores of North America, to the fight for
Colonial America
independence in the Revolutionary War, and on to the creation and
ratification of the U.S. Constitution to be used in governing the new
nation.
This reference work profiles the many explorers who have broken
Explorers and Exploration new paths and offers historical, geographical, and motivational
perspectives on their accomplishments.
An essential social studies resource that details the emergence and
Exploring American
growth of the young American nation.
History: 1550-1877
This reference resource covering the period from approximately
Exploring Ancient Civ.
6500 BCE to 500 CE brings to life a fascinating range of ancient
civilizations for readers of all ages.
A thousand years of history—from 500 to 1500—are covered in this
social studies resource which encompasses the fall of the Western
Exploring the Middle Ages
Roman Empire, the rise of Islam, the flowering of Mayan
civilization, as well as the period in Western Europe referred to as
the Middle Ages.
A unique, far-reaching resource that explores prehistoric and
Gods, Goddesses and
Mythology
classical gods and goddesses as well as contemporary myths found
in literature and popular culture.
A wide-ranging presentation of the conflict proclaimed by some to
History of WWI
be "the war to end all wars," including the events leading up to the
conflict, the course of war, and its social and economic aftermath.
A comprehensive account of the Second World War, the seminal
History of WWII
event of the twentieth century, featuring numerous archival
photographs and detailed maps.
A critical resource that provides a rich and balanced view of all
Muslim World
aspects of the Islamic religion and its varied manifestations through
time and around the world.
Travel back in time for a detailed look at the people, history, and
Old West
customs of the American West, while also looking at the lore of the
West represented in modern popular culture.
There are certain social policy topics so complicated that they are
Open for Debate
always subject to debate. This resource explores the past, present,
and future of many of these issues to shed light on the pros and cons
of each.
Peoples of Africa
A comprehensive resource on the peoples of Africa, including their
ancestors, their foods, family life, festivals, music, dance, crafts, and
Ancient & Medieval World
sports.
A comprehensive resource on the peoples of Europe, including their
Peoples of Europe
ancestors, their foods, family life, festivals, music, dance, crafts, and
sports.
A comprehensive resource on the peoples of North and South
Peoples of the Americans
America, including their ancestors, their foods, family life, festivals,
music, dance, crafts, and sports.
A comprehensive resource on the peoples of Eastern Asia, including
Peoples of Eastern Asia
their ancestors, their foods, family life, festivals, music, dance,
crafts, and sports.
A comprehensive resource on the peoples of Western Asia,
Peoples of Western Asia
including their ancestors, their foods, family life, festivals, music,
dance, crafts, and sports.
A sweeping, highly visual, and detailed look at the people, events,
Renaissance and reformation scientific advances, and religious, literary, artistic, and architectural
achievements of these critical periods in European and world
history, from 1300 to 1700.
Supreme court milestones
An absorbing resource that discusses some of the most momentous
cases in the history of the United States Supreme Court.
The geography, government, history, economy, and culture of 51
Europe
countries and territories on the European continent are fully covered
in this comprehensive resource.
Middle East, W. Asia and N.
Africa
The Americas
Sub-Saharan Africa,
Australasia and Pacific
Great American writers
Great World writers
Popular Contemporary
writers
Economic Literacy and
A comprehensive resource covering the geography, government,
history, economy, culture, and daily life of 22 countries and five
territories in eastern and southern Asia.
An all-encompassing resource that gives full coverage of the
geography, government, history, economy, culture, and daily life of
39 countries and territories, plus 18 smaller islands of the Caribbean
region.
The geography, government, history, economy, and culture of more
than 70 countries, dependencies, and states of Sub-Saharan Africa
and the nations of the vast Indian and Pacific ocean regions are
examined.
A user-friendly resource that introduces readers to the lives and
works of nearly one hundred of the most talented North American
writers of the present and the past.
