World News Digest -- World News Digest brings together and enhances nearly seven decades of news from the renowned Facts On File World News Digest in print. This archival record of domestic and international news is updated weekly and contains more than 1 million internal hyperlinks and convenient new features such as tabbed search results. It covers all major political, social, and economic events since November 1940. This publication of record is unrivaled for its depth, breadth, and accuracy.
World History: Modern Era -- Covers a range of topics from the evolution of modern Europe since the Renaissance; developments in Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world during the same time period; the global impact of the Industrial revolution; and the last 100 years of conflicts and international cooperation. Chronological and thematic organization including articles by ABC-CLIO’s editors and many primary source documents. Pictures, photographs, artwork, historical maps, etc. are also included.
World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras -- World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras covers early human history around the globe—from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance.
World Geography -- World Geography provides authoritative content and online tools that develop students’ global literacy, focusing on the geographic, political, social, economic, and cultural forces that are increasingly important in our globalized world.
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary Unabridged -- Throw out that URL to dictionary.com. This is a real dictionary and without those pesky advertisements and pop-ups.
Virtual Reference Library -- A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.
World at War -- Provides comprehensive information on 14 conflict periods that have defined our nation from its earliest beginnings to today.
US History in Context -- A collection of primary and secondary resources to support the study of United States history from middle school through college. Simple keyword searches are supplemented by advanced searching capabilities and subject searches. Used in 8th and 9th grade US History classes.
TumbleBook Library -- TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.
Today's Science -- Today’s Science bridges the gap between the science that students learn in the classroom and the discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today. Updated weekly and containing thousands of links to a 15-year back-file, Today’s Science explains important developments in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics, and technology.
Teachingbooks.net -- Teaching books is a unique service that provides up close and personal interviews with some of the most loved and respected children and young adult authors. Also included are an array of lesson plans and other resources for use by language arts teachers and for students. Great for author studies at all grade levels.
Student Resources in Context -- Covering the major subject areas, including history, literature, science, social studies and more, Student Resources in Context provides a premium selection of reference, thousands of full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary documents, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts.
Student News Net -- Britannica's Student News Net engages students with timely, relevant news and current events. Related learning activities and lesson plans teach students how to organize facts, make connections, and use information in problem-solving activities.
SIRS WebSelect -- SIRS WebSelect is an online database of carefully selected, reliable and credible Internet resources on vital issues and topics. WebSelect is dynamically updated and offers Internet resources from around the globe, including those of leading universities, government agencies and respected organizations.
SIRS Renaissance -- SIRS Renaissance (Current Perspectives on the Arts & Humanities) is a reference database that provides dynamic information related to architecture, design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy and religion, plus visual arts. Full-text articles are selected from more than 1,000 domestic and international publications. Many articles are accompanied by full-color images, including art reproductions, photographs and illustrations.
SIRS Issues Researcher -- SIRS Issues Researcher helps students make sense of the world by offering relevant, credible resources aligned to standards that tell the whole story on the major issues of the day. Go in-depth into more than 100 of our top Leading Issues, or explore thousands of subjects covering topical issues.
SIRS Interactive Citizenship -- SIRS Interactive Citizenship contains three award-winning interactive content sets: What Citizens Need to Know About Economics; What Citizens Need to Know About Government; and What Citizens Need to Know About World Affairs. It's the perfect compliment to social science curricula, elective programs, and Advanced Placement courses.
SIRS Government Reporter -- SIRS Government Reporter delivers thousands of full-text documents, summaries and graphics concerning a wide variety of topics: health, science, economics, environment, politics, foreign affairs, business and industry. Articles and graphics are carefully selected according to strict criteria with regard to content and age appropriateness. Additional content provides current and historic government documents; landmark and recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions; information about U.S. Justices, U.S. Presidents, elected leaders, federal departments and agencies. National Archives Documents and Country Profiles are also included.
SIRS Discoverer -- The database includes carefully selected full-text articles and images from more than 1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines, government documents, and websites. This resource is especially useful elementary school researchers and students in middle and high schools who need information at lower reading levels. Uses Lexiles.
SIRS Decades -- SIRS Decades covers the 20th century decade by decade with 5,000 primary and secondary sources selected by the editors of SIRS. Use Lexiles.
Science Reference Center EBSCO -- Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content. Designed to meet every student's science research needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.
Science in Context -- Science in Context includes thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations. Articles are from 200 magazines and scholarly journals. Curriculum related topics cover a wide range of topics related to science curricula and correlated to national and Maryland standards.
ProQuest Research Library Prep -- The comprehensive databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, medical, corporate and school libraries.
ProQuest Learning: Literature -- A comprehensive resource including 3,000+ author biographies; 40 searchable full-text literature journals; full-text literary works; and other key criticism and reference sources.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers NYT -- Primary source historical newspapers from the New York Times since 1851.
