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2015-2016 ONLINE LIBRARY RESOURCES DESCRIPTIONS
ABC-CLIO
All products from ABC-CLIO offer the following Tools and Resources:
• Educator Section provides an easy to update area for teachers to post syllabus, homework and special
resource information. Test bank sections for quick quiz creation and design of custom course packet
materials.
• Student Section delivers project resource and guided searches that can be printed, saved and exported for
projects and presentations. Students can publish and share essays with other students around the world.
• Online Cybrarian provides reference information and search guidance
• Special reference eBook Collection
• Annotated bibliographies and accurate citations
• Full text searching
AMERICAN HISTORY
Covers people, places, events, trends, statistics, news, attractions, politics, culture, environment, government,
and history of all 50 states in the U.S.
Special features:
• Over 10,000 entries encompassing critical essays, biographies, court cases, primary source
documents, maps, photos, and video
• Includes access to 10+ e-books
• Weekly feature stories on key historical events
• Authoritative background articles
• Day in History feature
• Over 50 interactive topic explorations clarifying key concepts
• Biographies, photos, inaugural and State of the Union addresses from all Presidents and Vice
Presidents
WORLD HISTORY
An online website that is aligned with secondary schools’ curriculum and covers historic events that shaped
today’s society from the 1500s to the present. The website is user-friendly and achievement-oriented.
Teachers can post announcements, a syllabus, tests, a calendar, discussion questions, handouts etc. for each
class. Students can scan class announcements, participate in forums led by a history undergraduate, develop
analytical thinking skills, and self-administer tests to assess their own learning.
From daVinci and Shakespeare leading Europe into the Renaissance to Voltaire and Rousseau challenging the
establishment with their Enlightenment movement to world explorations to the conflicts of the 20th century;
the World Historywebsite takes students beyond the textbook to explore the events, people and movements
that have woven—and continue to alter—the living fabric of world history.
The World History website offers librarians, teachers, and students:
• Correlation with Curriculum: teachers and librarians can customize the site to correlate with their
standards, textbooks, and topics of study
• In-depth Topic Explorations: comprehensive modules on key learning concepts that lead students to
dynamic learning threads, activities, self-testing, and discussion questions
• Support of National and State Standards: materials can be correlated to support national and selected
state standards to produce achievement-oriented results
• Compelling and Comprehensive Resources: Biographies, maps, primary source documents, statistics,
audio clips, events, timelines, and more are accessible by keyword searches
• Timesaving Lesson Planning Tools: administrative tools allow educators to communicate with students
and create tests, handouts and discussion questions
• Topical Features and This Day in History: daily interactive Day in History and current topical feature
stories keep the content fresh and appealing
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Rich, Authoritative, Relevant Reference: thousands of curriculum-relevant entries from citable sources
that provide enhanced learning opportunities for students
Easy to Use Environment: a graphically inviting and intuitive interface ensures a positive user
experience for students and faculty alike
World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras- Covers human history in all corners of the globe - from
prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance - with an unmatched collection of online reference
entries, primary sources, interactive lessons, study tools, and librarian and teacher support features.
World History: The Modern Era -Spanning the globe from 1500 to the present, this comprehensive, awardwinning website enhances any world history collection by combining a wealth of research sources, with
overviews and activities that provide context.
BRAINPOP
BrainPOP - is a group of educational websites with over 1,000[1] short animated movies for students in grades
K-12 together with quizzes, supplemental information and related materials, covering the subjects of science,
social studies, English, mathematics, engineering and technology, health, and arts and music
BrainPOP Jr. - BrainPOP Jr. provides curriculum-based content geared specifically for K-3 students. The site
offers a growing library of movies and interactive features across six subjects: science, health, writing, reading,
social studies, and math. Our engaging resources support educators and meet students' different learning styles
and abilities. Our content includes short animated movies, leveled quizzes, activities, recommended gradeappropriate reading, writing and discussion prompts, and more. All content is aligned to and searchable by state
standards.
BrainPOP ESL- BrainPOP ESL uses lively, engaging content to teach English to speakers of other languages.
Lessons are built around animated movies and supporting features that reinforce vocabulary, grammar,
pronunciation, reading comprehension, and writing skills. New concepts are couched in everyday situations,
adding context for learners and helping them master idiomatic and cultural nuances. Versatile and easy to use,
BrainPOP ESL assumes no prior knowledge of English, and effectively addresses diverse learning styles.
CAPSTONE
PebbleGo Animals is an animal database designed specifically for K-3 emergent readers and researchers. It
features more than 200 animal articles correlated to life science standards, animal audio and video, carefully
leveled text, educational games, and innovative read-aloud capabilities. Web access from schools or home
makes Pebble Go an ideal K-3 resource. Pebble Go features easy-to-user searching tools, and introduce early
learners to database and research concepts.