The lives and works of nearly one hundred of the most influential
international writers of the modern era, whose origins range from
Britain to South Africa, from Japan to Poland, and dozens of nations
in between.
The lives and works of nearly one hundred of the world's most-read
popular writers of the present and recent past are presented in this
engaging resource.
This comprehensive guide allows users to understand economic
personal finance
matters—both personal and global—and to prepare for the financial
realities of today and tomorrow.
NEWSBANK
America’s Historical Newspapers 1690 and 1922
– Student Edition provides cover-to-cover facsimiles from hundreds of U.S. newspapers,
including titles from all 50 present states, covering virtually every aspect of American history
and culture between 1690 and 1922. Students can easily find news regarding the
Revolutionary War, westward expansion, the Civil War, Reconstruction, industrialization, the
Progressive Era, World War I and other time periods.
America's Historical Newspapers 1600-1922
America's Historical Newspapers 20th Century America's
Historical Newspapers 20th Century
– Student Edition offers facsimiles from U.S. newspapers published between 1900 and 2000.
Features a timeline-based interface created for the research needs of students.
Access World News – Student Edition provides web-based access to the
full text, complete electronic edition of over 450 major national and international newspapers,
news wires, transcripts and magazines. Access World News – Student Edition is updated
daily to keep students informed of current issues and events and includes deep archives that
provide background information on important topics, enabling students to trace an issue or
event over a period of time.
Access World News
Popular Periodicals (1992-current) Popular Periodicals is a collection of popular and
widely-read magazines. The collection covers topics relevant to all areas of the curriculum
including world news, people, health, culture, education, science, sports and more.
KidsPage KidsPage provides students and teachers with web-based access to articles from
relevant, age-specific publications covering key issues, events and topics relevant to all
subject areas, many of which include photographs, graphs and images. Features a colorful,
easy to use interface for early learners.
NY plus National News Collection New
York plus National News Collection includes the
complete electronic editions of more than 1,300 U.S. news sources and news video clips.
These sources include major national and newspapers, as well as local and regional titles.
ScienceSource Collection (1987-Current)
Science Source Collection was designed to support today’s science curriculums, offering
access to thousands of article digests on life, earth, physical, medical; health and applied
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the past. But without context, these sources can confuse as often as illuminate. SIRS®
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both the content and students' experiences with the material. SIRS Decades features
approximately 5,000 hand-selected primary and secondary source articles highlighting key
events, movements, people, and places in 20th-century America
Rand McNally
Rand McNally Classroom is an award-winning teacher- and student-friendly easy-to-use
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materials
that
bring
geography
and
social
studies
alive!
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Recorded Books
One Click Digital: One Click Audio is an eAudiobook service from Recorded Books,
LLC. Listening while following along with the printed text is an excellent way to
increase a student’s language proficiency. Research has shown marked improvement in
reading, writing, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, comprehension, and motivation.
The titles provided in the core collection are simultaneous access (no holds, available
24/7). The complete core collection has 863 titles available (350 of those are iPod
compatible). Recorded Books adds at least 5 titles per month to the core subscription at
no additional cost. Titles include popular fiction, non-fiction and classic titles. The
service is web based and will work with all major browsers with JavaScript enabled. The
user will need an MP3 device to transfer the eAudiobook onto after download. Media
Center software is also available (at no charge) that can be installed on the users
computer and accessed via the desktop. This product is available in K-12, K-8 and 9-12
packages.
ePrep: ePrep is an online video-based test preparation course for PSAT, SAT, SSAT
(upper level), SSAT (lower level), ACT and PLAN tests. ePrep courses feature expert
video instruction, available anytime and anywhere, day or night, at home or on the road.
All ePrep videos can be paused, rewound, and reviewed again and again as needed. ePrep
analytics monitors student progress throughout the course and recommends subjectmatter and strategy lessons for review. ePrep is a web based application and does not
require any special software to be loaded. The site does have videos and some interactive
quizzing that will require Adobe Flash 10. The user will also need to download and print
PDFs.
