RESOURCE ACCESS TOOLS CATALOG 2007-08
ABC-CLIO
All products from ABC-CLIO offer the following Tools and Resources:
• Educator Section provides an easy to update area for teachers to post syllabus, homework and special
resource information.
• Student Section delivers project resource and guided searches that can be printed, saved and exported.
• Online Cybrarian provides reference information and search guidance
• Special reference eBook Collection
• Annotated bibliographies and accurate citations
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
A comprehensive curriculum-based reference and research tool on the workings and history of
the U.S. Government.
Special features:
• 10,000+ entries encompassing critical essays, biographies, court cases, primary documents, maps, photos
and video
• Daily UPI News Stories
• Political commentary from Robert Novak and Susan Estrich and Political cartoons from Paul Conrad
• 50+ interactive topic explorations for understanding key concepts
• Biographies, photos, inaugural and State of the Union Address from all Presidents and Vice Presidents
AMERICAN HISTORY
This resource combines relevant primary and secondary sources, and an analysis of current
events. Includes lessons that integrate politics, science, the arts, philosophy, and economics and
explores the ongoing development of the United States - its precolonial origins, westward
expansion, social movements, internal conflicts, and modern-day defining moments.
Special features:
• Access to 10+ e-books
• Day in History
• 10,000+ entries encompassing critical essays, biographies, court cases, primary documents, maps, photos,
and video
• Biographies, photos, inaugural and State of the Union addresses from all Presidents and Vice Presidents
• Weekly feature stories on key historical events
ISSUES
This resource helps patrons develop a true understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by
controversy—by offering authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully
selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring issues of the day. Offers a
graphical, straightforward interface that highlights up-to-date facts and figures, then leads
researchers through understanding the complexities of both national and worldwide issues by
modeling ways to think about them beyond simplistic pro/con debates.
Special features:
 Provides comprehensive coverage of 150 of the most studied controversial issues, with more added
every year
 Delivers 4,000 diverse entries providing scholarly research from experts on each of the issues
 Includes primary source documents such as President Lyndon Johnson's Voting Rights speech to
transcripts of court cases (e.g. Gitlow v. New York, 1925) to animation of the Indonesian tsunami of
2004
 With more than 3,000 images and hundreds of audio/visual files, this depth of multimedia content
makes Issues a valuable addition to any social science collection
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The explore section helps students develop critical thinking skills by offering analysis of current issues
by historians and scholars, presenting multiple viewpoints, supporting primary source material, and
questions for further discussion
STATE GEOGRAPHY
Presents the history, people, events and places of the 50 States.
Special features:
• 50 state overviews that include state history, political, cultural, and environmental data
• Biographies of all current governors and senators, plus cultural, historical and political figures
• Images of state flags, symbols, and landmarks
• Primary source documents including the constitution and most current State-of-the-State governors’
speeches
• Top news stories that are updated daily
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Covers 200+ countries, features history, government, politics, law, economy, environment and
culture as well as in-depth statistics on population, climate and economics. Comparative country
data charts can be customized online.
Special features:
• Regular news updates
• Biographies and photos of current world leaders
• In-depth statistical data on population, climate, economics, online data analysis and comparison tools by
country
• Interactive maps and activities for analyzing and interpreting geographic information
• Cartographic essays to help interpret maps and understand world events
UNITED STATES AT WAR
This new online resource provides access to authoritative reference content, pertinent primary
sources, and a wealth of historical insight and analysis on the important themes and consequences
of all major U.S.-involved wars, from the founding of the country to the present.
Special features:
 Provides a holistic approach to the study of each conflict, giving researchers the timeline of events, as well as
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causes and consequences, detailed portraits of opponents, and links to supporting facts and figures, primary
sources, and audiovisual content
Users can browse the database by specific war or thematic topic or search the entire site to find relevant essays,
news items, analysis, biographies, timelines, primary source documents, photographs, illustrations, maps, audio
and video recordings, statistics, bibliographies, glossary terms, and more
Updated regularly by historians, ensuring the database remains up-to-date on current conflicts in which the United
States becomes involved
WORLD HISTORY: MODERN ERA
Aligned with secondary schools curriculum and covering historic events that shaped today’s
society from 1500s to present. Students can participate in forums led by a history undergraduate,
develop analytical thinking skills, and self-administer tests to assess their own learning.
Special features:
• Customizable site to correlate with local standards, textbooks, and topics of study
• Modules on key learning concepts leading students to dynamic learning threads, activities, self-testing,
and discussion
• Materials can be correlated to support national and state standards to produce achievement-oriented
results
• Biographies, maps, primary source documents, statistics, audio clips, events and timelines
• Topical Features and This Day in History: daily interactive Day in History and current topical feature
stories
• Rich, Authoritative, Relevant Reference: thousands of curriculum-relevant entries
WORLD HISTORY: ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL ERAS
This database covers human history in all corners of the globe—from prehistoric times to the
beginnings of the Renaissance—with an unmatched collection of online reference entries,
primary sources, interactive lessons, study tools, and librarian and teacher support features
Features:
• Primary source documents, including the Code of Hammurabi, the Edict of Milan, and Egyptian Hymns
to the Sun.
• Profiles of city-states, countries, and regions of the ancient world such as Ur, Canaan, the Roman Empire,
Sparta, and Carthage.
• Interactive timelines for all chronological eras covered on the site, designed to help students compare
developments in different regions across time such as Egyptian and Mayan pyramid building.
• 1,000+ biographies of important figures such as Alexander the Great, Confucius, William the Conqueror,
and Plato.
• Overviews and activities enhanced with thousands of authoritative primary and secondary sources.
Highlights:
• Worldwide perspective—websites range beyond Western civilization to explore ancient Africa, the
Muslim world, and the Orient.
• Content follows social studies standards and was developed in accordance with commonly used world
history textbooks.
• Regularly updated feature stories draw connections between the history being made today (the Middle
East peace process, the quest for a unified Iraq) and its ancient and medieval origins.
Accessible Archives
NEW YORK COUNTY HISTORIES
 New York Part I (Southeast) contains over 10,000 pages of text and images from the
following counties; Suffolk, Westchester, Queens, Kings, Richmond, Rockland, Putnam,
Orange, Sullivan and all five Manhattan Boroughs.
 New York Part II (Central) contains over 10,000 pages of text and images from the
following counties; Columbia, Greene, Delaware, Albany, Schoharie, Otsego, Madison,
Chenango, Broome, Cortlandt, Tioga, Tompkins, Chemung, Dutchess and Ulster
BRAINPOP
Leading producer of standards-based animated educational movies for grades K-8. BrainPOP has
won multiple education and media awards including; The Flash Film Festival, District
Administration Curriculum Award, Forbes Best of the Web. A dynamic online learning tool that
may be shared among teachers, classrooms, computer labs and buildings. Contains a library
of animated content to supplement traditional teaching methods. Students get a unique, interactive
learning experience that is rewarding and enriching. BrainPOP delivers vital curriculum in an
engaging format, while promoting computer literacy.
Features:
• Covers core curriculum subjects in: Science, English, Math, Social Studies, Technology, Health.
• New movies are added each week, throughout the school year!
• Teacher’s section contains lesson plans, standards correlation, and ideas for using BrainPOP in the
classroom.
• Hundreds of animated movies developed according to national standards for K-8.
• Movies are accompanied by a 10-question interactive quiz, experiment, comic strip timeline and printable
activity.
• 15% of U.S. school districts subscribe to BrainPOP and integrate it into their daily curriculum.
BRITANNICA ONLINE SCHOOL EDITION
Designed for all levels of learning, Britannica Online School Edition gives instant access to three
complete encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate
language. This unique database offers high-quality online learning materials that are developed
by teachers and curriculum experts.
Features:
• Three encyclopedias: Encyclopedia Britannica, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, and Britannica
Elementary Encyclopedia
• 98,000+ articles and multimedia and over 26,000 images and video clips.
• World Atlas plus detailed maps of 200+ countries, all U.S. states, and all Canadian provinces.
• Spotlight features with study guides on topics such as Black History, Dinosaurs, and Shakespeare.
• Journals and Magazines that locate the up-to-date information about classroom concepts and current
events topics.
• Learning Materials that incorporate 65+ interactive guides to language arts, math, and science into the
classroom. Core concept reviews, activities, images, and Web links are included.
• Resources for Teachers help incorporate the encyclopedia and the Internet into the curriculum.
• Internet Guide offers teachers and students easy access to the best sites available on the web based on
their educational value and includes an emphasis on curriculum-based content.
• Merriam-Webster's Student Dictionary and Student Thesaurus
CAREER CRUISING
With exceptional assessment tools, detailed occupation profiles, and comprehensive postsecondary education information, students move seamlessly through the career exploration and
planning process. At the same time, you have access to the real-time information and statistics
you need to track your students' progress and achievement.
CLDC
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE
The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) presently contains more than
1,400,000 catalog records in MARC format that have children's headings assigned. These records
come with all of the official cataloging data, subject terms, and annotations. In addition, the
database contains more than 290,000 critical reviews of thousands of children's books, ranging
from the earliest baby board books to novels and nonfiction for young adults. An average of more
than 2,000 new reviews are added to the database monthly.
COLUMBIA PRESS
EARTHSCAPE
An integrated, interdisciplinary resource that connects the Earth and environmental sciences with
their social, political, and economic dimensions. Although it primarily serves undergraduates, it
also functions as an online reference for graduate students, investigators, and professionals, as
well as a core text and enrichment for high schools and continuing education.
GAZETTEER
The Gazetteer answers practically all your geographic queries with its focused search methods
that retrieve details quickly and easily and is "recommended for...libraries seeking comprehensive
and reliable online geographic information of an international scope," by Library Journal.
GRANGER’S POETRY
Granger's® has been the definitive source in English for locating a poem in anthologies on library
shelves. Beginning in 1990, Columbia expanded the Granger's® line to include a series of related
print and electronic titles. These now include annotated anthologies of poems in the Granger’s
database that are most frequently anthologized.
• The Classic Hundred Poems (1990; 2d edition, 1998; William Harmon, editor).
• The Columbia Granger's® Guide to Poetry Anthologies (1991; 2d edition, 1994 William Katz, Linda
Sternberg Katz, and Esther Crain, editors).
• The Top 500 Poems (1992; William Harmon, editor).
• The Columbia Granger's® Dictionary of Poetry Quotations (1992; Edith Hazen, editor). Dictionary of 4,000
quotations by author
• The Columbia Granger's® Index to Poetry in Collected and Selected Works (1996; Nicholas Frankovich,
editor). An index to poems in the other main type of poetry book found on library shelves
• The Columbia Granger's® Index to African-American Poetry (1999; Nicholas Frankovich and David
Larzelere, editors). An index to 65 volumes of the best poetry by African Americans
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ONLINE
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the most comprehensive source for theory and
research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that
includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs,
foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy
briefs. CIAO is also widely-recognized source for teaching materials including original case
studies written by leading international affairs experts, course packs of background readings for
history and political science classes, and special features like the analysis of a bin Laden
recruitment tape with video.
COUNTRY WATCH
A source of socio-demographic, cultural, historical, economical, political, environmental and
investment information, along with news, analysis, maps, data and statistics on all of the world’s
192 countries and many non-sovereign nations.
CQ PRESS
CONGRESS COLLECTION
CQ Congress Collection is a dynamic research and reference tool allowing historical analysis of
members of Congress, their legislative voting behavior, interest groups, and their interactions in
crafting public policy. The database integrates encyclopedic entries, legislative policy histories,
chronologies, statistics, biographies, maps, demographic and electoral data, and roll call votes in a
well-designed and easy-to-use site.
Features:
 "Map It" provides a visual representation of how state delegations vote on "CQ Key Votes." Selecting
any state will link to the roll call vote of the state delegation.
 "Map of Congress" visually displays the political party trends of the composition of the House and
Senate.
 "Current Committees" lists congressional committees and subcommittees, their members, committee
jurisdiction, and contact information.
 "Congressional Encyclopedia" explains over 250 topics and more than 900 terms are defined in the
"Congressional Dictionary."
 All the CQEL features like "Your Profile," "Favorite Documents," e-mail option, basic and advanced
searching, CiteNow!™, remote access, usage statistics, and much more.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Previously known as Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government this completely updated
reference resource provides answers to the full range of questions that students, government
professionals, interested citizens, and other researchers have about the institutions of U.S.
government. Based on the new editions of the CQ Press American Government A to Z series, CQ
Encyclopedia of American Government (EAG) offers thousands of concise, up-to-date
explanations of the who, how, and why of American democracy.
Features:
 Now with CiteNow!, Your Profile and other tools common to other CQEL modules.
 "Have Your Heard?," trivia on the US government to lure the user into the resource.
 Downloadable images for use in reports and presentations.
 Annotated links to authoritative web resources.
