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ABC-CLIO American Mosaic: The African American Experience The American Mosaic: The African American Experience gives voice to the African American experience from its African origins to the present day.
ABC-CLIO Databases Authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring, significant, and timely issues
ABC-CLIO Issues Authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring, significant, and timely issues
ABC-CLIO World Religions From ABC-CLIO, World Religions: Belief, Culture and Controversy makes research on faith and belief across humanity easier and enables a deeper understanding of the complex issues facing us in the 21st century.
Access World News
American Government Connects contemporary issues with the foundations of government and compares the political and economic systems of the United States with those of other countries.
American History A bibliographic resource that provides a robust source of information focusing on the history and life of the United States and Canada
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.
Books & Authors Product added by purchase report form.
BrainPOP Science for grades 6,7,8
Britannica Academic
Britannica Escolar
Britannica Image Quest General reference resource for multiple age groups.
Britannica School General reference resource for multiple age groups.
Business Insights: Essentials Includes company profiles, industry reports and financial reports, as well as business magazines and newspapers.
Daily Life in History Discover details about past eras that make historical accounts relevant and meaningful from their modern-day perspectives.
Diseases & Disorders
Economic Literacy and Personal Finance
FactCite Access to all of your FactCite subscriptions.
FactCite 1-2-3 For primary grade researchers. FactCite 1-2-3! presents biographies, mythology, animals, the planets, element, solar system, U.S. states, and countries. Simple screen designs, audio read-along, accessible text, and engaging illustrations. "Step Up to a Reading Challenge" icon activated when subscription includes next reading level database.
FactCite American History Articles on people, places, and events in American History.
FactCite Biography for Beginners Biographies of famous people from around the world.
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.
FactCite Mythology Greek and Roman gods, goddesses, heroes, places, and other aspects of Greek and Roman mythology.
FactCite: Science and Technology Illustrated coverage of the Elements, Planets, Ecosystems, Animals, and Plants. For grades 4 to 9.
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.
Gale Academic OneFile with Subject Collections Contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.
Gale General OneFile with Subject Collections News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics.
Gale In Context: Elementary Formerly Kids InfoBits A general reference resource for primary and elementary.
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
Gale NovelNY Databases Gale resource portal.
Gale OneFile: Agriculture
Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media
Gale OneFile: Computer Science Provides access to business and technical publications in the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries.
Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice
Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts
Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies
Gale OneFile: Economics and Theory
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.
Gale OneFile: Entrepreneurship
Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies and Policy
Gale OneFile: Fine Arts
Gale OneFile: Gender Studies
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine Full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a variety of personal health information sources.
Gale OneFile: Home Improvement
Gale OneFile: Hospitality and Tourism
Gale OneFile: Information Science
Gale OneFile: Informe Académico Spanish interface provides access to Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals both from and about Latin America.
Gale OneFile: Insurance and Liability
Gale OneFile: Military and Intelligence
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.
Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health Product added by purchase report form.
Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies
Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines
Gale OneFile: Psychology
Gale OneFile: Religion and Philosophy
Gale OneFile: Science
Gale OneFile: U.S. History
Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers
Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism
Gale OneFile: World History
Gale PowerSearch Search newspapers, business journals and health journals.
Gale: Opposing Viewpoints Facts and arguments on current events topics and social issues.
GoGo Library Nonfiction for young readers.
Health and Wellness Resource Center Full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more.
Health Encyclopedia
Issues & Controversies Hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.
JSTOR Secondary Schools Collection An online library of journals, academic ebooks, and primary sources. Participating K-12 schools gain access to all of the archival journal content (~2,000 academic journals in more than 60 disciplines) and JSTOR's primary source collections (JSTOR Global Plants, 19th Century British Pamphlets, Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa, African World Heritage Sites). Detailed descriptions of these collections are below.
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.
Modern Genocide Presents the historical, social, religious, political, and economic factors that have resulted in genocide. It also examines the denial movements related to particular genocides, the role of propaganda in persuading the public to participate in genocide, and other mass killings and massacres not considered genocide by UN standards.
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.
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.
Noodle Tools An online research tool to track your sources, take notes, create outlines, collaborate with classmates, and format and print your bibliography.
PBS Learning Media
Points of View Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content that can help students realize and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.
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.
ProQuest Career and Technology Collection
Raz-Plus
Reading A-Z
Rosen Learning Center
Science A-Z
SIRS Issues Researcher Offers relevant, credible resources that tell the whole story on major issues and world conflicts of the day.
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.
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Swank K-12 Streaming Swank K-12 Streaming is convenient, controlled, and connected streaming platform that makes it easy for teachers to incorporate high-quality films into lesson plans. The library includes thousands of films for educational support, including the top feature films, documentaries and foreign titles. Powered by Swank Motion Pictures, the content is curated specifically for educators based on the movies they need for lessons, and provides access both inside the classroom or for assignments outside of the classroom. Eliminate the need for DVD players in classrooms Enable streaming access for districts blocking personal streaming sites Extend the classroom with connectivity to any LMS Streamline access with single sign-on integration
Teaching Books Discover online multimedia resources. Bring books and authors to life.
TechRow Stream TechRow is an immersive media network that focuses on early college, career and life readiness. We are reimagining education by making experiential learning accessible to all students.
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.
World at War Complete with overviews of more than 30 wars, this resource includes timelines, causes and consequences, portraits of opponents, and links to supporting facts and figures.
World Geography Develops global literacy, focusing on the geographic, political, social, economic, and cultural forces that influence our world.
Xello for High Schools