Signing Savvy - ASL Database: Signing Savvy is a sign language dictionary containing
several thousand high-resolution videos of American Sign Language (ASL) signs,
fingerspelled words, and other common signs used within the United States and Canada.
An ideal resource for your patrons to use while learning sign language. It includes the
ability to view large sign videos, build custom word lists and share them with others,
create virtual flash cards and quizzes, print signs, build sign phrases, and much more!
Transparent Language Online: Transparent Language Online is an online, web-based
language learning program. For Students, Transparent adapts to individual needs,
targeting and improving vocabulary. Experts agree that a large vocabulary is the key to
language acquisition. For Teachers, Transparent Online Language supports your
curriculum. Create your own flash card lists and share them with colleagues. Easily give
assignments, monitor completion, and track student activity. For Schools, Transparent
delivers the tools and reports that teachers and administrators need. It is scalable to
support multiple students, classrooms, and schools for an entire district. Deployment is
easy. Transparent Online Languages requires no software installation or on-site
maintenance. Chapter Vocabulary from Popular Textbooks: Realidades, ¡Exprésate!,
Ecce Romani, Allez Viens, Komm Mit!, Ven Conmigo and many more. Transparent
Online Languages for education is a web based application and does not require any
special software to be installed. The user’s browser must be up to date with Adobe Flash
10. If a teacher chooses to create their own flash cards, software is required and is
provided at no additional charge. The software is compatible with Windows XP SP2,
Vista or Higher and Mac OS X 10.4.11 or higher.
ROSEN
Teen Health and Wellness Grade Level: 6-12+ Curriculum Area: Health and Phys Ed
URL: teenhealthandwellness.com System Requirements: supported by the following
browsers?operating system combinations: IE5.5/Windows, IE6/Windows, Netscape
7/Windows, Mozilla 1/Windows, Firefox 1/Windows, Opera 7/Windows,
IE5.5/Macintosh, Netscale 7/Macintosh, and Safari 1/Macintosh. Pages will display on
Lynx. Award-winning, critically acclaimed online resource—Teen Health & Wellness
provides students with nonjudgmental, straightforward information and support on topics
including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, green
living, financial literacy, and more. NEW & expanded resource • Instant translation to
over 50 languages, including Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Haitian Creole •
Site optimized for SMARTP HONES for access anywhere, anytime • videos throughout
including student-created PSAs, add a new level of interactivity • calculators give
personalized tips and information on Body Mass Index, Blood Alcohol Content, Budgets,
and more • Over 50 new articles on topics like the teen brain, concussions, hate crimes,
foster care, being GLBT, and more • Expanded photos, illustrations, and charts •
Customizable hotlines for local community resources • Social bookmarking and RSS
Feeds allows users to share article links with friends and family educators and librarians
are saying... It is extremely accessible and the information provided is “hip,” up-to-date,
and grounded in science and medicine. ... I really think that, by including student voices
in the database, the purely fact-driven database model recedes and a more interactive,
end-user interface is created. —Charles O’Bryan, School Library System, Director,
DCMO BOCES, NY I can wholeheartedly endorse Teen Health & Wellness. The
counselors love that they have a site where they can send teenagers to privately look up
sensitive information and get answers to questions that they are too embarrassed/shy to
ask about! —Liz Philippi, Library Systems Administrator, Spring Branch Independent
School District, TX My seniors—all 600 of them—are using Teen Health & Wellness as
a main resource for their culminating Senior Health Project. —Sophie Brookover,
Eastern Regional Senior High School (NJ) New and expanded, this award-winning
database is available 24/7 to your community. From bullying to green living to financial
literacy, today’s teens face challenges that affect their lives. For trusted information—
from library or home—students and educators can count on Teen Health & Wellness.