 "Q&A," key questions with concise answers and links to related questions.
HISTORIC DOCUMENTS
For 30+ years, CQ Press has published a collection of documents covering each year's most
significant historical events. Now, CQ Press is offering these documents online. Published in
print from 1972-2004, Historic Documents includes presidential speeches, international
agreements, Supreme Court decisions, government reports, scientific findings and cultural
reports. A new edition is released yearly and covers events of the previous calendar year. For
example, Historic Documents of 2004, the most recent edition, includes the war in Iraq, the
Census Bureau report on the Hispanic population. NASA materials on the loss of the Space
Shuttle Columbia, World Health Organization papers on other environmental issue
Features:
• Each document includes an introductory essay providing the context in which the document was released.
• Contains 2,500+ documents and more than 30,000 pages
• Roughly 100 documents are added each year and are arranged chronologically
POLITICAL HANDBOOK OF THE WORLD
Now available in an online edition, PHW provides comprehensive country-by-country profiles in
a convenient, user-friendly database for political information about every country in the world.
Enhancing the rich content of PHW, this online edition offers uniquely customized browses that
allow users to search for country profiles by name, region, political system, regime type, and
other key characteristics.
POLITICS IN AMERICA
Reliable, readable, insightful, and objective, CQ Press's Politics in America has been called "the
ultimate insider's guide to politics" and is an essential resource for any collection that serves
readers who want authoritative information on the members of the new 109th Congress. The
profiles of the 535 members plus the delegates offer concise and candid analysis of personalities,
political styles, legislative agendas, political ambitions, and reputations of members at home and
on Capitol Hill. Detailed State and district information plus a wealth of information on campaign
finance, partisan caucuses, standing committees, and other member data round out the book.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
CQ Public Affairs Collection features in-depth coverage of vital public policy issues, statistical
and historical analyses, and full-text historical documents and primary source materials.
Organized by 22 key public affairs topics - from Advocacy and Public Service to U.S. Congress
and Politics - in a fully integrated reference source, the collection provides invaluable context for
today's critical debates.
Features:
 A "Chronology" beginning with the 20th century provides meaningful perspective and ready access to
related documents.
 "CiteNow!" generates bibliographic entries in your choice of four leading styles with one click.
 "Hot Topics" lists relevant documents on the most hotly debated current issues.
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"Your Profile" lets users create their own profiles. Mark and save up to 25 "Favorite Documents" and
searches for convenient recall. Track results in "Document History," a compilation of the last fifteen
documents visited.
"Document Outline" helps users identify the specific part of a record they need to see.
An "Image Gallery" of photos and portraits, organized by topic.
RESEARCHER
The choice of librarians and researchers seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis
on issues shaping our world. Used by students and 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
report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on
topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S.
economy. Can be read in its entirety or by section, 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. New reports become available online the
day before they are published in print and the online backfile extends to 1991.
Features:
• CiteNow!, which provides a citation in APA, Bluebook, Chicago, or MLA style.
• Directions on how to "Find a Topic" and "How to Cite," to aid students writing research reports.
• "Your Profile" tools such as "Favorite Documents" and "Saved Searches."
• "In the News," up-to-date information on issues covered in recent reports.
• Redesigned report window, providing improved navigation within report sections.
• Option to browse reports by date or topic or to download a PDF of the complete CQ Researcher index
SUPREME COURT COLLECTION
CQ Supreme Court Collection offers a unique contextual framework and analysis of the Supreme
Court and its decisions unavailable in any other Web-based reference. CQ Supreme Court
Collection blends historical perspective with timely updates and expert commentary, providing
patrons with bold scope and depth of content and supports courses in political science, American
history, and law, including Advanced Placement courses in American Government and Politics. It
is also an ideal resource for law schools and public libraries.
Features:
 Cross-links to related records help users find other results relevant to their topic, streamlining the
research.
 "CQ Cases-in-Context" is organized by hotly debated or in-the-news public policy topics.
 "Dynamics and Alignments" is a powerful and unique tool to research justice opinions and vote
alignments among justices.
 "CiteNow!" feature in the document navigation bar automatically generates a citation style. The
Supreme Court Collection defaults to Harvard Bluebook, but the user can select APA, Chicago and
MLA which is useful in encouraging proper citation usage.
 "Supreme Court Encyclopedia," includes more than 225 entries, historical figures and legal terms, to
provide users with immediate answers.
SUPREME COURT YEARBOOK
The Supreme Court Yearbook provides valuable in-depth coverage of every decision of the
nation’s highest court since 1989. The sixteen years of this annual reference are now accessible in
a powerful, fully searchable online edition that lets users explore expert coverage swiftly and
comprehensively.
Features:
 Year-end overviews of Supreme Court terms from 1989–2005
 Case summaries of every opinion written during each court term
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Essays on the most significant cases from each year and the trends in each term
Useful tables and figures on voting patterns of justices and trends in constitutional law
Easy-to-use search and browse functions that make navigation fast and simple
Save, print, and e-mail capabilities along with CiteNow!™, CQ Press’s exclusive citation tool
VITAL STATISTICS ON AMERICAN POLITICS
Vital Statistics on American Politics 2007–2008 Online Edition is a powerful tool for researching
statistical data on politics on the United States. It offers users a wealth of data on elections and
political parties, public opinion and voting, the media, the military, social and economic, policy,
and much more. This new online resource features advanced data-export and download
capabilities using Microsoft Excel® and other comma-separated variable formats that allow for
easier statistical analysis.
VOTING AND ELECTIONS
This database puts the power of a specially created elections database and the context of
objective, informed analyses directly in the hands of students, scholars, researchers, and
interested citizens. The collection is organized into six categories: Presidential Elections,
Congressional Elections, Gubernatorial Elections, Campaigns and Elections, Political Parties, and
Voters and Demographics. The collection is unique in integrating historical and modern data,
analyses of elections and voting behavior, explanations of electoral process and reforms, census
and district demographics, key events and issues, and much more.
Features:
 "Encyclopedia" explains more than 200 terms and concepts.
 "Calendar" and "Chronology" cover future and past election-related activities.
 "Definitions and Sources" cover definitions, sources, and provenance of the data.
 "Web Links" provides links to related election and voter information sites.
 Optional "Export/Download" feature allows users to employ data from the Collection in their own
research
WASHINGTON INFORMATION DIRECTORY
The fully searchable and browsable online edition of Washington Information Directory (WID)
directs your search more efficiently and effectively than any other resource. WID does the hard
work of drilling down to the exact information you need so you can get on with your informationgathering task. Each of WID’s over 10,000 listings provides complete contact information
including name, phone and fax numbers, Web sites, and street and mailing addresses.
WEEKLY
CQ Weekly reports on the world’s most powerful legislative body completely and accurately
every week. The CQ news team—by far the largest on Capitol Hill, with more than 100 reporters,
editors, and researchers—covers virtually every act of Congress, delivering nonpartisan news and
analysis unavailable anywhere else.
Features:
 Receive e-mail alerts on specific, customized topics
 Navigate using standard CQ Press functionality that gives options to save, print, e-mail, or instantly
cite articles and Web pages
 Explore enhanced topic categories with refined search and browse tools
EBSCO
MAS ONLINE PLUS PACKAGE
Includes MAS Online, ERIC and Professional Development Collection.
MASTERFILE PREMIER
Includes MAS Premier, Newspaper Source, ERIC, Professional Development Collection and
Health Source: Consumer Edition.
MIDDLE SEARCH ONLINE PACKAGE & NOVELIST K-8
Includes Middle Search Online, Novelist K-8, Newspaper Source, ERIC and the Professional
Development Collection.
PRIMARY SEARCH ONLINE PACKAGE & NOVELIST K-8
Includes Primary Search Online, Novelist K-8, Newspaper Source, ERIC and the Professional
Development Collection.
ULTRA ONLINE
Includes MAS Ultra, Newspaper Source, ERIC, Professional Development Collection and Health
Source: Consumer Edition.
ULTRA ONLINE PACKAGE W/ MAGILLONLITERATURE PLUS
Includes MAS Ultra, MagillOnLiterature Plus, Newspaper Source, ERIC, Professional
Development Collection and
Health Source: Consumer Edition.
MAS ONLINE
• 300+ full text titles
• 13 full text reference books
• 400+ health and science-related full text pamphlets
• 5,000+ full text Magill Book Reviews
• CIA World Factbook
• Essential Documents of American History
• Image Collection w/107,135 photos, maps and flags
MASTERFILE PREMIER
• 2,000+ full text titles
• 350+ full text reference books
• 884,000+ biographies
• 90,000+ primary source documents
• Image Collection w/100,000+ photos, maps and flags
MIDDLE SEARCH ONLINE
• 150+ full text titles
• Reading level indicators (Lexiles)
• 70,000+ biographies
• 60,000+ primary source documents
• Encyclopedia of Animals, Funk & Wagnall's New World
Encyclopedia &Essential Documents of American History
• Our States reference book series
• Image Collection w/100,000+ photos, maps and flags
PRIMARY SEARCH ONLINE
• 60+ full text, popular elementary magazines
• Includes reading level indicators (Lexiles)
• Full text available for over 100 student pamphlets
• Encyclopedia of Animals, Funk & Wagnall's New
Encyclopedia, American Heritage Children's Dictionary
• Image Collection w/107,135 photos, maps and flags
ULTRA ONLINE
• 600+ full text titles, 300 unique to Ultra Online
• 82,000+ biographies & 90,000+ primary source documents
• 150 Macmillian reference books
• Essential Documents of American History
• 90,000+ photos, maps etc.
• Expanded full text backfiles
NEWSPAPER SOURCE
• Selected full text for 25 national and international newspapers
• Selected full text for 200+ regional newspapers (Boston
Globe, Chicago Tribune, NY Daily News etc.)
• Full text television & radio news transcripts from CBS News,
FOX News NPR, etc.
ERIC – EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE INFORMATION CENTER
• Abstracts from 1,000+ educational journals and related
documents
• Educational symposium report literature dating back to 1967
• Full text for 2,200 ERIC Digest records, along w/ references.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COLLECTION
Information ranging from children's health and development to
cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice. Includes:
• Abstract and index coverage for 718 (484 peer-reviewed)
well known professional development titles
• Full text for 550+ journals covering current topics in the
field of education
HEALTH SOURCE: CONSUMER EDITION
• 200+ full text consumer health periodicals
• 135 health reference books
• 1,100+ health related pamphlet
• 4,500+ Clinical Reference Systems reports
• Stedman's Medical Dictionary
NOVELIST K-8
• Subject access to 38,000+ fiction titles & full-text book reviews
• Standards Based Thematic Units
• BookTalk scripts & Pre-Contructed Bibliographies
• Enhanced series search
• Popularity sorting feature
• Phonetic search help
HISTORY REFERENCE CENTER
Features cover-to-cover full text for more than 50 leading history periodicals including America’s
Civil War, American Heritage, Civil War Times Illustrated, German History, History Today,
Naval History, World War II and more. Selected history articles from thousands of full text
magazines, journals and newspapers such as Smithsonian, U.S. News & World Report, Maclean’s
and Christian Science Monitor. Features nearly 350 full text reference books and encyclopedias
from many leading general history publishers. Additionally, the database contains 54,000
historical documents; 56,000 biographies of historical figures; and d)ore than 100,000 historical
photos and maps.
MAGILLONLITERATURE PLUS
Premier literary database, combining MagillOnLiterature and MagillOnAuthors. Comprised of
approximately 30,000 records, 1,000+ images, and a glossary of 1,310 literary terms. Contains
editorially reviewed critical analyses, brief plot summaries, and extended character profiles
covering works by 8,500+ long and short fiction writers, poets, dramatists, essayists, and
philosophers. Also contains 6,500+ biographical essays on 3,500+ different authors, including upto-date lists of each author's principal works. In addition, 376 Genre-driven overview essays
provide details about important literary genres, time periods, and national literatures.
Database includes:
Masterplots (12 volumes), Masterplots II (61 volumes), Cyclopedia of World Authors (5 volumes),
Cyclopedia of Literary Characters (5
volumes), Magill's Literary Annual 1990-2002 (26 volumes), Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and
Fantasy Literature (4 volumes) and
Magill Book Reviews, which are all included in MagillOnLiterature. In addition, this database also includes
Critical Surveys (53 volumes),
Magill’s Choice: Notable Poets (3 volumes), Magill’s Choice: Shakespeare (1 volume), Magill’s Choice:
100 Masters of Mystery and
Detective Fiction (2 volumes) and World Philosophers and Their Works (3 volumes), which are all
included in MagillOnAuthors.
NOVELIST – J.H. OR H.S.