Professional Educaton Journals -- Full-text professional publications for K-12 educators and high school students. All subject areas are addressed. Great for teachers working on graduate degrees. Great for students with advanced research needs.
Pop Culture Universe -- Pop Culture Universe is an irresistible yet authoritative digital database on popular culture in America, both past and present—in a package as dynamic as the topic it covers.
Points of View Reference Center -- The Points of View Reference Center is an interface intended for public, academic, and high school libraries. Points of View is designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects.
Oxford English Dictionary -- The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world. As a historical dictionary, the OED is very different from those of current English, in which the focus is on present-day meanings. You'll still find these in the OED, but you'll also find the history of individual words, and of the language—traced through 3 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to films scripts and cookery books.
Oxford African-American Studies Center -- Combines the authority of carefully edited reference works with sophisticated technology to create the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context -- If there is an issue, Opposing Viewpoints covers it. Articles on the pro and con side of each issued covered are available. Uses their own reading scale – basic, intermediate and advanced.
Opposing Viewpoints Critical Thinking -- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
NoodleTools -- This is an online bibliography composer and note taking organization tool. The student inputs the information necessary and prints out the bibliography and notes. Teachers can access student records and provide feedback online. Provides beginner and advanced versions, MLA, and APA.
LitFinder -- Covering world literature and authors throughout history, LitFinder for Schools contains a wealth of literary works, including over 150,000 full-text poems, short stories, speeches, and dramatic works. For students seeking a deeper view into literature, LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, author images and a full glossary of literary terms. From Shakespeare's sonnets to the poetry of Maya Angelou or short stories by Edgar Allan Poe to works by Annie Proulx, LitFinder has you covered.
Literature Resource Center -- The most current, comprehensive, and reliable online resource for research on literary topics, authors, and their works. Its coverage includes all genres and disciplines, all time periods, and all regions of the world.
Issues and Controversies -- Explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.
Issues -- This database helps students develop an in-depth understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy, providing authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on today's most important issues.
History Reference Center EBSCO -- History Reference Center® is the world's most comprehensive full text history reference database. The database features full text for more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books.
Grove Music -- Oxford Music Online is the gateway offering users the ability to access and cross-search multiple music reference resources in one location. With Grove Music Online as its cornerstone, Oxford Music Online also contains The Oxford Companion to Music (2002), which offers more than 8,000 articles on composers, performers, conductors, instruments and notation, forms and genres, and individual works; and The Oxford Dictionary of Music, 2nd edition (revised 2006), which supplements Grove's more-extensive articles with content geared toward undergraduates and general users.
Grove Art -- Grove Art Online is today's foremost scholarly art encyclopedia covering all aspects of Western and non-Western visual art. It includes the full text of The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner (1996, 34 volumes), the landmark reference work containing more than 45,000 articles (more than 21,000 biographies and 500,000 bibliographical citations) contributed by 6,700 scholars from 120 countries.
EBSCO Master File Premier -- EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers.
Discovery Education Streaming -- Discovery Education Streaming is a digital video-on-demand and online teaching service to help improve students' retention and test scores; it is aligned to U.S. state and provincial standards.
CultureGrams -- Up-to-date information on 182 countries and cultures. 25 categories are tracked including history, land and climate, religion, personal appearance, gestures, language, government, family, dating and marriage, and even great recipes!
Country Watch -- CountryWatch provides critical country-specific intelligence and data through its suite of products to over 4000 clients including public and private sector organizations with overseas operations and global interests.
Britannica World Data Analyst -- Similar to CultureGrams, World Data Analyst provides "Country Snapshots." However, it goes further -- students can create "current comparisons" of countries based on a large list of data points. It is also possible to make "chronological comparisons," which compares changes over time up to 90 years.
Britannica Spanish Reference Center -- Enciclopedia Juvenil provides a Spanish elementary encyclopedia, images, videos, and Spanish language learning materials specifically designed for younger learners. Gran Enciclopedia Planeta is the most comprehensive Spanish language encyclopedia available today. It features 145,000 articles plus timelines, an atlas, and a dictionary.
Britannica Online School Edidtion -- Three encyclopedias in one: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Compton’s by Britannica and Britannica Elementary. A search will return articles from all three encyclopedias so students can choose which level meets their needs.
Britannica Global Reference Center -- Japanese, Korean, Chinese, French Britannica encyclopaedias and another link to the Spanish Reference Center.
Britannica Annals of American History -- Explore American history through primary sources and multimedia.
Britannica Academic Edition -- Recommended for high school and higher education.
Biography in Context -- Contains more than 422,000 biographies on more than 335,000 people from around the world and throughout history.
