General Information
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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 School
Curated encyclopedia, reference, and multimedia content from Britannica School, supporting research and classroom 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 NovelNY Databases
Gale resource portal.
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Gale General OneFile with Subject Collections
News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics.
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Gale PowerSearch
Search newspapers, business journals and health journals.
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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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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.
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GoGo Library
Nonfiction for young readers.
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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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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.
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Rosen Learning Center
Curriculum-focused reference materials about rosen learning center, designed to support student research and learning.
Controversial and Timely Topics
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Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering pop culture studies for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale: Opposing Viewpoints
Facts and arguments on current events topics and social issues.
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Issues & Controversies
Hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.
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ProCon
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News Sources
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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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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 OneFile: Popular Magazines
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering popular magazines for research and classroom assignments.
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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.
ELA and Arts Resources
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Biography Reference Center
Offers biographical profiles of historical and contemporary people, with articles and reference materials useful for student research.
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Contemporary Literacy Criticism Select
Presents significant published criticism on the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and other creative writers now living or who died after 1959.
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Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering communications and mass media for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale OneFile: Fine Arts
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering fine arts for research and classroom assignments.
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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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Teaching Books
Discover online multimedia resources. Bring books and authors to life.
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Twayne Author Series
Full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors.
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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.
Social Studies Resources
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Gale OneFile: Economics and Theory
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering economics and theory for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale OneFile: Military and Intelligence
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering military and intelligence for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale OneFile: U.S. History
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering u.s. history for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering war and terrorism for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale OneFile: World History
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering world history for research and classroom assignments.
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National Geographic Virtual Library
National Geographic Virtual Library brings the National Geographic Society to the library in a cross-searchable platform that fits the way today's students and patrons conduct their research. With standard library features and functionality common to many Gale resources, National Geographic Virtual...
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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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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.
Science, Health, and Agriculture
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Science Reference Center
Contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.
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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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Gale OneFile: Agriculture
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering agriculture for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies and Policy
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering environmental studies and policy for research and classroom assignments.
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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: Nursing and Allied Health
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering nursing and allied health for research and classroom assignments.
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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.
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Gale OneFile: Science
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering science for research and classroom assignments.
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Today's Science
Curated reference and learning materials on today's science, including articles and multimedia for research and instruction.
Social Sciences
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Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering diversity studies for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale OneFile: Psychology
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering psychology for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale OneFile: Religion and Philosophy
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering religion and philosophy for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale OneFile: Gender Studies
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering gender studies for research and classroom assignments.
Business, Technology, Careers, Life Skills
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Business Insights: Essentials
Includes company profiles, industry reports and financial reports, as well as business magazines and newspapers.
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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: Culinary Arts
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering culinary arts for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale OneFile: Entrepreneurship
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering entrepreneurship for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale OneFile: Home Improvement
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering home improvement for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale OneFile: Hospitality and Tourism
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering hospitality and tourism for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale OneFile: Information Science
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering information science for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale OneFile: Insurance and Liability
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering insurance and liability for research and classroom assignments.
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Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers
Searchable collection of magazines, journals, and reference articles covering vocations and careers for research and classroom assignments.
Resources in Other Languages
Research and Teacher Tools
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ClickView
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Questions? Email amakenzie@wswheboces.org
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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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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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Ready-to-Use Resources
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Soundzabound
Questions? Email amakenzie@wswheboces.org
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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
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Teaching Books
Discover online multimedia resources. Bring books and authors to life.
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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.