Contains information on 100,000+ fiction titles that will be of interest to your students and
faculty. 36,000+ subject headings and a wide-range of search strategies to locate titles that can be
used in any classroom for any subject. The product’s 90,000+ full-text reviews (from sources like
Booklist and School Library Journal) are also searchable. Use the product’s ‘Find a Favorite
Title’ feature (with Children’s level checked) to see what NoveList knows about a title like Red
Dirt Jessie. You can then use the product’s ‘Find Similar Books’ feature to locate other titles that
deal with the topic of the Depression 1929-1941.
Features:
• 1,200+ pre-constructed booklists on a wide range of topics and genres
• Actual scripts of booktalks delivered by such well-known young adult librarians as Bonnie Kunzel
• 45+ lesson plans that can be used to integrate NoveList into your classroom
• Book discussion guides
• NoveList Notes - Monthly email, takes a typical question or teaching need, discusses how to use NoveList
to address the issues.
• NoveList News – Quarterly printed newsletter sent to each subscribing site. The newsletter provides
information on recent enhancements, new features and covers trends in readings and literatures of interest
to the school community.
NOVELIST K-8
Enhanced subject access for 38,000+ fiction titles aimed at the K-8 population. Full-text reviews
from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles. Product also
provides booktalks for selected young adult and children’s titles. NoveList K-8 has all of the
searching features contained in NoveList and allows users to search by author, title, series, theme
or topic. Users can find more books like the ones Brian Jacques writes or locate fantasy titles with
teenage girls as heroes. This readability measure facilitates locating reading material that is
geared to a user’s reading ability thereby ensuring reading experiences that challenge but do not
frustrate emerging readers. Users can now view the books that comprise a series in the order in
which they appear in the series. In addition, through the use of NoveList K-8’s new popularity
sorting feature, librarians now have an easy way of guiding their students to the most widely read
books in any genre or topic, even if they are not familiar with all of the books that are relevant to
each reader’s area of interest. NoveList K-8 now offers phonetic search help that will prompt the
user with the correct spelling of an author’s name if the user enters an incorrect version.
Features:
• Hundreds of genre and theme-based booklists
• Lists of award winning titles
• Lexile measures for many titles
ADD: Vocational and career collection, auto repair ref center, home improvement ref center, small engine
repair ref center, DIY package, book collection (nf) More?
FACTS ON FILE INC.
Facts on File offers interactive interdisciplinary Reference Databases on a wide range of subjects,
such as American history, science, multicultural studies, women’s studies, geography, and
careers.
ENCYCLOPEDIC ONLINE DATABASES
Include timelines, biographies, encyclopedic articles, maps, charts, picture galleries and
documents specific to each subject collection. Hypertext links enhance navigation through the
files. The following titles are available as separate databases:
• African American History and Culture • American Indian History and Culture
• American Women's History • Ancient History • Health and Living Online
• Personal & Business Forms Online • World Atlas Online
AMERICAN HISTORY ONLINE
Ideal source for research on U.S. history. With Facts On File’s 11-volume Encyclopedia of
American History as its cornerstone and the exceptional Landmark Documents in American
History database—updated through 2003—included, it spans more than 500 years of political,
military, social, and cultural history, thousands of biographies, subject entries, chronology entries,
primary source documents, maps, and images cover the entire spectrum of the American
experience.
CAREER GUIDANCE CENTER
Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center provides comprehensive, up-to-date profiles of more than
2,000 of today’s most popular jobs in more than 90 industries. Hundreds of new in-depth job
descriptions complete with current job-specific resource listings, including print and electronic
sources as well as contact information, facts, figures, and useful insights, have been added along
with plentiful detailed career industry descriptions. This exceptional resource is organized by
industry, covering careers and career resources, as well as career preparation information,
including scholarships, academic programs, non-academic programs, web resources for finding a
job/career, and an employability skills checklist.
CURRICULUM RESOURCE CENTER (CRC)
Curriculum Resource Center is an electronic library of printable teacher-handout material for the
middle, high school, and junior college curriculum. This unique resource combines Facts On
File’s curriculum-oriented On File™ print reference materials with powerful search capabilities
and an attractive, user-friendly interface. Its expansive collection of reproducible handouts, many
of which are PDF files, is conveniently arranged by subject (e.g., history, government, religion,
geography, science, math, health and fitness) and can be saved, e-mailed, printed, or distributed
for educational purposes.
CRC JR.
Curriculum Resource Center: Junior Edition's expansive collection of reproducible handouts,
many of which are PDF files, is conveniently arranged by type of resource (e.g., maps, timelines,
science diagrams) and can be saved, e-mailed, printed, or distributed for educational purposes.
HEALTH REFERENCE CENTER
Facts On File's Health Reference Center is a comprehensive encyclopedic database containing
thousands of hyperlinked entries organized into four major categories: conditions and diseases,
mental health, health and wellness, and body systems. It provides clear information on the causes,
cures, key research, medical terms, symptoms, treatments and trends, and organizations in each
field of study. Each content area is searchable by keyword and has a browsable A-to-Z index. A
list of links also allows the user to easily find more focused topics within each of the content
areas.
LITERARY REFERENCE ONLINE
Facts On File’s literature database has been thoroughly revised and expanded to include the
writings of renowned literary critic Harold Bloom. In addition to Facts On File’s extensive print
literature collection, the database now includes hundreds of Bloom's essays, which examine the
lives and works of great writers throughout history and the world. Unlike many resources, this
database also contains an archive of more than 38,000 characters, as well as extensive entries on
literary topics, themes, movements, and genres. Other features new to Bloom’s Literary Reference
Online include the addition of new Facts On File titles, redesigned browse and keyword search
options, a timeline of world literature, and a special feature on Harold Bloom’s Western Literary
Canon.
Features:
 Authors: biographies of thousands of authors from around the world, browsable by nationality, type of
writing, or time periods ranging from ancient to modern
 Works: overviews, synopses, analyses, and literary criticism on thousands of works—from poetry to
plays—browsable by genre and time period or alphabetically
 Topics and Themes: in-depth articles on literary movements, literary groups, magazines and
newspapers, and historical events that help place literature in context, as well as definitions of literary
terms
 Timeline: entries on births, deaths, publications, and events in world literature from the ancient era to
modern day
 Characters: information on more than 38,000 major and minor literary characters, including where
they first appeared, what part they played in the plot, and how they are related to other literary
characters
 Harold Bloom's Western Canon: Professor Bloom's selections of the major works of Western
literature through the modern era.
MODERN WORLD HISTORY
The newly redesigned Modern World History Online, formerly called World History Online,
covers the full scope of world history from the mid-15th century to the present. This
comprehensive online resource contains thousands of fully hyperlinked subject entries,
biographies, images, maps and charts, primary source documents, and timeline entries that
combine to provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, events, and ideas that
have defined modern world history.
PERSONAL & BUSINESS FORMS
SCIENCE ONLINE
Offers students and researchers a comprehensive look at general science through diagrams,
definitions, biographies, and essays. With over 2,500 diagrams, 14,000 definitions, 300
biographies, 950 essays and 5,000 timeline entries. All content in this comprehensive database is
divided into sections based on the science curriculum established by the National Science
Education Standards, enabling teachers to access diagrams, definitions, biographies, and essays in
a specific subject area or discipline with a single click. Thousands of hyperlinks allow students
and researchers to follow a diagram to a definition and on to a related essay or biography. The
database is divided into four basic sections: Anatomy and Physiology, Earth Science, Life
Sciences, and Physical Sciences
World Atlas Online
FACTS ON FILE NEWS SERVICES
FACTS FOR LEARNING
New online subscription service, with separate elementary and middle school modules, created by
Weekly Reader, Gareth Stevens, Inc., Facts On File News Services and The World Almanac.
These publishers have drawn on their 300 years' experience serving educators and students to
create an age-appropriate Internet reference service that's both engaging and educational. It
teaches students research skills using the sources they already use and enjoy, like Weekly Reader
Classroom magazines, Issues & Controversies On File, The World Almanac and Book of Facts
and The World Almanac for Kids.
Features of the Facts For Learning service:
• EASY -- Access information with a keyword search, by topic or by source. And with the resources of
Weekly Reader, Gareth Stevens, Inc., Facts on File News Services and World Almanac, students are sure
to find just about any information they're seeking in one place -- from country facts and figures to the latest
science coverage.
• FUN -- Inviting screens bursting with colorful photos and illustrations capture students' interest. Links to
related articles guide and encourage young researchers in their discoveries.
• SAFE -- all content has been carefully screened to assure that it is appropriate for elementary and middle
school students.
• APPROPRIATE -- Content is created to be grade-appropriate in both language and subject matter.
• AUTHORITATIVE -- Weekly Reader and the World Almanac have been classroom fixtures for
decades. Add the unparalleled database of information from Facts on File News Services, Funk &
Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, and select texts from Gareth Stevens, Inc., and you know you can rely on
the timeliness and accuracy of Facts For Learning.
Facts For Learning – ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MODULE
Teaches younger students how to ask questions, use core reference resources, understand indexes,
choose research topics, search online, and read charts and graphs. Written for students in grades
3-5, all of the content is identified and accessible by grade level. Hyperlinks take students easily
to related articles.
Features:
• Weekly Reader Editions 2, 3, 4, and Senior, featuring an initial archive of several thousand articles
(September 2000 to present) that grows with new issues each month. Plus, Science Spin, teachers' guides,
quizzes, and other activities
• The World Almanac for Kids spanning 1999 through the latest edition
• Entire Oxford Children's Encyclopedia, an excellent resource for the elementary grades
• Reference books on dinosaurs, pets, whales, dolphins, all the major nations, U.S. states, and people in the
news from Gareth Stevens, Inc.
• Topic menus designed for elementary school students
• Atlas, dictionary, and thesaurus
• Safe links to other education websites
• "Using the Library," the online version of the popular library skills guide, "Learning Library Skills"
from World Almanac Education Library Services and "Exploring the Library" from Gareth Stevens,
Inc.
• Calendars of daily and seasonal content including "Born Today" and "Today in History"
• Monthly "Top Five" Subject Features
Facts For Learning - THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MODULE
Provides core reference content for middle school students of all levels. The more sophisticated
interface and subject matter respect their abilities, but still deliver content written for students in
grades 5-8.
Features:
• Weekly Reader secondary publications: Current Events, Current Science, Current Health 1 and 2,
Career World, Extra, featuring an archive of 1,000+ articles (September 2000 to present) that builds as
new issues are published. Plus teachers' guides, quizzes, and other activities
• The World Almanac and Book of Facts (1998 - latest edition) and The World Almanac for Kids (1999 latest edition)
• Complete Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
• Reference books from Gareth Stevens, Inc. covering Geography and History
• Selected content from Today's Science On File and Issues & Controversies On File
• Timelines of World Events back to 1940 from The World News Digest @ FACTS.com
• Easy-access topic menus and hyperlinks to guide researchers
• Atlas, dictionary, and thesaurus
• Monthly "Top Five" Subject Features
Combined Elementary & Middle School Module Also Available
ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES
Issues and Controversies explores more than 70 controversial topics each year in a language and
format appropriate for researchers of all ages. Special online features include frequent updating,
“By the Numbers” statistical overviews of major issues, newspaper editorials, primary
documents, a directory of contact organizations, and curriculum/study aids. Includes links to
selected content from other FACTS.com databases. It also features the full backfile of Issues and
Controversies On File dating to 1995.
ISSUES & CONTROVERSIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Leads students on in-depth explorations of the great issues in American History—issues such as
religious freedom in the colonies, Civil War Reconstruction, and women's suffrage. This
searchable and interlinked online subscription database delivers concise and balanced articles that
provide the background, outcomes, and contemporary points of view for the major topics in the
American History curriculum. Those articles are supplemented by primary source documents,
biographies, timelines, images, statistical charts, and encyclopedia survey articles.
THE REFERENCE SUITE
The Reference Suite @ FACTS.com includes all four of the Facts on File News Service databases,
each one having its own home page. It interconnects relevant articles so that even novice
researchers quickly and easily get the answers they seek on current events, statistics, health,
science and controversial issues. FACTS.com delivers more than 200,000 full-text news articles,
dating from January 1940. Special Historic Event features cover landmark events back to 1940
and full-text 1940’s coverage is now online! Encompasses more than 60 years of full-text news.
World Press Links to international newspaper websites give the researcher easy access to
international viewpoints.
TODAY'S SCIENCE
Today’s Science delivers the full-text backfile dating to 1992 that helps bridge the gap between
textbooks and what’s happening in science today. Subjects include: alternative energy, animal
rights, cosmology, culture and the brain, forest conservation, genetics, global warming, nutrition,
and waste disposal. Articles are detailed yet concise and include background information to give
students a full perspective of the story as well as suggestions for further reading. Features an
automatic glossary, links to other FACTS.com databases, special biographies of scientists, and
curriculum materials including correlations to National Science Education standards and targeting
multiple grade levels.