PowerKids Life Science
PowerKids Life Science: Grade level: 3-6 Curriculum Area: Science URL:
pklifescience.com System Requirements: The following browsers are compatible with
PowerKids Life Science: Internet Explorer 7 and higher; Safari 4 and higher; Firefox 3
and higher; Chrome 8 and higher. Pages will display in Linux. For computers Flash 8 and
higher is required for text to speech. PowerKids Life Science is an online science
resource specifically designed for learners in grades 3 to 6. Comprised of curriculumcorrelated content, PowerKids Life Science promotes digital literacy and 21st-century
learning skills while offering research, report, and homework help. Learners will enjoy...
• Appealing, friendly interface • Over 400 articles for elementary and middle school
students • Text-to-speech • Videos that extend learning • Interactive games to reinforce
skills and content • Hands-on science projects, experiments, and activities Educators will
appreciate... • Correlations to national, state, and provincial science curriculum •
Resource sections with Web sites and recommended reading lists • Promotes green living
and learning • Inspires and extends independent scientific inquiry • Lesson plans,
assessment and enrichment activities, and promotional materials “Fantastic…userfriendly and easy to navigate…This database is exactly what elementary teachers have
been waiting for.” —Tamzen Kulyk, Teacher-Librarian, Saskatoon Public School
Division, Saskatchewan “Extremely kid-friendly! This database would be very useful for
our special-ed classes, as well as for our students who are not reading at grade level. Our
science teachers appreciate the simple and uncluttered look and structure.” —Rosemary
Rich, Library Media Specialist, University Middle School, NJ “POWERKIDS LIFE
SCIENCE IS A WINNER!... an excellent foray into the elementary database world.” —
Connie Williams, Teacher Librarian, Petaluma School District, CA “This Website will be
a hit with both students and teachers...provides a UNIQUE RESOURCE TO YOUNGER
STUDENTS— one that will encourage a love of science at an early age.” —American
Reference Books Annual “BRILLIANT. The “Think Like a Scientist” boxes ask
excellent questions.” —Deb Logan, Librarian/Media Specialist, Mt. Gilead MS/HS, OH
“A WONDERFUL PRODUCT that will be a really useful addition to any school or
public library’s digital collection! PowerKids Life Science will benefit its target audience
in grades 3 to 6, as well as serve as a valuable research tool for older students with
reading difficulties.” —Joanne de Groot, Department of Elementary Education, TeacherLibrarianship by Distance Learning, University of Alberta “Kid-friendly in both look and
function ...a well-crafted resource that will enhance student research.” —School Library
Journal
PowerKids Earth and Space Science PowerKids Earth and Space Science: Grade
Level: 3-6 Curriculum Area: Science URL: http://www.rosenpublishing.com/earthspace
(please note that the url will be changed in January 2012 when PowerKids Earth and
Space Science goes live) System Requirements: The following browsers are compatible
with PowerKids Earth and Space Science: Internet Explorer 7 and higher; Safari 4 and
higher; Firefox 3 and higher; Chrome 8 and higher. Pages will display in Linux.
