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CultureGrams offers four editions-- World, Kids, States and Provinces-- that provide cultural and historical information for the countries of the world as well as U.S. states and Canadian provinces and territories for children of all ages. Includes colorful, easy-to-read reports with timelines, maps, flags, fun facts, recipes, interviews, slideshows, video clips and more.
Digital Downloads for Teens offers access to thousands of online audio, print and video titles.
The collection includes young adult fiction, young adult non-fiction, comic and graphic books, history, horror & thriller, mystery & suspense, reference & study aids, science & nature, science fiction & fantasy and sports & health. You can browse the collection by reading level and Lexile measure.
Explora Secondary Schools provides a safe, trustworthy environment especially for middle and high students (grades 6-12) to look up articles and facts for research papers or homework.
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia is the online version of the acclaimed encyclopedia of the same name, considered to be one of the best reference works on animals ever published. Covering nearly all species, encyclopedia entries include life cycles, food systems, predators and overall ecology. With both basic and more scholarly information, it is useful for almost all levels of research.
This comprehensive database designed for high school students contains full-text articles from magazines, biographies and reference books as well as primary source documents, photos, maps and flags.
Middle Search Plus from EBSCOhost supports middle school students with full-text articles from magazines as well as historical and biographical essays. It offers the Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, fact sheets for countries and states, key primary source documents in American history, information about animals and Magill Book Reviews. Lexile reading levels are given for its contents; it is possible to limit a search by Lexile reading level.
Discover popular books for young readers here! Browse hundreds of theme-oriented book lists for readers at all grade levels. Users can search for award-winning titles and recommended books in both fiction and non-fiction. Many title records have direct links to websites with information about the author and teacher resource materials. Also included in Novelist K-8 are jacket images, annotations, first chapter excerpts and Lexile scores.
Opposing Viewpoints from Gale draws on the social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, along with other reference resources, to provide extensive information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
Providing a balance of materials from multiple viewpoints, Points of View Reference Center from EBSCOhost includes more than 1,300 essays, leading political magazines from all sides of the political spectrum, newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books. Each topic includes an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).
Science Online provides comprehensive coverage of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) topics from Facts on File print and online resources. Excellent for learning at any age level from early elementary through high school as well as adult, Science Online provides authoritative encyclopedic information as well as news articles, video and animation and interactive experiments.
This current events database from EBSCOhost allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms.