THE WORLD ALMANAC
Created especially for schools and libraries, it includes the most current and previous editions of
The World Almanac and Book of Facts, with the complete updated and enhanced World Almanac
Encyclopedia. Unique hyperlinking leads even novice researchers from detailed tables in The
World Almanac to background articles and biographies in The World Almanac Encyclopedia, the
most recent developments as reported in the World News Digest, and related coverage in Today’s
Science and Issues and Controversies @ FACTS.com.
THE WORLD NEWS DIGEST
Delivers 60 years of the authoritative Facts On File World News Digest, updated every week and
including a live Reuters® newsfeed, interconnected with related content from the other
FACTS.com reference databases. Delivers all the answers your researchers need on current
events, key newsmakers, current statistics, scientific developments and controversial issues.
Specially created features such as Key People, Key Events, Key Issues, primary documents, and a
selection of newspaper editorials, round out the information. Includes specially created features
and hundreds of photos, maps, charts and graphs.
GALE
ACADEMIC ASAP
A core version of Expanded Academic ASAP™, this database covers art and literature to
economics and the sciences. This all-in-one resource for academic research integrates the full text
of more than 600 publications from across the disciplines. Hundreds of libraries choose Academic
ASAP™, relying on its comprehensive coverage of a vast array of scholarly topics to answer
researchers' diverse questions.
ACADEMIC ONEFILE
Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from 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, researchers are able to find accurate information
quickly.
BIOGRAPHY RESOURCE CENTER
Comprehensive biographical reference database is designed to meet the needs of school libraries
in the area of: literature, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports,
government, history, current events and the arts. Coverage of 315,000+ unique people, across all
disciplines and select people from American Decades. 19 published volumes containing 27,400+
new or revised biographies have been added as well. 200+ new entries have not appeared in any
Thomson Gale print product, plus profiles published in recent volumes of Gale’s Contemporary
Black Biography, biographies contained in recent volumes of Contemporary Musicians,
Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television and Who’s Who Among African Americans, 18th
edition.
CHILTONLIBRARY.COM
When it comes to auto repair, do-it-yourselfers and students in the automotive trades have trusted
Chilton manuals for years. Now these exceptional resources are available to your library's patrons
in a comprehensive, simple-to-use database offered only by Thomson Gale.
This 24-hour on-call "mechanic" provides quick online access to repair, maintenance and service
information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs on the road today. Ford, Chrysler,
GM, Honda, Toyota and numerous other makes are well-represented.
CONSULTA
Consulta 2.0 gathers reference material, primary sources and journal articles in one easy-tonavigate Web-based product for students and general researchers. Completing this generous
selection of material-many of which have never before been available in the U.S. - Consulta also
includes more than 6,200 full-color photographs, maps and artwork. To meet the demands of
both Spanish-and English-speaking researchers, the revised Consulta 2.0 has incorporated several
key enhancements - including an interface that can easily switch between English and Spanish.
CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS
Biographic details on over 100,000 modern novelists' poets, playwrights, non-fiction writers,
journalists and scriptwriters. Current writers as well as most studied literary figures of the 20th
century. Coverage will include authors from around the world.
CONTEMPORARY LITERARY CRITICISM - SELECT
In one database are profiles of authors, poets, scriptwriters and other creative writers. Critical
reviews provided here originated in books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly
journals. Students will easily locate critical information on modern writers, as well as detailed
information on new authors, prizewinner and important events and trends in the literary world.
New entries published online simultaneously with the print volumes beginning with Volume 95.
CORBIS HISTORICAL COLLECTION
The Historical Collection (formerly known as Corbis Images for Education) includes
approximately 400,000 images from Corbis' popular historical, nature, science, and space
collections. More than 200,000 images from the Bettmann Archive form the foundation of this
collection
DICTIONARY OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY
Offers researchers many new channels to access the information they're looking for.
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.
DISCOVERING COLLECTION
Integrated, cross-curricular content that is completely new and revised with over 11,500
biographies, 24,000+ essays, more than 21,079 timeline events and 3,200 plot summaries. Covers
five core subjects - English, Science, Math Social Studies and History. Includes: DISCovering
Authors, DISCovering Biography, DISCovering Science, U.S. History, World History,
Discovering Multicultural America, Exploring Novels, Exploring Poetry, Exploring Shakespeare,
UXL Biographies, UXL Jr. DISC. Authors, UXL Jr. Worldmark Encycl. of Nations, States,
Canadian Provinces, UXL Multicultural, UXL Science.
EDUCATOR’S REFERENCE COMPLETE
This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 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. Content included in the database is almost entirely full-text, with the majority of
the titles also covered in the ERIC database. 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.
EXPANDED ACADEMIC ASAP
The scope and depth of coverage will satisfy the broad spectrum of student and faculty
researchers who depend on your library for answers every day. Balanced coverage is available
through 3,000 indexed and 1,900 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 1,400
journals are peer reviewed, and more than 20 years of backfile coverage are included with your
subscription
GALE LITERARY DATABASES:
A group package of the following products: Contemporary Literary Criticism-Select,
Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biography.
GENERAL REFERENCE CENTER
General Reference Center™ provides 24-hour 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 500 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 question -- 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 GOLD
From national news magazines and encyclopedias to core business journals, General Reference
Center GoldTM has the full-text and image resources students and researchers need. Available 24
hours a day via the Internet, this comprehensive reference database quickly delivers the answers
to a wide variety of reference questions both at the library or from remote sites. And InfoTrac®'s
powerful, intuitive interface makes it easy for users to search all of these different sources in one
seamless process. A 25-year backfile is integrated and included with your subscription.
HISTORY RESOURCE CENTER - U.S. OR WORLD:
The History Resource Center - U.S. is a comprehensive collection of U.S. historical information
that provides integrated access to over 1,000 historical (primary) documents, 30,000+ reference
articles, and 65+ full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history
from pre-Colonial times to present. Content is selected by expert history advisors for its relevance
to the curriculum. The History Resource Center - Worlds is an integrated collection of
multicultural, global and comprehensive research content to study modern world history in one
convenient electronic search tool. Contains full-text articles from 100+ academic journals, maps,
atlases, chronologies and annotated Web links. Full-text and facsimile images for 1,400+ primary
source documents from Primary Source Microfilm collections are also included in the collection.
INFOTRAC ELITE 500
Includes articles from magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times.
INFOTRAC STUDENT EDITION
Quick and easy way to do classroom assignments and get answers to general reference questions.
Student Edition has a variety of full-text sources that including 230 abstract and indexed titles,
215 full-text titles, 14 reference books, 300+maps, 500 historical images and 40,000 full-text
newspaper articles from Knight Ridder News Service.
JUNIOR REFERENCE COLLECTION
Cross curricular research tool. Includes: UXL Biographies, UXL Science, UXL Junior
DISCovering Authors, UXL Junior Worldmark, UXL Multicultural and Junior
Encyclopedia of Science.
Features:
• 7,000+ images, maps, flags and seals
• 4,000+entry timeline for historical context
• 50+ audio and video clips
• Access to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate, Biographical and Geographical Dictionaries.
KIDS INFOBITS
Targets students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. 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.
Features:
• Full-text proprietary reference content from Blackbirch Press that supports the K-5 curriculum
• Approximately 75 full-text, age appropriate magazines
• Over 3,000 searchable, indexed images
• A 5-year backfile that offers relevant and manageable results lists
LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER
Designed for high school and academic students, this site includes biographical, critical and
contextual information on over 90,000 authors from Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of
Literary Biography and full text criticisms from the Contemporary Literary Criticism. Database
covers fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history and journalism.
LITFINDER
LitFinder for Schools includes all of the full-text poetry, short stories, essays, plays, and speeches
contained in LitFinder, including 126,500 poems, of which 850 are Spanish-language poems
with English translations, 5,000 short stories, 2,800 essays, 1,800 speeches, 1,000 plays,
coverage of 600+ nationalities and ethnicities and approximately 27,000 women writers.
LitFinder for Schools is international is scope and covers all time periods, also includes
biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary. It focuses on contemporary works,
including 3,500+ full-text poems published for the first time in the current year, and new content
is loaded on a quarterly basis. A subject navigator, including a Kid's Korner that lists subjects of
interests to students, provides over 10,000 subject headings. Basic and advanced search modes
allow students to search by keyword, author, subject, work title, work date, nationality, gender,
timeline, and more.
OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
Packed with content, topics are discussed through sources like these:· 2,500 articles from 170
titles in Opposing Viewpoints (print) and other Greenhaven series; 24 titles from Information Plus
the sources of more than 3,000 statistical tables, charts, and graphs; Great American Court Cases,
Federal Agency Profiles and Special Interest Group Profiles for Students; 112 topic overviews
from Macmillan's Bioethics for Students; 52 topic overviews from Macmillan's Encyclopedia of
Sociology;
24 topic overviews from Macmillan's Social Issues Compendium; Knight-Ridder newswire, 5
newspapers — such as The New York Times — and 25 periodicals — including Times,
Newsweek, and The National.
POEM FINDER
Includes the full-text poetry module of LitFinder for Schools. It includes 126,500 full-text poems,
of which 850 are Spanish-language poems with English translations, coverage of 600+
nationalities and ethnicities, approximately 27,000 women writers, poem explanations,
biographies, photographs, and a glossary of poetry terms. It focuses on contemporary works,
including 3,500+ full-text poems published for the first time in the current year, and new content
is loaded on a quarterly basis It also features Exploring Poetry essays, which provide accessible
overviews of such topics as African-American poetry, war poetry, nature poetry, and more. A
subject navigator, including a Kid's Korner that lists subjects of interests to students, provides
over 10,000 subject headings. Basic and advanced search modes allow students to search by
keyword, author, subject, work title, work date, nationality, gender, timeline, and more.
SCIENCE RESOURCE CENTER
In-depth, curriculum-oriented science database that provides a one-stop resource for all sciencerelated research needs, and reflects curriculum trends and focuses on key concepts taught in
school classrooms, including: Earth Science, History of Science, Life Science, Space Science,
Physical Science, Science and Technology and Science as Inquiry
Features:
• Three core, proprietary reference titles, offering in-depth topic overviews from all science disciplines
• 30+ additional proprietary reference titles, offering subject-specific topic overviews, biographies, science
experiments and more
• 150 full-text science magazines, ranging from those intended for a general audience to scholarly academic
journals
• More than 8,000 multimedia records, including pictures, illustrations, audio clips and video clips
• Links to 500 Web sites, all chosen for their authoritative content and relevancy to the curriculum
• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 10th Ed. and a science glossary with definitions of difficult
terms and concepts
• Reading Level indicators to help students choose articles that meet their individual needs
SCRIBNER WRITERS
Gain access to 1,600 original and detailed bio-critical essays on the lives and works of important
authors from around the world. Now students, faculty and other researchers can access these
literary references with flexibility and simplicity. Each entry averages 15-20 pages in length and
includes a concise essay, hyperlinks for cross-referencing, a citation and biographical information
that places the author's work in personal and historical context. Many authors in the Scribner
Writers Series are seen from multiple perspectives through two, three or sometimes four essays.
The series is designed to work the way students conduct literary research, therefore, students can
go directly to an entry on a specific author, combine search criteria for a much more complex
search, or explore thematic and chronological topics to make connections among writers.
SHAKESPEARE COLLECTION
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.
Features:
 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
THE TIMES DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Introducing 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.
WEB FEET
A comprehensive subject guide to the best free resources available on the Internet. It is not a
search engine, but collections of pre-selected, annotated, and cataloged Web sites reviewed by
librarians, subject experts, educators, and editors. It can be searched by keyword [subject], grade
level, and curriculum area or browsed by LC subject, title of Web site, author or sponsor of the
site, or LC or Dewey call number. Sites are added on a bimonthly basis and cover a broad range
of areas, from curriculum-based research to specific interests (like lesson plans or grant proposal
writing and ecotourism). Collections are available in three formats: ONLINE, MARC, and print.
Each format has to be purchased separately; having a print subscription does not give a customer
access to the online database, and having access to the online database does not give a customer
access to the MARC format. The 3 collections are:
• WEB FEET K-8 Collection - Includes age-appropriate reference sites for students in kindergarten to
eighth grade and their teachers. Primary grade resources focus on developing reading, writing, and
analytical skills in all curriculum areas; intermediate to middle school key curriculum areas include art and
music, geography, government, history, language arts, science, and math; also includes cross-curricular
themes such as Colonial America, Renaissance Daily Life, and Native American Cultures.
• WEB FEET K-12 Collection - Covers the whole K-12 curriculum, combining the resources of both the
K–8 and Core Collections, and is perfect for meeting the needs of districts and larger groups. Aligned with
standard curriculum topics, includes ready reference and professional resources for teachers and librarians,
special sources for students and teachers of English as a second language, and sites devoted to skills such as
library research, computer skills, and Internet research.