PebbleGo Biographies- PebbleGo, the award winning pre-K-3 database for reading and research, now offers
Biographies! Your youngest researchers can learn more about current and historical figures that have influenced
the United States. Like PebbleGo Animals and PebbleGo Earth and Space, this latest PebbleGo database
includes built in reading and research tools. Leveled text, educational games, and videos support science
concepts for your youngest researchers.
PebbleGo Science- Our latest database includes concepts like weather, seasons, Earth science, and space – all
with the built in reading and research tools made popular with PebbleGo Animals. Leveled text, educational
games, and videos support science concepts for your youngest researchers.
PebbleGo Social Studies -Featuring articles from U.S. symbols to basic economics to community helpers.
PebbleGo Social Studies is the perfect addition to our beloved PebbleGo databases. PebbleGo Social Studies
features everything you love about the first three databases:
• Expertly leveled and fully narrated text for the preK-3 researcher
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Animated highlighting
Glossary words
Visual searching
Educational videos and games
Encompassing activities to teach students how to cite articles, create reports, and share what they’ve
learned
Anytime learning! 24/7 access from school or home
COUNTRYREPORTS
CountryReports provides over 35,000 pages of online content on the cultures and countries of the world. With
unique content from around the world, our members rely on us to keep our database concise and current. K-12
students, kids, libraries, business and tourists appreciate CountryReports ability to meet their needs.
CQ PRESS
CQ RESEARCHER - This online database guides your students and patrons through the first steps in
conducting thorough, non-biased research. It has been providing comprehensive, nonpartisan analysis of
contemporary issues for over 75 years and is one of the most frequently used resources in libraries today. Fulltext reports provide up-to-date information on controversial topics, pro and con arguments by experts; original
news composed by CQ’s staff of reporters, a chronology, and annotated bibliographies to guide additional
research. A Past Reports section that includes editors’ selection of 3 topics in the news; Citing CQ that shows
users the preferred method for citing in MLA & APA formats; and earlier access to new issues of The CQ
Researcher. The website makes upcoming issues of The CQ Researcher available 48 hours before they go to
press. That means you can view new issues of The CQ Researcher roughly a week before the print version.
CQ VOTING AND ELECTIONS COLLECTION - The CQ Voting and Elections Collection integrates a
wealth of data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical material to students research and
understand voting and elections in America. From the American voter, to major and minor political parties, to
actual races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships, the CQ Voting and Elections Collection provides
context-driven intelligence on the state of the free and fair elections in America. This research and reference
website is organized into six sections:
• Presidential Elections integrates a wealth of primary, general election, and turnout data with analyses of
each election, including how various groups voted in modern presidential elections.
• Congressional Elections integrates a wealth of House and Senate primary and general election data with
analyses of party strength, modern election outcomes, demographic profiles, and voter behavior.
• Gubernatorial Elections covers every election for governor held in each of the fifty states.
• Campaigns and Electionsexplores the American system of voting and elections, including how different
elections are conducted, the role of the media and interest groups, and the impact of money.
• Political Parties profiles and analyzes the Democratic, Republican, and third parties in elections and
campaigns, including party strength and government control.
• Voters and Demographics looks at how the franchise has expanded, who turns out to vote, how various
groups vote in elections, and the demographics of counties and congressional districts.
CQ Voting and Elections Collection uses CQ Press content in unique ways to provide the most well-rounded
dynamic reference and resource available on elections and voting in America. A special option allows users to
download datasets.
• Elections Encyclopedia explains more than 200 topics
• Calendar and Chronology features provide overviews of upcoming election events as well as election
events in history. All the CQ Electronic Library features like "Your Profile," "Favorite Documents," email option, basic and advanced searching.
• CiteNow! remote access, usage statistics, and much more are included.
CQ Voting and Elections Collection supports campaigns and elections, Congress, and presidency courses,
including the Advanced Placement course in American Government and Politics and scholarly research in
political science and American history.
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DISCOVERY EDUCATION
DISCOVERY EDUCATION STREAMING - Formerly known as PBS EdVideo Online, is a multimedia
library of educational videos and images, appropriate for every age and learning level, correlated to state
standards, and searchable by keyword, subject, topic, grade and curriculum standard. Using unitedstreaming
videos has been scientifically proven to raise students’ test scores.
DISCOVERY EDUCATION STREAMING PLUS - Blends the content from DE streaming, Power Media
PLUS, PBS titles, exclusive Discovery Channel titles, New Math Interactives and more... This is the best option
for schools that used both DE streaming and PMP last year. DE streaming PLUS integrates seamlessly into any
curriculum with 9,000 full-length videos segmented into 71,000 content-specific clips tied directly to state and
national standards. Including our newest Math Content New Content Types in Discovery Education streaming
Plus engage Language Arts and Mathematics. Skill Builders- Capture students attention and develop their
problem solving skills. With over 100 skill builders spanning core subject areas get students engaged through
hands-on experience.
Educational Games-Reinforce essential language arts and mathematics concepts through some of the over 100
educational games. Math Overviews and Explanations- Access thousands of self-paced
tutorials that explain difficult-to-understand mathematics concepts.
