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ABC-CLIO Databases

Authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring, significant, and timely issues

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Access World News

Searchable digital reference content about access world news, supporting news & current events instruction and research.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

American History

A bibliographic resource that provides a robust source of information focusing on the history and life of the United States and Canada

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

American History Online

Curated reference and learning materials on american history online, including articles and multimedia for research and instruction.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Ancient/Medieval Era

Ranging from the dawn of prehistory, through the great ancient empires, to the beginning of the Renaissance, this unique online resource explores history in every corner of the globe.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Banco de Continedos aula Planeta

Digital educational resource or research collection offered as Banco de Continedos aula Planeta; scope and included content should be confirmed with the provider.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General

BookFlix

Online literacy resource that pairs classic fictional video storybooks from Weston Woods with related non-fiction ebooks from Scholastic.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School Subjects: ELA

Books & Authors

Searchable digital reference content about books & authors, supporting ela instruction and research.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: ELA

BrainPOP

Videos, activities and games covering: science, social studies, english, math, engineering & tech, health, arts and music.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General

BrainPOP ELL

Videos, activities and games designed for designed for all English Language Learners.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General

BrainPop Espanol

Videos, actividades y juegos que abarcan: ciencias, estudios sociales, Inglés, matemáticas, ingeniería y tecnología, salud, artes y música.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General

BrainPop Francais

Online animation films, real teaching tools, grouped into the categories: Sciences, Human body, Techno & Engineering, Social Sciences / History-Geo-Civic Education, Art and Music, Math and French.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General

BrainPOP Junior

Videos, activities and games covering: science, social studies, english, math, engineering & tech, health, arts and music.

Levels: Primary, Elementary School Subjects: General

Britannica Academic

Curated encyclopedia, reference, and multimedia content from Britannica Academic, supporting research and classroom learning.

Levels: High School, Professional Subjects: General

Britannica Escolar

Curated encyclopedia, reference, and multimedia content from Britannica Escolar, supporting research and classroom learning.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Britannica School

Curated encyclopedia, reference, and multimedia content from Britannica School, supporting research and classroom learning.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Business Insights: Essentials

Includes company profiles, industry reports and financial reports, as well as business magazines and newspapers.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Specialized

FactCite

Access to all of your FactCite subscriptions.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School Subjects: General

FactCite American History

Articles on people, places, and events in American History.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

FactCite Biography for Beginners

Biographies of famous people from around the world.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School Subjects: General

FactCite Countries and Cultures

Comprehensive coverage of the countries of the world, illustrated. Supports research for country reports and activities such as Model UN and debate. Sections include curated weblinks for further study.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School Subjects: Social Studies

FactCite Mythology

Covers 760 Greek and Roman gods and goddesses, and hundreds of mythological figures and tales from around the world. Includes stories from Norse, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Native American, Japanese, and other traditions. Supports study of ancient civilizations, Latin language, English literature, and global studies. Audio option for all entries. Written for grades 4+.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School Subjects: General

FactCite: US & World Biographies

Student-friendly reference articles and images about us & world biographies, designed for school research.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School Subjects: Social Studies

Gale Academic OneFile Select with Subject Collections

Resource for academic research includes scholarly journals and selected general interest titles in a wide variety of subjects.

Levels: High School, Professional Subjects: General

Gale Academic OneFile with Subject Collections

Contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.

Levels: High School, Professional Subjects: General

Gale Ebooks

Ebook portal for Gale resources.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Gale General OneFile with Subject Collections

News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Gale In Context: Elementary

Formerly Kids InfoBits A general reference resource for primary and elementary.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School Subjects: General

Gale in Context: High School

Full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted website

Levels: High School Subjects: General, Social Studies, ELA, Science

Gale in Context: Middle School

Created for middle-schoolers, Research in Context combines Gale reference content with age-appropriate videos, periodicals, primary sources, and more

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: General, Social Studies, ELA, Science

Gale OneFile: Agriculture

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering agriculture for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Science

Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering communications and mass media for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Gale OneFile: Computer Science

Provides access to business and technical publications in the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Science

Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering criminal justice for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering culinary arts for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Specialized

Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering diversity studies for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Gale OneFile: Economics and Theory

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering economics and theory for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Specialized

Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete

Resource for educators and education students. Provides access to periodicals covering pre-school to college and most educational specialties. Includes full-text for many titles cited in ERIC.