• WEB FEET Core Collection - Includes middle and high school curriculum areas (for grades 6-12 and
above), general, ready reference sites, and resources for teachers and librarians. Resources include
anthropology, archaeology, arts and culture, biology, business, economics, chemistry, computer science
and the Internet, current events, earth science, environment, geography, history, language arts, literature,
mass communications, math, physics, politics, psychology, sociology, and more. Also includes sites for
students, teachers, and parents on college selection, financial aid, career exploration, and resumes.
WHAT DO I READ NEXT?
Powerful search functions and an easy-to-use interface make this the most powerful readers'
advisory tool available today to find the best examples of internationally known fiction and
nonfiction. 100,000+ titles, 58,000+ plot summaries, 562 awards titles, recommended reading
lists and biographical information. Most books included 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, historical novels, general fiction, classic fiction and
nonfiction. What Do I Read Next? is updated on a biannual basis. Recently added: 2,830 new
titles, 1,520+ new plot summaries, 45 new recommended reading lists, and 3,040 new search
terms, including character names.
Teaching and Education Ref Center
GALE STUDENT RESOURCE CENTERS (SRC)
Student Resource Centers fully integrate curriculum-based reference content, primary source
documents, background and topical essays, biographies and critical analyses with hundreds of
current popular full-text periodicals and newspapers. Areas of study include Language Arts,
English, Arts and Humanities, Science, Health, Sports, Math, Business, Interdisciplinary,
Multicultural Studies, Government and Computer Technology. Includes: daily updates, real
reference content, full-text periodicals, web links, professional development tools, student
research and writing tools. Reference titles recently added to Student Resource Center or
scheduled to be added by August 2005 include: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes
of the World, 4 vols.; Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Mexican States; new edition of Junior
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations, 4th ed. 9 vols; Shakespeare for Students (selections), 3 vols; Career
Information Center (SRC Gold only); EPICS For Students (selections) 2 vols.; new edition of African
American Almanac, 9th ed.; new edition of Hispanic American Almanac, 3rd. ed.; new edition of Hispanic
American Reference Library, 2nd ed.; new edition of Asian American Reference Library, 2nd ed., 5 vols.;
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America: Primary Sources, 2 vols.; Newsmakers (new editions); UXL
Newsmakers, 4 vols. (These UXL titles will also be added to the Junior Reference Collection)
**Newspapers added to all versions of the Student Resource Center:**
New York Times (2000-), Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and the Dallas Morning News
**Merriam-Webster's Dictionaries included with all versions of the Student Resource
Center:**
Biographical Dictionary, Collegiate Dictionary, Geographical Dictionary, and Encyclopedia of Literature.
STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER GOLD
1200 full-text periodicals, American Journey’s, Discovering/Exploring series, UXL series, Worldmark and
Jr. Worldmark Encyclopedias databases plus American Decades, Career Information Center 2003 and
World of Health.
STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER SILVER
900 full-text periodicals, American Journey’s, Discovering/Exploring series, UXL series, Worldmark and
Jr. Worldmark Encyclopedias databases plus American Decades.
STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER BRONZE
700 full-text periodicals, American Journey’s, Discovering/Exploring series, UXL series, Worldmark and
Jr. Worldmark Encyclopedias databases.
STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER JUNIOR (ELEM & JHS ONLY)
255 full-text periodicals, American Journey’s, Discovering/Exploring series, UXL series, Worldmark and
Jr. Worldmark Encyclopedias databases.
Student Resources Centers at a Glance:
SRC Gold 1200 Full Text magazines,
newspaper articles plus
The New York Times
The Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
Dallas Morning News
INCLUDES:
DISCovering Series, Exploring
Series, Primary Source Documents
UXL Series and the MerriamWebster's Dictionaries (listed above)
PLUS
American Decades
AND
Career Information Center 2003
World of Health
SRC Silver 650+ Full Text magazines,
newspaper articles plus
The New York Times
The Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
Dallas Morning News
INCLUDES:
DISCovering Series
Exploring Series
Primary Source Documents
UXL Series and the MerriamWebster's Dictionaries (listed above)
PLUS
American Decades
SRC Bronze 450+ Full Text magazines,
newspaper articles plus
The New York Times
The Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
Dallas Morning News
INCLUDES:
DISCovering Series
Exploring Series
Primary Source Documents
UXL Series Merriam-Webster's
Dictionaries (listed above)
SRC Junior
*Elementary & Middle
Schools Only.
300+ Full Text magazines,
newspapers articles plus
The New York Times
The Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
Dallas Morning News
INCLUDES:
DISCovering Series
Exploring Series
Primary Source Documents
UXL Series and the MerriamWebster's Dictionaries (listed above)
GROLIER
(BASE PACKAGE) NEW BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE, MULTIMEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA, ENCYCLOPEDIA
AMERICANA - At your fingertips are 80,000 articles, more than 19,000 bibliographies, maps, flags,
fact boxes and tables, and more than 133,000 hypertext links from about 35,000 articles to
prescreened Web sites.
ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA (EA) – Reading and comprehension level is targeted at grades 8
and above
• Over 45,000 articles
• The Americana Journal, an illustrated database of 35,000 news events, updated weekly
• Periodical articles from magazines and journals, including primary documents
GROLIER MULTIMEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA (GME) - Reading and comprehension level is targeted
at grades 5 and above.
• Brain Jam - online monthly magazine w/ weekly news stories, calendar of notable events,
multiple-choice quizzes, extensive teacher resources, an Event Planner, and much more
• Interactive Atlas
• Interactive timelines (4000 BC to the present)
• Link to the Library of Congress’s Today in History Web site
• Research Starters
THE NEW BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE (NBK) - Reading and comprehension level is targeted at
grades 3 and above.
• Weekly news stories accompanied by lesson plans that allow teachers to weave current events
into the curriculum
• Literary Selections: Stories, poems, and literary excerpts accompany many articles
• 9,000+ articles written at the elementary-grade level in which the subject is introduced
• 6,000 age-appropriate illustrations, maps, photographs, flags, and feature boxes
• Teacher’s Guide showing how The NBK relates to the school curriculum
Additional Encyclopedias:
AMAZING ANIMALS
Each entry includes:
 Full-color photograph of the animal in its natural habitat
 Icons to help identify each class of animal: bird, fish, mammal, reptile, arthropod, or other
invertebrate
 Essential class, order, or family classifications
 Size, diet, method of reproduction or number of young or eggs
 Icon plus name of animal’s habitat
 Home range description plus range map
 Status if endangered or threatened
 Common English names (Latin scientific name also given)
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
State-by-State reference for Grades 4 and up, plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the major
territories. Essays on the history, geography, economics, government, culture, and the major cities
of each state, plus fact boxes, biographical profiles of important people, and articles on famous
places and natural wonders. 50+ photographs and illustrations for each state. Each state has eight
interactive maps of cities, natural features, routes, the economy, and history. Timeline of state’s
history, quiz, word-find puzzle, and an outline map. Special features include essays on 43 U.S.
Presidents and major Native American tribes; timelines of U.S. and world history and U.S.
achievements in science, the arts, and literature; an array of educational games and puzzles
relating to American history; and an Almanac with facts and statistics about each state. Entire site
is interconnected with a system of internal links and prescreened Web sites that are continually
monitored and updated.
BookFlix
LA NUEVA ENCICLOPEDIA CUMBRE EN LINEA
This is the only Spanish-language encyclopedia built from the ground up with a Latin-American
perspective—perfect for both Spanish speakers and Spanish-language students: Clear, simple
interfaces and help screens are easy to use. More than 17,000 articles with article-to-article links
and 7,000 searchable illustrations. Over 300 maps, 270 flags, plus 500 tables and fact boxes.
Special audio feature with national anthems from 150 countries. Enlaces (Web links): All 20,000
links include titles and brief annotations in Spanish
LANDS AND PEOPLES
A multifaceted web site designed to serve as a principal resource providing accessible, easy-tounderstand articles, maps and photographs on countries, cultures, and current events for the
classroom and for the library. Articles are organized continent-by-continent, country-by-country,
and when appropriate state-by-state and province-by-province.
NEW BOOK OF POPULAR SCIENCE ONLINE
The 400 articles that form the site's hub, or SciClopedia, are divided into a dozen categories and
are supplemented by such online-only features as Fun Facts and Careers articles, NewsBytes,
three top-of-the-news science stories, updated weekly and featuring special lesson plans to help
teachers integrate the stories into the curriculum, a weekly stargazer feature called SkyWatch, an
interactive question-and-answer column called Ask Pop Sci, and a full line-up of science games,
puzzles, and brain teasers in SciZone. The entire site is interconnected with a vast system of
internal links, and thousands of prescreened World Wide Web links.
MAPS101
Maps101 is a cross-curricular resource developed in partnership with K-12 teachers, technology
coordinators and media specialists. Features include historical map collections, outline map sets,
reference atlases, lesson plans, current events, games and skill builders for students, plus
thousands of maps, and classroom resources. You can search the whole site, or by choosing an
area in the pull down menu, you can narrow your search to a specific area. In addition, there are
specialized search engines for three areas:
1. Geography In the News-search archives by subject, place, exact date/month/year back to April
1997.
2. Lesson Plans-search by grade level, subject, world region, and national standards.
3. Maps in the News-search archives by subject, place, exact date, month and year back to 1999.
The Maps Collections includes over 4,000 up to date maps available for immediate download
and printing.
20 City Maps Interactive Maps 29 Satellite Maps Outline Map Sets
25 Earth Science Maps International City Maps Thematic Map Sets 600 Outline Maps
Former USSR Maps Reference Atlas 600 U.S. States 140 Shaded Relief
History Map Sets United States 19 United States 75 World
75 United States United States County Maps 20 World
Classroom Resources include: K-12 Lesson Plans, Geography Skill Builders, find the correct
pronunciation for Burkina Fasso, and more. Also available: Classroom Activities, Lesson Plans,
Map Skills, Pronunciation Gazetteer, and Virtual Field Trips.
Current Events includes Geography In the News that offers a weekly article ranging from
physical and environmental to cultural and economic topics--all derived from current events in
both the United States and the world at large. Maps In the News offers maps related to items in
the daily news.
Learn and Play Create allows you to create your own map of the United States, test your skill
against our weekly GeoQuiz, have fun with our interactive quizzes, and print our Geo Crossword
to puzzle your students!
MARSHALL CAVENDISH
ANIMAL AND PLANT ANATOMY
This expertly written resource fully captures the wonders of animal and plant anatomy and
physiology. The text stresses the interrelationship between organ systems and the ways in which
particular organisms can be studied and compared, while more than 2,000 illustrations help
students better understand the external and internal anatomy of organisms ranging from the
amoeba to the human.
AQUATIC WORLD
In addition to exploring mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles, crustaceans, plants, algae,
microorganisms, and their habitats, this resource pays special attention to their symbiotic, yet
increasingly fragile relationship with humans.
DRUGS AND SOCIETY
The substances themselves, the nature of substance abuse and treatment, and the impact of drugs
on society make up the three areas of interest addressed in this reference tool. Articles on
substances cover types of drugs such as antidepressants and inhalants; particular substances prone
to abuse such as alcohol, marijuana, and Ritalin; and chemicals natural to the human body such as
endorphins. The second category of articles explores the concepts associated with abuse,
addiction, and treatment, including blood-brain barrier, cold turkey, risk factors, and step
programs, as well as organizations such as DARE and Gamblers Anonymous and legal issues
such as drug courts and enforcement of laws. Finally, the society category includes entries on
topics such as drug control policy, international cooperation, and sports.
EARTH AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
To understand and describe the world is the broad instructional aim of the study of earth and
physical sciences. This reference resource provides researchers with essential information about
every aspect of the physical environment and the general properties of matter. Subjects central to
the high school curriculum covered here range from chemistry and geology to physics and
scientific methodology.
EXPLORERS AND EXPLORATION
Covering all facets of exploration, this fact-filled reference focuses on the explorers, their
expeditions, their discoveries, the means of exploration available to them, and the other men and
women who came before or were inspired after. Readers accompany important explorers of
twenty-three centuries as they travel across the world, under the sea, and into space and as their
tools advance from chronometers to remote sensing devices.
EXPLORING ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
Covering the period from 6500 BCE to 500CE, this resource covers all aspects of the ancient
world. Broadly speaking, this span covers the period that begins with the development of writing
and farming and the building of the first cities and ends with the fall of the Roman Empire and
the start of the Dark Ages in Europe. A combination of broad and narrow topics helps the reader
understand the nature and history of entire peoples as well as the accomplishments of remarkable
individuals. Cross-cultural articles offer perspectives on topics common to all civilizations: art,
calendars, education, games, migration, science, trade, and many others.