PowerKids Earth & Space Science Online Resource : • Develops digital literacy and 21stcentury learning skills • Directly supports elementary earth and space science curriculum
for grades 3–6 • Inspires and extends independent scientific inquiry • Offers research,
report, and homework help Learners can investigate… • Earth Cycles • Ecosystems and
Biomes • Landforms • Maps • Matter and Energy • Natural Disasters • Rocks and
Minerals • Space • Water • Weather and Climate Learners will enjoy… • Appealing,
friendly interface • Articles expressly created for an elementary and middle school
audience • Games to reinforce skills and content • Hands-on Science Projects,
Experiments, and Activities • Videos that enhance and extend learning Educators will
appreciate… • Correlation to national, state, and provincial science curriculum • Lesson
plans, assessment, extension and enrichment activities • Resources to support and
reinforce classroom instruction • Text-to-speech feature Standards-Based Content
Research & Report-Writing Tools Test Preparation Science Fair Projects
TeachingBooks.net
TeachingBooks.net: URL: http://teachingbooks.net/home ACCESS: Enter work email
address and/or the password: NYSLSA (one word, case-insensitive) DESCRIPTION:
TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that inspires reading and a deeper interest in
children’s and young adult books by providing and creating ready-to-use instructional
materials that directly support the integration of multimedia materials into reading and
library activities. Teachers, librarians, students, and families use TeachingBooks in
grades K-12, all curricular areas, to: • View original author interview movies filmed in
authors’ homes and studios. • Glean insights from authors via audio and written
interviews. • Jump into books with professional book readings. • Reveal new layers of
literature with thousands of activity and discussion guides. • Discover Reader’s Theater
scripts. • Learn author name pronunciations. • Access author websites. • Develop
technology literacy skills.
TumbleBooks
TumbleBookLibray is an online collection of animated, talking, picture books for
students in grades K-6. Stories include fiction, non-fiction, fairy tales, contemporary
fiction, Spanish and French language books. Educational resources such as lesson plans,
quizzes, book report outlines and games are included free of charge.
World and I
WorldandISchool.com FOR HIGH SCHOOLS & MIDDLE SCHOOLS
WorldandISchool.com is a cross-curriculum resource providing 26 years of reading and
visuals for Social Studies, Language Arts, Science and The Arts, supported by
customized special collections, monthly magazine updates, teacher lesson plans and
multimedia presentations. Our pages, created specifically for middle and high school
teachers and students, include: -Social Studies: Collections include China: Over the Great
Wall, A Window to India, Shedding Light on Islam, American Indian Heritage, The Civil
War, The U.S. Constitution, Special Reports and Select Essays on World Affairs, and
more. -Language Arts: Collections include Biographies, Writers and Writing, NFL Policy
Debate material, Worldwide Folktales, Book Reviews, and more. -Science: Collections
include Environment in Flux, World of Nature, Scientists Past and Present, The Brain,
Outer Space, Science and Spirituality, and more. -The Arts: Collections include Music,
Art, Dance, Architecture, Theater, Cyber Exhibits (online photos and descriptions from
current galleries around the world), and more. -ESL Program: Weekly program with
advanced and simplified articles about current events in America, and vocabulary, all
with voice. Also includes idioms, phrasal verbs and Outstanding ESL Americans. Spanish Program: Weekly program with advanced and simplified articles from Spanish
news sources and vocabulary, all with voice. Also include idioms, phrasal verbs, The
Basics section for beginners, and a Spanish culture area. -Teacher’s Corner: Over 2,500
lesson plans and thousands of crossword puzzles linked with our articles. -Global Culture
Studies: Demographic information, flags, maps, and cultural articles for over 200
countries, including Native Greetings, Worldwide English Language Newspapers, and
links to our World Gallery. World Gallery offers multimedia presentations about
fascinating world locations and thousands of cultural images you can print and use in
your classrooms. Works with Destiny’s One Search and Serials Solutions 360.
WorldandIKids.com
FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS The NEW WorldandIKids.com (coming in early
2012!) is an innovative, cross-curriculum resource providing quality information and
inspiration for young students. This ever-expanding site includes: -Country Galleries:
Demographic information for over 200 countries, including cultural images with helpful
captions, country flags, native greetings, special food introductions, and more. -History
Makers: Short biographies of important figures in American and world history, complete
with image galleries, vocabulary, quotations, and an interactive quiz. -Most Respected:
Learn about the most respected figures from cultures around the world through images,
short descriptions, vocabulary, and quizzes. -Inspire!: Daily inspirational quotations,
complete with vocabulary words, speaker information, and guidance notes that help
students connect the quotations to their daily lives. -Did You Know?: Daily fascinating
facts in five categories: Amazing Places, Strange Science, Incredible Individuals,
Awesome Art, and Wacky Words. -What If?: Hypothetical situations to stimulate
classroom discussion: For example, What if you found $10 on the street walking home
from school? Includes complete scenarios, potential choices kids might make, and a
guidance note explaining to kids why some choices are better than others. -Kids’ Cyber
Exhibits: Images from quality art exhibits all around the world, complete with captions to
help students engage with the material and spark their own creativity. Look forward to
more unique features as the site expands!
