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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
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Access World News
Searchable digital reference content about access world news, supporting news & current events instruction and research.
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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.
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American History
A bibliographic resource that provides a robust source of information focusing on the history and life of the United States and Canada
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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.
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Bloom's Literary Reference Online
Essays examining the lives and works of great writers throughout history and the world, and critical articles published by noted scholars.
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Book Creator
Online instructional, research, or classroom workflow tool provided through Book Creator.
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BrainPOP
Videos, activities and games covering: science, social studies, english, math, engineering & tech, health, arts and music.
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BrainPOP ELL
Videos, activities and games designed for designed for all English Language Learners.
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BrainPop Espanol
Videos, actividades y juegos que abarcan: ciencias, estudios sociales, Inglés, matemáticas, ingeniería y tecnología, salud, artes y música.
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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.
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BrainPOP Junior
Videos, activities and games covering: science, social studies, english, math, engineering & tech, health, arts and music.
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Britannica Academic
Curated encyclopedia, reference, and multimedia content from Britannica Academic, supporting research and classroom learning.
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Britannica Escolar
Curated encyclopedia, reference, and multimedia content from Britannica Escolar, supporting research and classroom learning.
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Britannica School
Curated encyclopedia, reference, and multimedia content from Britannica School, supporting research and classroom learning.
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Business Insights
Searchable digital reference content about business insights, supporting career & business instruction and research.
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Classroom Video On Demand
Thousands of videos offering great content for any research, learning and information on more than 935 subject categories.
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CountryWatch Premium
Country Reviews, Country Wire, Data, Maps, the Global Guide and the Political Intelligence Briefing and Wire. Grades 6-12
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CQ Researcher Online
Award winning in-depth coverage of topical issues written by experienced journalists, footnoted and professionally fact-checked.
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Daily Life in History
Discover details about past eras that make historical accounts relevant and meaningful from their modern-day perspectives.
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Epoint Plus
Curriculum-focused reference materials about epoint plus, designed to support student research and learning.
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Flocabulary
Interactive instructional content and classroom activities provided through Flocabulary, supporting teaching and student learning.
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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.
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Gale Academic OneFile with Subject Collections
Contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.
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Gale In Context: Elementary
Formerly Kids InfoBits A general reference resource for primary and elementary.
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Gale in Context: High School
Full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted website
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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
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Gale In Context: World History
Provides an overview of world history that covers the most-studied events, periods, cultures, civilizations, religions, conflicts, wars, ideologies, cultural movements, people, and more.
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Gale NovelNY Databases
Gale resource portal.
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Gale OneFile: Computer Science
Provides access to business and technical publications in the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries.
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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.
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Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
Full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a variety of personal health information sources.
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Gale OneFile: Informe Académico
Spanish interface provides access to Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals both from and about Latin America.
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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.
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Gale PowerSearch
Search newspapers, business journals and health journals.
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Gale: Opposing Viewpoints
Facts and arguments on current events topics and social issues.
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Grove Art Online
Digital educational resource or research collection offered as Grove Art Online; scope and included content should be confirmed with the provider.
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Historical NY Times
Searchable research content in Historical NY Times, including relevant publications, reference works, or historical sources depending on the collection.
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Issues & Controversies
Hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.
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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.
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LessonPix
Searchable digital reference content about lessonpix, supporting education instruction and research.
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Lightbox K-12
Online reading collection or ebook platform associated with Lightbox K-12, offering digital books for students and educators.
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Literature Resource Center
Up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. Its materials support interdisciplinary approaches, information literacy, and the development of critical thinking skills.
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Monarch
Digital educational resource or research collection offered as Monarch; scope and included content should be confirmed with the provider.
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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.
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Newsbank
Searchable news articles and periodical content from Newsbank, useful for current events and historical research.
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Newsela ELA
Deliver the context and relevance your ELA curriculum has been missing, with real-world, standards-aligned, leveled texts in 20+ genres that let you create engaging ELA lessons while delivering the skills, background knowledge and vocabulary students need. Non-fiction articles with 5 reading levels, with comprehension quizzes. Site adjusts reading level for each student. Upgrades Newsela Essentials with more ELA content such as Novel Studies, fiction, vocab tools, and NYS standards-aligned content. (You do not need both ELA and Essentials)
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Newsomatic
Searchable news articles and periodical content from Newsomatic, useful for current events and historical research.
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Noodle Tools
An online research tool to track your sources, take notes, create outlines, collaborate with classmates, and format and print your bibliography.
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Read & Write
Online instructional, research, or classroom workflow tool provided through Read & Write.
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Rosen Learning Center
Curriculum-focused reference materials about rosen learning center, designed to support student research and learning.
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Science in Context
Provides contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics showing how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity.
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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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Soundzabound
Soundzabound royalty free music.
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Teacher Ebooks
Professional Education Ebooks purchased by the Genesee Region Teacher Center.
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Teaching Books
Discover online multimedia resources. Bring books and authors to life.
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Teen Health and Wellness
Nonjudgmental, straightforward info for middle and high school covering diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, green living, financial literacy, and more.
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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.
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U.S. History in Context
Provides a complete overview of our nation’s past that covers the most-studied events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, people, and more.
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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.