EXPLORING THE MIDDLE AGES
The period covered by this absorbing resource embraces the thousand-year span, from 500 to
1500, conventionally referred to as the Middle Ages. This span begins with the fall of the
Western Roman Empire in Europe and encompasses the rise of Islam in Arabia and the full
flowering of Mayan civilization in Central America two centuries later. The age ends with the
Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, the impact of Renaissance culture being felt all over
Europe, the establishment of trade routes that link Europe, Africa, India, and East Asia, and the
Spanish making the first voyages of exploration and discovery to the New World.
THE FACTS ABOUT DRUGS
Readily accessible and straightforward, it explains how each drug works and describes its shortterm and long-term effects on the body - especially on young people still in the formative stages
of physical, mental, and emotional development. While placing the drug within its historical and
social context, the material here is above all practical. The focus is on helping readers recognize
problems, find solutions, and make informed decisions. Never preachy, the information presented
on each drug lets the facts speak for themselves.
FAMILY HEALTH
The entries in Family Health cover in detail every aspect of family medicine, including current
information on medical conditions, health issues, medical advances, and alternative therapies.
From AIDS, SARS, and West Nile virus to many topics of particular interest to students, topics
include Abstinence, AIDS, Anorexia and Bulimia, Anthrax, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder, Birth Defects, Body Piercing, Dreaming, Narcotics, and Weight. Also covered are
Bronchitis, Colonoscopy, Epstein-Barr Virus, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Infertility, LASIK
Surgery, Organic Food, Psychology, Reactive Arthritis, Skin and Skin Diseases, Trauma Center,
Urinary Tract Disorders, and Vaccinations.
GROWING UP WITH SCIENCE
The essential principles, processes, and systems taught in middle school science curriculum are
represented in this much-admired resource. As it draws the user’s attention to articles on
particular machines, scientific instruments, famous inventors, and the critical concepts in earth,
space, life, physical, and applied sciences, students will become acquainted in an appealing way
with the science they need to know.
Covers 6 main subject areas:
 Earth, space, and environmental science
 Life sciences and medicine
 Mathematics
 Physics and chemistry
 Technology
 People
HOW IT WORKS
This is an authoritative and comprehensive resource for coverage of science and especially
technology. Special coverage is given to the rapid pace of developments in information
processing. Users will also discover “how it works” in other fields of study including astronomy,
chemistry, physics, geography, geology, biology, and medicine.
INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE
Examines the physical features and lifestyles of species from every branch of the animal family.
Of special interest is the attention given throughout to taxonomic relations and the systematic
naming of species. Comprehensive biome and habitat articles highlight the relationship between
environment and species survival.
LIFE SCIENCES
This reference resource offers cutting-edge coverage of life science topics, including agriculture,
anatomy, biochemistry, biology, genetics, medicine, and molecular biology. From stem cells to
cloning, no topic relevant to twenty-first century life science has been omitted.
PEOPLES OF AFRICA
The focus of this resource is on the vibrant diversity of African peoples and cultures, the legacy
of a colonial past, and the contemporary challenges of war, famine, and economic hardship.
PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS
Users will understand and appreciate the diversity of peoples and cultures, both indigenous and
immigrant, that inhabit the North and South American continents. Detailed articles cover virtually
all aspects of these populations, lives and cultures, from their language and history to their art,
religion, and sports.
PEOPLES OF EASTERN ASIA
Focusing on the history and culture of the populations of eastern Asia, this wide-ranging resource
focuses on countries from Bangladesh to Vietnam, and covers everything from religion to
language to music and dance, celebrating the area’s diversity while assessing the impact of
successive invaders and immigrants.
PEOPLES OF EUROPE
This rich resource supporting the social studies curriculum is a celebration of the diversity of the
continent of Europe. The main focus is on the inhabitants of lands as far to the east as the Urals,
both indigenous populations and later arrivals, but it also covers the latest changes in the
European political and geographical landscape.
PEOPLES OF WESTERN ASIA
Blending informative text and appealing full-color photographs, Peoples of Western Asia is a
comprehensive presentation of the region’s peoples, including their ancestors, their foods, family
life, festivals, music, dance, crafts, and sports.
REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS
Incorporating the latest thinking and research, Reptiles and Amphibians covers a range of
representative species in depth and makes cutting-edge science accessible to students and general
readers.
TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED SCIENCES
This comprehensive resource supplements the science curriculum in applied sciences and focuses
especially on technological subjects. It features non-technical but substantive discussions of
topics in this field and accompanies these with dramatic photographs and illustrative diagrams to
help clarify complex subjects.
MCGRAW-HILL
ACCESS SCIENCE
McGraw-Hill's AccessScience is the online gateway to an unparalleled library of science and
technology information. Updated daily, AccessScience delivers the latest content of the trusted
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 9th Edition, and the McGraw-Hill
Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th Edition. This online encyclopedia is tailored to
researchers and students looking for relevant, readable, and trusted information. AccessScience
contains more than 8,000 articles written by the leading figures in their fields – including Nobel
Prize winners. Find late breaking news, biographies of famous scientists, a Student Center, and
much more – all brought to life with 13,000 high-quality illustrations.
MEDIA FLEX
CERF
CERF is your authoritative guide to safe Websites by providing authoritative access to resources
for over 350,000 unique educational topics. When you use CERF, you add site selectors,
cataloguers and technology support technicians to your library support staff.
Features:
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Federated Search: CERF works with cooperating library automation systems to add seamless
searching of its resources from a library’s online public access catalog.
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Maintenance: New sites are catalogued daily and staff review and weed inactive links from the
database.
Website descriptions include summaries, subject headings (topics), and curriculum standards
links, where applicable
Information resource types: lesson plans, multimedia, timelines, maps, primary resources,
biographies, pictures, podcast and video streaming Websites.
Grade level resources: PK, K-5, 6-8, 9-12 and Professional
Subject searches: Arts, English (Literature, Composition, ESL), Foreign Languages, Health,
Mathematics (Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry), Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics,
Environmental Science), Social Studies (History, Geography, Education, Economics, Religion),
Technology
Topic browsing: Browse “topics” (subject headings) to refine searches.
Bibliographies: Create, annotate, sort, print or email bibliographies of selected Websites.
Online Reference Service: Email prompting to send a Website request to our research staff. Staff
usually responds within 48 hours, most often within two to three hours.
NEWSBANK
ACCESS WORLD NEWS
Today’s students need to be more aware of what is happening both locally and globally, and they
must understand the various sides of any issue to draw their own conclusions. Additionally, many
assignments require students to use primary sources to relate classroom learning to the real world.
By providing primary source content from around the world, Access World News enables students
and teachers to meet these and other challenges in today's learning environment.
AMERICA’S HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS
America's Historical Newspapers enables students and teachers to easily search and browse more
than 1,300 U.S. newspapers published during the past four centuries, including titles from all 50
present states. For the first time, school libraries and classrooms can offer Web-based access to
this extensive resource, which features cover-to-cover facsimiles of the same newspapers that
provided the American public with essential primary source information for hundreds of years.
KIDSPAGE
Elementary school teachers require resources that are fun and capture kids' attention. These
resources must also provide access to relevant, safe information and be quick and easy to use, so
teachers can spend their time leveraging content rather than finding it. KidsPage and Connections
for Kids do all this and more by providing articles, activities and lesson plans designed to help
students discover the joy of learning. These Web-based resources encourage students to use
critical thinking, solve problems and establish connections between the classroom and the real
world. They are appropriate for students of all abilities, and all articles and activities—some of
which are in Spanish—include both a Lexile score and a reading level. Finally, in addition to
providing lesson plans, KidsPage and Connections for Kids align with state education standards,
helping teachers save time and making their jobs easier.
SCHOOL LIBRARY COLLECTION
This comprehensive collection provides extensive coverage of major issues from 1970 to present,
and contains resources useful for all subject areas. Most importantly, all articles are selected
based on their research value and ability to promote critical thinking skills by providing distinct
local, regional, national and international points of view. School Library Collection lets students
and teachers conduct a single search in a matter of seconds across a broad range of information
resources, including: newspapers, periodicals, wire services, broadcast transcripts, digested
science journals and a wide range of international sources.
SUBJECT PACKAGES
NewsBank Subject Packages includes content from authoritative sources such as U.S. and
international newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, periodicals, historical documents,
United Nations and U.S. government publications, science journals and other reference materials.
NewsBank Subject Packages and TCR Connections support all subject areas by providing
convenient online access to articles on key topics, inquiry-based activities for students and
valuable lesson plans for teachers. These combine to create projects designed to connect
classroom learning to real-world experiences, encourage independent research and critical
thinking, improve achievement though reading and writing in content areas and keep students
interested in their research.
***ALSO AVAILABLE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL EDITION***
TCR CONNECTIONS
The Curriculum Resource (TCR) from NewsBank helps schools promote best practices for
teaching that are research-based to improve student achievement through reading and writing in
the content areas. TCR’s Internet-delivered curriculum and professional development program
support educators for elementary through high school by connecting reading and writing to the
real-world in virtually every subject area. Today, TCR remains committed to bridging the gap
between instruction that is standards-based and engaging.
NOODLETOOLS
NOODLEBIB
NoodleBib is a fully-integrated note-taking and documentation program which is anchored in the
best practices of academic research and inquiry learning. Known as the most comprehensive and
accurate MLA- and APA-style bibliography composer on the Web, NoodleBib now includes a
note-taking component which enables you to extract, organize and synthesize information that
you find during the research process. NoodleBib is a flexible teaching tool which supports both
individual learning preferences and a variety of teaching styles.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES CENTER
Explore the world of African American history and the African diaspora through: core content,
additional content, images, primary sources, charts/tables/graphs, maps and timelines.
AMERICAN NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
A source of information about over 19,000 people from all eras who have influenced and shaped
American history and culture with sophisticated search capabilities, lively and detailed articles,
internal cross-references, up-to-date bibliographies, thousands of photographs and illustrations,
and links to external web resources.
DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Explore the lives of over 55,000 people worldwide who have shaped the British past over the last
2,400 years – from the 4th-century BC Greek explorer Pytheas to Princess Diana, and from the
founding fathers of America to the Nawabs of Bengal. Over 55,000 biographies, 63 million
words, and 10,000 portrait illustrations.
GROVE ART
Covers all aspects of art from prehistory to the present day. It provides online access to the entire
text of the acclaimed 34-volume Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and
newly-commissioned articles.
GROVE MUSIC
Includes the full text of the acclaimed 29-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
(2nd edition), the 4-volume New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and the 3-volume New Grove
Dictionary of Jazz (2nd edition).
OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
Traces the evolution of over 600,000 words from across the English-speaking world,
demonstrating word usage history through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of
international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film
scripts and cookery books. Covers words from across the English-speaking world, from North
America to South Africa, from Australia and New Zealand to the Caribbean. It also offers the best
in etymological analysis, listings of variant spellings, and shows pronunciation using the
International Phonetic Alphabet.
Features:
• Find a term when you know the meaning but have forgotten the word.
• Find words that have come into English via a particular language.
• Search for quotations from a specified year.
• Search for all quotations from a particular author and/or work.
• Display entries according to your needs - for the first time you can turn pronunciation, etymologies,
variant spellings, and quotations on and off.
• Gain unique online access to at least 1,000 new and revised words each quarter.
• Compare revised entries with entries from the Second Edition to see how language has changed and how
new scholarship has increased understanding of our linguistic and cultural heritage.
• Updated quarterly.
OXFORD REFERENCE ONLINE
 Over 1 million entries across 25 subjects, including an expanding range of Oxford
Companions, and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
 The very best in quick-reference information plus authoritative in-depth articles
 English dictionaries, and bilingual dictionaries of French, German, Spanish, and Italian
 Timelines link over 2,000 key events in 20th-century history in the areas of Art and
Architecture; Performing Arts; Literature; Politics and Government; Society; Science,
Technology and Medicine; and War 12,500 images - including 6,000 in full color with fully
searchable captions
 900+ full-color maps and flags
 Includes the work of internationally renowned authors, editors, and contributors such as
Margaret Drabble (on English Literature), Ted Honderich (on Philosophy), Colin Blakemore
(on the Body), Stanley Wells (on Shakespeare), and M.R.D Foot (on World War II)
 New titles and new editions are added 3 times a year at no extra charge
PROQUEST
ALT-PRESSWATCH
The database features over 190,000 articles from more than 170 publications, offering a
wide range of unfettered, critical coverage of the news. All of these varied alternative and
independent presses are presented in 100% full text, allowing researchers total access to
both regional and metropolitan perspectives on local, national, and international issues.
Providing an alternative to corporate controlled media, the Alt-PressWatch database
presents big stories from small sources.
AMERICAN PERIODICALS SERIES
American Periodicals Series Online™ (APS Online) includes digitized images of the pages of
American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century.
Titles range from Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine and America's first scientific journal,
Medical Repository; popular magazines such as Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal; regional
and niche publications; and groundbreaking journals like The Dial, Puck, and McClure's.