WORLD BOOK ONLINE
A: Power Pack
B: AD Package
C: Advanced
Reference Suite
D: Children's
Edition
E: School &
Library Edition
F: Activity Corner
(add-on)
G: Early World of
Learning (add-on)
H: Dramatic
Learning (add-on)
I: Gran
Everything: Advanced Reference Suite + Discover + EWOL + all 3 Digital
Libraries + Dramatic Learning + Activity Corner + Hispanica + Decouverte
(read-aloud capability and language (30) translations in all articles)
Advanced Reference Suite + Discover. The Discover site aids differentiated
instruction and provides easy-to-read articles with an engaging ‘Q & A’
video library. The AD package offers read-aloud capability and language
(30) translations in all articles. (EWOL may be added on to this package)
WB Advanced + School & Library Edition: everything the S & L Edition
offers, plus access to a vast collection of primary source documents, ebooks, and literary criticism integrated within the Student search engine.
WB Student + WB Kids + Discover + EEH + Early World of Learning:
provides read-aloud capability and language translations throughout. The
Discover site aids differentiated instruction with easy-to-read articles and an
engaging ‘Q & A’ video library. Recommended for elementary and
intermediate schools.
WB Student + WB Kids + EEH: World Book’s online encyclopedia
includes a biography center, citation builder, timelines, curriculum
correlations, an electronic briefcase to save research media and articles. WB
Kids provides easier vocabulary for younger readers.
Thousands of projects and activities with easy-to follow steps and a list of
materials. Searchable by keyword or category such as grade, theme, cost,
time needed, and type of activity.
The Early World of Learning is a new online resource for preschoolers and
children in early elementary, with three interactive learning environments:
Trek’s Travels offers narrated stories, interactive games, and videos.
Welcome to Reading provides leveled reading that incorporates Lexile
levels and helps strengthen phonics, vocabulary, phonemic awareness and
comprehension skills. Know It is a visual interactive encyclopedia.
(included in the Children’s Edition)
Theatre for the Classroom’ resource with original scripts, skits, and
adaptations of the classics.
Gran Enciclopedia Hispánica is the online edition of the world’s largest and
Enciclopedia
most respected Spanish-language encyclopedia.
Hispanica (add-on)
J: Encyclopedie
Decouverte (add- L’Encyclopédie Découverte is the French translation of WB Kids.
on)
World Book Digital Libraries includes Early Peoples, Living Green and
K: Digital Libraries
Inventions and Discoveries. Each library is the e-book format of the original
(add-on)
print set with videos, animations, and read-aloud capability.
A new science classroom resource for upper elementary and middle school.
Science Power is curriculum based with100 read-aloud lessons with dual
Lexile levels. Each lesson includes trackable tests with extension activities,
L: Science Power
inquiry projects, experiments, critical thinking challenges, vocabulary
for classroom
quizzes, and links to World Book Online articles. Teachers may search
lessons by state curriculum standards or view current textbook standards
which are then are linked to lessons.
A new social studies classroom resource for upper elementary and middle
school. Social Studies Power is curriculum based with 100 read-aloud
M: Social Studies lessons with dual Lexile levels. Each lesson includes trackable tests with
Power for
geography and civics tools, extension activities, inquiry projects, critical
classroom
thinking challenges, vocabulary quizzes, and links to World Book Online
articles. Teachers may search lessons by state curriculum standards or view
current textbook standards which are then are linked to lessons.