Levels: Professional Subjects: Specialized

Gale OneFile: Entrepreneurship

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering entrepreneurship for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Specialized

Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies and Policy

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering environmental studies and policy for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Science

Gale OneFile: Fine Arts

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering fine arts for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: ELA

Gale OneFile: Gender Studies

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering gender studies for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine

Full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a variety of personal health information sources.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Science

Gale OneFile: Home Improvement

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering home improvement for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Gale OneFile: Hospitality and Tourism

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering hospitality and tourism for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Specialized

Gale OneFile: Information Science

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering information science for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Science

Gale OneFile: Informe Académico

Spanish interface provides access to Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals both from and about Latin America.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Gale OneFile: Insurance and Liability

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering insurance and liability for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Specialized

Gale OneFile: Military and Intelligence

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering military and intelligence for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Gale OneFile: News

This full-text newspaper database has several New York Newspapers including the New York Times from 1995 on, and over 1,000 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering nursing and allied health for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: High School, Professional Subjects: Science

Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering physical therapy and sports medicine for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Science

Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering pop culture studies for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering popular magazines for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Gale OneFile: Psychology

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering psychology for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Gale OneFile: Religion and Philosophy

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering religion and philosophy for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Gale OneFile: Science

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering science for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Science

Gale OneFile: U.S. History

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering u.s. history for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering vocations and careers for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Specialized

Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering war and terrorism for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Gale OneFile: World History

Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering world history for research and classroom assignments.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Gale PowerSearch

Search newspapers, business journals and health journals.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Gale: Opposing Viewpoints

Facts and arguments on current events topics and social issues.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

GoGo Library

Nonfiction for young readers.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Health and Wellness Resource Center

Full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Science

Issues & Controversies

Hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Kids Discover

Kids Discover Online offers a growing library of over 2,000 engaging Science, Social Studies, and Nonfiction articles, written at 3 Lexile Reading Levels. Reading levels are geared towards grades 3-8. Kids Discover Online includes lesson-planning tools for educators, standards and curriculum alignment, online assessments, and more.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School Subjects: General

Mystery Science

Science Lessons that include videos and hands-on activities.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: Science

National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids includes the complete run of the magazine from 2009 to the present, as well as books, videos, and images.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School Subjects: Social Studies

New York Times

A subset of Gale OneFile: News, this database includes articles from newspapers from around New York State including: Glens Falls Post-Star, New York Times, New York Post, Buffalo News, and Newsday.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

News-O-Matic

News-O-Matic is a digital news platform designed for K–8 students, offering daily, age-appropriate nonfiction articles that align with educational standards in subjects like ELA, science, social studies, and social-emotional learning. The platform emphasizes safety and accessibility by providing content reviewed by a child psychologist, multiple reading levels, audio narration, and translations in several languages. Interactive features such as videos, quizzes, and a "News Room" for student engagement enhance the learning experience. Educators benefit from tools like lesson plans and customizable units to seamlessly integrate current events into their teaching.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Noodle Tools

An online research tool to track your sources, take notes, create outlines, collaborate with classmates, and format and print your bibliography.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Professional Subjects: General

PBS Learning Media

Streaming educational video collection from PBS Learning Media for student research and instruction.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: Specialized

PebbleGo

Curricular content for K-3 students with informational articles, ready-made activities, and literacy support.

Levels: Primary, Elementary School Subjects: General

PebbleGo Next

Readable, curriculum-aligned articles and multimedia for upper-elementary research.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School Subjects: General

Pop Culture Universe

An irresistible yet authoritative online resource that covers popular culture in America, both past and present—in a package as dynamic as the topic it covers.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Rosen Learning Center

Curriculum-focused reference materials about rosen learning center, designed to support student research and learning.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School Subjects: Specialized

Scholastic Teachables

Literacy and curriculum resources from Scholastic Teachables, supporting reading, inquiry, and classroom instruction.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School Subjects: Specialized

SIRS Issues Researcher

Offers relevant, credible resources that tell the whole story on major issues and world conflicts of the day.

Levels: High School, Professional Subjects: Social Studies

Sooth.fyi

Sooth is a curated search engine optimized for students and knowledge professionals. We’ve built a proprietary search index comprised solely of expert content from across the web covering a range of important global topics. Accelerate your knowledge search.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Soundzabound

Soundzabound royalty free music.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: ELA

Swank K-12 Streaming

Swank K-12 Streaming is convenient, controlled, and connected streaming platform that makes it easy for teachers to incorporate high-quality films into lesson plans. The library includes thousands of films for educational support, including the top feature films, documentaries and foreign titles. Powered by Swank Motion Pictures, the content is curated specifically for educators based on the movies they need for lessons, and provides access both inside the classroom or for assignments outside of the classroom. Eliminate the need for DVD players in classrooms Enable streaming access for districts blocking personal streaming sites Extend the classroom with connectivity to any LMS Streamline access with single sign-on integration

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General

Teaching Books

Discover online multimedia resources. Bring books and authors to life.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: Specialized

Teen Book Cloud

An online collection of ebooks, enhanced novels, graphic novels, videos and audio books, which offers students and adults of all reading levels access to an amazing range of content.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General

The Modern Era

Covers a broad range of topics including the evolution of modern Europe; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world; the global impact of the Industrial Revolution; and the last 100 years of conflicts and international cooperation.

Levels: Middle School, High School Subjects: Social Studies

Tumble Book Library

Ebook collection that includes animated talking picture books, chapter books, videos, non-fiction titles, playlists, books in languages other than English such as French and Spanish, graphic novels and math stories. Supporting materials includes lesson plans, quizzes, educational games and puzzles related to both math and language skills.

Levels: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Subjects: General