AMERICAN POETRY
A comprehensive collection of copyrighted, American, twentieth-century poetry, this database
covers more than 316 of the most important and studied poets and includes over 52,000 works.
The database includes the works of most major twentieth-century American poets, beginning with
the traditionalists; continuing through the modernists, represented by such poets as Wallace
Stevens; and moving on to the contemporary works of the 1990s.
ANCESTRY LIBRARY EDITION
ProQuest has partnered with MyFamily.com to create Ancestry® Library Edition, one of the most
important genealogical collections available today. It has unparalleled coverage of the United
States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records,
as well as record collections from Canada and other areas. This collection of more than 4,000
databases and two billion names is essential to having a broad genealogy collection, and its
valuable content is a strong complement to HeritageQuest™ Online.
BLACK STUDIES CENTER
Black Studies Center is a leading tool that supports research, teaching, and learning in Black
Studies and other disciplines that benefit from a more detailed coverage of the black experience
such as history, literature, political science, sociology, philosophy, and religion.
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Designed for both students and instructors, ProQuest Career and Technical Education is an
excellent source of vocational information for community colleges, two-year institutions, public
libraries, and high schools offering technical courses. Use the database to research virtually any
vocational/technical topic, including technology, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics,
sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, photography, and nursing. The following are just a
few of the titles available; Agricultural Research, Computer Technology Review, Law & Order,
Office Systems Research Journal, Printed Circuit Design, and Work and Occupations.
Features:
• Subject Area: Science & Technology
• Formats: Abstracts and indexing, ASCII full text, full image, Text+Graphics
• Image article formats include all charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, etc. originally published with
the text.
• Overall dates of coverage: 1991-present
• Total titles covered: 420
CULTURE GRAMS ONLINE
Culture Grams Online Database combines affordability, unlimited printing rights, and anytime
access to all World, Kids, and States Editions, Photo Gallery, Recipe Collection, and Famous
People. An engaging, colorful interface makes it fun and easy to read topics, explore maps and
flags, and use the convenient search feature.
• World Edition - Cultural reports for 182 countries and territories each include 25 categories such as land
and climate, history, personal appearance, greetings, gestures, family, diet, holidays, economy, education,
health, and events and trends.
• Kids Edition - Collection of 66 country reports. Each report includes up-to-date, engaging cultural
information, complete with images, historical timeline, fun facts, and sections on history, population, “life
as a kid”, and more.
• States Edition - Colorful, easy-to-read state reports help students understand the diversity and history of
each U.S. State and the District of Colombia. Includes: maps, flags, symbols, and timelines, plus sections
on history, economy, geography, population and more.
• Photo Gallery – 600+ images representing daily life in over 50 countries.
• Recipe Collection - Five recipes for each of 182 countries included in the World Edition.
• Famous People Index - Short biographies on famous individuals from around the world.
CULTURE GRAMS WORLD CONFLICTS TODAY
Designed for secondary students and educators, this online resource examines seven ongoing
world conflicts and explains their history, complexity and current status to students in clear,
straightforward terms. Each online report averages 80 pages and focuses on a single conflict,
exploring its past, present and implications for the future. Developed with input from hundreds of
primary and secondary sources written from multiple perspectives, the reports synthesize news
articles, treatises and editorial commentary, helping students digest complex issues. Academic
experts working in relevant fields were used as reviewers to ensure the accuracy and objectivity
of the content.
• Includes primary source documents, images, interactive maps, timelines, statistics, a glossary and ideas
for the classroom.
• Conflicts are selected for inclusion based upon several factors, including their longevity, timeliness,
relevance to researchers, general level of interest and geographic coverage.
• In its first release World Conflicts Today includes reports on Colombia, Darfur Sudan, Jammu and
Kashmir, the Korean Peninsula, Northern Ireland and the Palestinian Territories.
DIGITAL NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE (DNSA)
Created in collaboration with the National Security Archive, this database is the most
comprehensive collection available of significant primary documents central to U.S. foreign and
military policy since 1945. This database contains the most important, declassified documents -totaling more than 400,000 pages -- that have been gathered through extensive use of the U.S.
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): many are published now for the first time.
ETHNIC NEWSWATCH
Ethnic NewsWatch™ (ENW) features newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and
minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. With
titles dating from 1990, ENW presents a comprehensive, full-text collection of more than 250
publications offering both national and regional coverage. While the content may mirror
mainstream media coverage, the viewpoints are decidedly unique.
ETHNIC NEWSWATCH: A HISTORY
The retrospective companion to Ethnic NewsWatch, this full-text database provides the historical
foreground to the ethnic, minority, and native press content in Ethnic NewsWatch, with materials
dating from 1960–1989. Ethnic NewsWatch: A History™ presents the other sides of the stories
on local, national, and international events that changed the course of history across three
turbulent decades—the civil rights struggle, Vietnam War protests, dramatic changes in
immigration law, trickledown economics, and the status of migrant workers.
GENDERWATCH
With archival material dating back to 1970, GenderWatch™ provides authoritative historical and
current perspectives on the evolution of gender roles as they affect both men and women.
GenderWatch supports gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) studies; family studies;
gender studies, and women’s studies with a unique interdisciplinary approach. Combining more
than 200 academic, gray, and popular literature titles, GenderWatch provides researchers with
more than 100,000 articles on wide-ranging topics like sexuality, religion, societal roles,
feminism, masculinity, eating disorders, day care, and the workplace.
HERITAGEQUEST
HeritageQuest Online™ combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with
the digitized version of the popular UMI® Genealogy & Local History collection and other
valuable content. This online database is an essential collection of unique material for both
genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Researchers
can use HeritageQuest Online to find their ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn
what life was like in the areas where they settled.
HISTORY STUDY CENTER
Historical reference material that covers 14 centuries of history—from ancient to modern, old
world to new. Explore the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the growth of Islam, the ideas of
Enlightenment and Revolution, the effects of colonialism, the explosion of American pop culture,
and more. Consists of six integrated sources containing 40,000+ documents that showcase
historical events. Students can browse by Study Units, which organize primary and secondary
sources by 515+ subjects. Each unit organizes primary sources, historiographies, journal articles,
biographies, reference works, maps, and multimedia around each subject—gathered together on
the basis of relevance, value, and ease of access.
• Documents are hand-selected by an editorial team of history scholars
• Resources include newspaper and journal articles, rare books, video clips, diaries and letters, dynamic
maps, statistics, reference books, websites, and more
• Search a diverse database of content covering ancient to modern U.S. and world history
• Access thousands of full-text historical primary source documents that bring history to life
• Access thousands of full-text secondary source articles and reference works that put historical events into
context
ELIBRARY (ELEMENTARY)
Easy to use, learn, and teach. Designed specifically for the needs of younger researchers, has
tailored content from more than 130 full-text sources and an engaging, easy-to-use interface.
Delivers full-text sources from six media types.
• 100% full text, general research database
• 43 Magazines
• 8 Newspapers
• 43 Titles of Reference Works
• 40+ Collections of Maps, Images, Audio/Video and Transcripts
• Engaging, student friendly interface
• Natural Language Searching
• Sort search results by relevancy, reading level, date, file size, publication, or source
• View, print, or email any document or image in one easy step
Benefits:
• Search safe, easy to use, broad content general reference database designed specifically for elementary
schools.
• Age appropriate content so students are able to work towards research and reading on their own.
• Helps students gain valuable research and information literacy skills that are key to their ongoing success.
• Simple to begin as students can use natural language searching to find answers by simply asking a
question.
• Use “Go to the best part” to scan articles quickly and efficiently to find the most useful information by the
student.
• Students stay abreast of current events for Social Studies and other subjects with newspaper searches.
ELIBRARY (MS/JH OR HS)
Broad range of full-text and multimedia content that supports student inquiry. Helps students find
answers from 1000+ full-text magazines, newspapers, books and transcripts, plus thousands of
pictures and maps. A powerful curriculum resource for students and teachers. Quality and reliable
information for research and homework. Integrates technology and digital content to support
classroom instruction in all subjects. The Reference Desk provides everything needed to start the
research process including encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, atlases, and more.
Features:
• Sort results by relevance, date, file size, reading level, publication, or source
• Create marked lists, and view, print, or email any document or image in one easy step.
• Highlight and look-up feature allows users to highlight a word or phrase within an article, and then
execute a new search on the highlighted term by clicking the search tab—helping students find additional
information or definitions quickly.
ELIBRARY CURRICULUM EDITION
One of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for
Middle, Junior & High schools and libraries. Over 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers,
reference books, and transcripts—plus thousands of pictures, maps, weblinks, and audio/video
content.
New content includes: ProQuest Learning Literature offers a comprehensive integrated literary
reference resource for original full-text works, author biographies, literary criticism, and more.
History Study Center delivers thousands of primary and secondary sources covering ancient to
modern U.S. and world history.
ELIBRARY SCIENCE
Offers science content and tools along with unique video and dozens of manipulatives found in
no other online science reference product. In partnership with premier reference publisher Salem
Press, includes 20+ of Salem's high-quality, high-interest reference titles, such as Animal Life and
Plant Life from the Magill's Encyclopedia of Science program; science-related titles from the
Great Events in History series, and other award-winning titles such as the Encyclopedia of
Genetics. Most of these works are available for the first time in electronic format via eLibrary.
eLibrary Science supports the information needs of both AP and mainstream science courses.
LEARNING LITERATURE ONLINE
Delivers 85,000+ original full-text works of literature from medieval times to the present.
Organized into study units of more than 300 of the most-studied authors and genres, students can
also find author biographies, contemporary criticisms, reviews and more.
LITERATURE ONLINE
Literature Online contains a full library of up-to-date, fully searchable criticism and reference
resources in addition to the full text of poetry, drama, and prose fiction from the seventh century
to the present day. It not only provides the materials for the historical study of almost every
period and genre of literature in English but also features increasing numbers of works by the
major authors of the twentieth century.
NEW YORK TIMES
NYTimes Historical Newspapers Collection: features years 1851-2000 of "The New York
Times." A powerful resource for the study of historical events, social and consumer history,
economics and more. Offers students and teachers unique online access to primary source
documents -- from school or from home. Use the articles and images contained in "The New
York Times" to help teach skills such as critical thinking, historical interpretation and context,
writing and composition, and information literacy. Students gain a better understanding and
appreciation of the past through sources that illustrate historical information via a relevant media
still used today.
NYTIMES ONLINE - FULLTEXT BACK TO JANUARY 1999, ABSTRACTED AND INDEXED BEYOND
1999.
PROQUEST DIRECT
ProQuest includes 700+ magazine titles including images with 75% of the collection in full text.
Kid-Quest includes approximately 80 magazine titles including images with 91% of the collection
in full-text. In addition, the subscription includes USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, Ethnic
Cultures of America, and CIA World Factbook. All schools subscribing to ProQuest also have
access to KidQuest and can request that default interface.
PROQUEST AP SCIENCE
Comprehensive collection of magazines and journals designed to support advanced placement
and college-prep level science studies. Disciplines covered include earth, life, physical, medical,
and applied sciences. 500+ full-text magazines and journals covering all aspects of science—from
health and biology to chemistry and physics. Nearly 100 percent cover-to-cover full-text, with
additional article formats available for a majority of titles. Schools can use the database as standalone resource or add it to an existing ProQuest subscription.
PROQUEST PLATINUM
2,000+ periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference,
health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.
Full-text coverage of The New York Times and Wall Street Journal is included, plus an additional
collection of international, national, and regional newspapers— and the most respected reference
texts. The database features front-to-back, full-text coverage for a majority of titles.
• Updated science news links
• Information about famous scientists
• Today in science history feature
• Clickable periodic table
• 80+ model Science BookCarts that can be copied and support many research activities
immediately.
PROQUEST PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
ProQuest Professional Education offers a comprehensive research collection of more than 300
magazines and journals for K-12 professional development and continuing education.
PSYCHINFO
The database provides abstracting and indexing for nearly 2,000 key psychology titles, with
coverage dating from the 1800s. Updated weekly, PsycINFO contains more than 2 million
citations and summaries of articles from journals, books, book chapters, dissertations, and
technical reports.
PROQUEST/SIRS
SIRS DECADES NYS/SLSA PACKAGE
SIRS Decades: 20th Century American Sources, is an electronic subscription resource containing
Primary Source and reference content from the 20th century. Content is organized into curricular
topics pertaining to American History, culture, and daily life of the time. Primary source types
include: Advertisements, Editorial Cartoons, Letters, Memos, Messages, Maps and Charts,
Original Documents, Original Works of Art, Photographs, Poems and Literary Works, Posters,
Published Articles, Speeches and Addresses.
SIRS DISCOVERER
An interactive reference tool for the young reader designed to make learning fun and intuitive.
The program helps teach research, writing, language, and computer skills. Contains full-text,
indexed articles and graphics from 1,500+ magazines, newspapers and U.S. Government
documents. Articles date from 1992 to the present. Articles and graphics are carefully selected
for their educational content, interest and level of readability. Based on Flesch Reading Ease
scale, each article is assigned to a reading level category: General, Easy (grades 1-4), Moderate
(grades 5-7), or Challenging (grades 8 and above).
SIRS ENDURING ISSUES
SIRS® Enduring Issues is an eight-volume, 32-topic reference set showcasing the best articles
published during the preceding year. Each volume comprises 80 carefully selected full-text
articles chosen according to strict SIRS criteria for relevance, reliability, and age-appropriateness.
Titles include: American History, The Christian Science Monitor, Foreign Affairs, Maclean’s,
National Geographic, New Internationalist, The New York Times, Newsweek, Science News, and
Time.
SIRS GOVERNMENT REPORTER ONLINE - A reference database that combines a wide range of
information published by and about our Federal Government. The selected documents are
indexed to 13,000+ subject headings that date from 1990 to the present and are 100% full-text.
Many of the U.S. Government documents contain graphics. The database provides information
about federal agencies and elected leaders, U.S. Supreme Court decisions and more. High interest
topics explored include Domestic Affairs, Federal Procedures, International Affairs, Military
Affairs and Scientific Research.
SIRS INTERACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
An online database that combines cutting-edge content with state-of-the-art technology, creating
an educational resource that emphasizes reading, writing and critical thinking skills. Utilizing
interactive books, which can stand-alone or supplement textbooks, it dynamically links to
appropriate Web sites, articles and documents on SIRS databases. This innovative product, which
meets national and state standards, provides continuously updated content, an Educator’s Guide, a
User’s Guide and more. The two interactive electronic books, What Citizens Need to Know About
Government and What Citizens Need to Know About World Affairs, are available in both printerfriendly (PDF) and Web-friendly (HTML) formats.
SIRS RENAISSANCE ONLINE – Current Perspectives on the Arts and Humanities. This reference
tool includes full-text articles and graphics from more than 800 domestic and international
magazines and newspapers, with coverage dating primarily from 1994 to the present. Many
articles are accompanied by full-color graphics, including art reproductions, photographs,
illustrations and maps. Hundreds of articles contain biographical information on notable people.
The articles are carefully indexed to more than 25,000 subject headings. All articles are chosen to
give researchers the most current and diverse information on the following topics: Architecture &
Design, Culture, Multimedia, Literature, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy & Religion and
Visual Arts.
SIRS RESEARCHER ONLINE – A general reference database with thousands of full-text articles
exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, and political and global issues.
Contains 35,800 subject headings. Carefully selected articles from over 1,300 domestic and
international magazines, journals, newspapers and U.S. Government publications can be
accessed instantaneously. Articles date from 1988 to the present. Charts, maps, diagrams and
illustrations accompany many articles. Information is updated daily.
SIRS WEBSELECT ONLINE – A database of Internet resources, providing access to quality Web
sites on almost any subject. SIRS editors evaluate sites originating from around the globe for
credibility and relevance to the needs of researchers. SIRS WebSelect is continually updated to
include new sites and dynamically changing data. Summaries are included, providing a concise
overview of site content and authority. Users can locate sites using keyword search, subject
heading search, or topic browse. Topics are derived from those of SIRS’ award-winning reference
databases – SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter and SIRS Renaissance and are
assigned based on site content and mission.
These databases are also available in the following packages:
• SIRS Researcher & Discoverer
• SIRS Researcher & Government Reporter
• SIRS Researcher & Renaissance
• SIRS Researcher, Government Reporter, Renaissance
• SIRS Researcher, Government Reporter, Renaissance, Discoverer
• SIRS Researcher, Government Reporter, Renaissance, Discoverer, Webselect
• SIRS Researcher, Government Reporter, Renaissance, Webselect
• SIRS Researcher, Government Reporter, Webselect
RAND MCNALLY CLASSROOM
Rand McNally Classroom is an authoritative, easy-to-use website for K-12 curriculum-relevant
maps, articles and teacher tools covering everything from the world right down to your
community.
ROSEN
TEEN HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Provides students with comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics
including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life,
and more. Developed for teens, with their unique concerns and perspective in mind, Teen
Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers draws on Rosen's award-winning series, including
Coping, Need to Know, and others. Thoroughly updated and revised for online use, all content is
reviewed by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition, guidance, and career
counseling.
TURNITIN
TURNITIN.COM
Turnitin.com service for Plagiarism Prevention. Their plagiarism prevention system is based
on customized Originality Reports. ™ Originality Reports are exact duplicates of submitted
papers, except that any text either copied or paraphrased from the Internet or their database
appears underlined, color-coded, and linked to its original online source. Subscribers receive
reports for every submitted assignment at their own Turnitin.com "report inbox", usually within
4-6 hours. Information contained in the reports gives users the ability to determine for themselves
the extent to which any given work is plagiarized or original. Submitted papers are compared not
only against the entire Internet, but also against an exclusive database of previously submitted
student papers. Turnitin.com uses Document Source Analysis technology; this software uses a set
of powerful algorithms to create a 'digital fingerprint' of any text document.
GradeMark: a groundbreaking tool that allows instructors to grade papers online without pen
and paper.
GradeBook: a tool that enables instructors to manage grades and assignments online with
familiar, at-a-glance usability of a paper gradebook and the powerful flexibility of a computerbased grading interface.
TURNITIN EDUCATIONAL SUITE INCLUDES: Plagiarism Prevention, Peer Review,
GradeMark, and GradeBook
WILSON
ART MUSEUM IMAGE GALLERY
A digital resource of art images and related multimedia gathered from the collections of
distinguished museums around the world. The Art Museum Image Gallery can be searched alone
or simultaneously with other WilsonWeb databases, including Art Full Text, Art Index
Retrospective, and Biography Reference Bank.
BIOGRAPHIES PLUS ILLUSTRATED
Encompasses biographical coverage from a host of high quality Wilson biographical resources,
including Current Biography, the World Authors Series, and the Junior Authors & Illustrators
series. In addition, Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated includes over 80,000 profiles licensed
from a number of respected reference publishers.
BIOGRAPHY REFERENCE BANK
A combination of the in-depth profiles of Current Biography, the World Authors series, the Junior
Authors & Illustrators series, plus other Wilson biographical resources with the thorough
periodicals coverage of Biography Index, and full-text articles, page images, and abstracts from
the complete range of Wilson databases, to bring you Wilson’s largest biography database yet.
CHILDREN’S CATALOG
For collection development, readers’ advisory, and curriculum support. Children's Catalog
presents a core collection of fiction and nonfiction works, story collections, picture books,
graphic novels, and magazines recommended for readers in preschool through sixth grade.
Professional literature for the children's librarian, both periodicals and books, is also covered.
Entries provide complete bibliographic data, price, subject headings, a descriptive annotation, and
evaluative quotations from a review when available. The catalog also includes an annotated list of
recommended web resources for children and professionals working with children.
CURRENT BIOGRAPHY ILLUSTRATED
This database reflects the entire contents of the printed monthly Current Biography—a trusted
resource in library collections since 1940. This is where your patrons will find reliable
information about the people making tomorrow’s headlines plus historical figures back to World
War II.
CURRENT ISSUES
Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus presents a carefully-selected database of full-text articles
from key publications on social, scientific, health, political, and global issues, chosen to make up
a well-rounded overview, and organized by topic for easy access. The database features current
articles with periodic updates, plus the option for users to do predetermined searches with
WilsonWeb or on the Internet.
EDUCATION FULL TEXT
Education Full Text brings you comprehensive coverage of an international range of Englishlanguage periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. Full text of articles cover to cover, from
hundreds of journals, make this a one-stop source for research.
JUNIOR AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS
Since the first volume was published in 1934, the Junior Authors & Illustrators series has been an
essential source of information about the creators of books for children and young people. Now,
all nine volumes in this series are available in a single database, delivering fast digital access to
in-depth profiles, photographs, and bibliographies of works by and about authors and illustrators
LIBRARY LITERATURE & INFORMATION SCIENCE FULL TEXT
Reflecting the latest trends in a rapidly evolving field, this database indexes English and foreignlanguage periodicals, selected state journals, conference proceedings, pamphlets, books, and
library school theses, plus over 300 books per year. This invaluable resource delivers full text
articles cover to cover from over a hundred select publications. PDF page images of the full text
articles bring researchers charts, graphs, photos, and other valuable graphical information.
MIDDLE/JR. HIGH CATALOG
For libraries serving readers in grades five through nine, Middle and Junior High School Library
Catalog, provides indispensable help with collection development and maintenance, curriculum
support, readers' advisory, and general reference. You will find thousands of 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. The Catalog also includes entries for recommended electronic
resources.
PLAY INDEX
Available for the first time on WilsonWeb, the online edition of this renowned resource will make
finding information about plays easier than ever. Since important classic and historical plays (e.g.
the plays of Aeschylus and Euripides, Moliere’s works, Shakespeare’s dramas, works of George
Bernard Shaw or Ibsen), are reprinted in collections and anthologies, you will find virtually any
play being studied or performed in Play Index. This unique resource also covers the works of
contemporary playwrights, including new editions or translations.
READERS’ GUIDE FULL TEXT MEGA
The index that revolutionized the world of research, Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature®, is
new and improved! Readers’ Guide Full Text, Mega Edition offers the ultimate in current events
coverage, curriculum support, and quality periodicals research for students, educators, and library
patrons.
READERS’ GUIDE FULL TEXT SELECT
For libraries that want a 100% full-text database, the Select Edition of Readers’ Guide Full Text
is the most popular choice. Your patrons get searchable full-text plus abstracting and indexing
for a broad selection of the most-wanted popular periodicals.
SCIENCE FULL TEXT SELECT
This new 100% full text science database includes all the full text content from Wilson’s
acclaimed Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, and
General Science Full Text, plus additional related full text science titles indexed by other Wilson
databases including Readers’ Guide Full Text and Wilson OmniFile Full Text.
SR. HIGH CATALOG
This selective list of books recommended for young people in grades 9 through 12 is invaluable
for collection development and maintenance, readers’ advisory, and curriculum support in the
high school library. More than 10,000 entries for fiction and nonfiction works, as well as
recommended CD-ROMs, offer an abundance of choices, 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.
WORLD BOOK ONLINE
WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA ONLINE
Provides all articles from the 22-volume print set plus 3,200 more; 15,000 web links; 30,000+
articles in 107 periodicals; 8,500+ pictures and maps; 800+ videos, animations, and sounds;
129 3-D bubble views.
World Book Online's Learning Zone Features:
• Homework Help supports students in learning to do research, write papers, prepare and present speeches.
• Parent Resource Center includes tools to help parents take advantage of World Book at home and
reinforce their children's classroom experiences.
• Teacher Resource Center includes tools to help teachers integrate World Book into their classrooms and
find useful resources on the World Wide Web.
• Through the Years takes a more in-depth look into the events that are highlighted in “What's
Happening…”.
• Surfing the Millennium is an extensive series of Web pages about the past 1000 years.
Features:
• Content Integration - Related Web Sites, Special Reports, and Back In Time articles will be integrated
with rest of site
• Integrated World Book dictionary for users to display and search
• Easier to Use Interface: When user scrolls within and article, links to related content will remain on the
screen
• Advanced Search screen will be more intuitive
• In-depth Special Reports written by World Book editors on various topics
• World Book Online provides a link from the standard ‘Americas’ version to the ‘International’
version. This global version provides links to the World Book International version (approx. 40% more
content) and gives users more depth of article in literature, art, politics, government, history and biography
in much the same way the regular World Book Online gives North American users more depth on
information important to us. One of the best articles to preview this is on Ireland. The user can also preview
what the differences are between the regular version and the Int’l version.
WORLD BOOK GOLD: Includes World Book Online Encyclopedia and the Spanish Jr.
Encyclopedia
WORLD BOOK PLATINUM: Includes ‘Gold’ version plus 2 components of World Book Research
Libraries – (1) U.S. History, (2) Political Science & Law
WORLD BOOK EMERALD: Includes ‘Platinum’ version plus (3) Literature and (4) World History.
WORLD BOOK PLATINUM PLUS: Includes ‘Gold’ version, plus all 8 components of World Book
Research Libraries –
(1) U.S. History, (2) Political Science & Law (3) World History (4) Social Science (5) Science &
Mathematics (6) Literature (7) Language (8) Philosophy & Religion
WORLD AND I SCHOOL
WorldandISchool.com is a cross-curriculum resource that encompasses a broad range of articles
by scholars and experts in their fields but written in a journalistic style for easier readability.
Articles are aligned to each state’s standards for Social Studies, Language Arts, and Science.
Originally published monthly in print as The World & I, the site includes the complete contents
since 1986 and continues to post monthly updates throughout the academic year, from August to
June.