POWERMEDIA PLUS - PowerMediaPlus.com blends rich multimedia content with state-of-the-art
curriculum integration tools to create a powerful and affordable media-on-demand system designed for today's
classroom.
With thousands of videos that you won't find on any other service, PowerMediaPlus.com offers video, audio,
still image, and print resource content across all K–12 subject areas, plus innovations and resource sharing
applications to help you create an interactive classroom media experience — while staying true to the
curriculum-oriented focus of the Discovery Education family.
EBSCO
MIDDLE SEARCH WITH NOVELIST K-8 -Contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school
magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for
thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets. Additionally, Middle Search Plus contains
primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History, reference books including the
Funk &Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia and American Heritage Dictionary, the Encyclopedia of Animals,
and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags. Also, Our States reference book series.
NOVELIST – Novelist guides students to fiction titles that will interest them, and helps teachers identify
supplementary reading to enhance “teachable moments”, enrich curriculum, and support school-wide initiatives.
Novelist includes 115,000+ fiction titles, 90,000 full-text reviews, 1200 pre-constructed booklists on popular
themes and topics. Links to author home-pages and other web-based teacher resources are included.
Primary Search Primary Search (Searchasaurus) is designed specifically for elementary school libraries
containing full-text for more than 80 popular magazines. Containing full-text for more than 80 of the
most popular elementary school magazines, Primary Search is designed specifically for elementary
school libraries. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), which allows users
to read along at their own pace. Also, Primary Search features Funk & Wagnalls New World
Encyclopedia, providing students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids.
This database provides thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags to aid kids in learning.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COLLECTION AND ERIC • ERIC was created to assist teachers, administrators, and researchers in gaining immediate information
from journals included in their Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education
Index. ERIC includes full text for more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional
information and citations and abstracts from over 1000 educational and education-related journals.
• Professional Development Collection is a comprehensive collection of full text education journals
providing full text for nearly 600 high quality education journals including:
Booklist
Education
Education Digest
Education Week
Educational Leadership
Elementary School Journal
International Journal of Early Years Education
Journal of Education
Journal of Educational Research
Journal of Learning Disabilities
Phi Delta Kappan
Primary Educator
Reading Teacher
School Library Journal
Teaching PreK-8
PSYC ARTICLES - Covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in
psychology. The database contains more than 25,000 searchable full text articles from 40 journals published by the
APA and 9 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the
49 journals. Coverage spans from 1988 to the present.
ULTRA ONLINE PACKAGE - Consisting of six databases, the Ultra Online Package™ offers the most complete
collection of full text reference resources available for secondary schools. This full text package contains databases
designed not only for students, but also for educators. This package includes ERIC, Health Source, MAS Ultra,
Newspaper Source, Professional Development Collection and TOPICsearch.
ENCHANTED LEARNING
Enchanted Learningproduces children's educational websites which are designed to capture the imagination while
maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment. Ease of use is a hallmark of our material. Children need the clearest,
simplest computer interface, and our material is created so that the navigation and controls are intuitive. Our mission
is to produce the best educational material, emphasizing creativity and the pure enjoyment of learning.
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
BRITANNICA ONLINE IMAGE QUESTwhich contains more than two million images from over 50 of the best
collections in the world. All images are rights-cleared for non-commercial, educational use—ideal for use in lessons
plans, student projects, school websites, and beyond.
BRITANNICA ONLINE SCHOOL EDITIONgives teachers and students instant access to three complete encyclopedias
that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language. This unique database also offers highquality online learning materials developed by teachers and curriculum experts, as well as a dictionary, thesaurus,
Internet guide, atlas, and more. Designed for all levels of learning, Britannica Online School Edition offers students
a gateway to the vast resources of Encyclopedia Britannica.
FACTS ON FILE NEWS SERVICE
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY ONLINE
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Ancient and Medieval History Online provides thorough coverage of eight civilizations—ancient Egypt, ancient
Mesopotamia, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient and medieval Africa, medieval Europe, the Americas, and
ancient and medieval Asia. Users can research each civilization in depth or use the browse feature to conduct
comparative studies of events and developments across civilizations. This expansive database offers an
unprecedented amount of information about these civilizations and their places in history, with content drawn from
Facts on File's acclaimed print references. More than 130 videos make the study of history entertaining and
accessible. A dictionary tool, with more than 34,000 entries, allows users to look up unfamiliar words as they search
the database.
With thousands of carefully selected entries covering prehistory through the 1500s, this authoritative online database
features a user-friendly interface. Unique Learning Centers pull forward handpicked entries within each major era,
serving as ideal starting points for research. An extensive network of hyperlinks guides users through the vast content
to related topics. Other helpful features include tabbed search results and a timeline that can be viewed through the
Learning Centers to focus on the major civilizations or viewed in its entirety, sortable by date. Users can search for
entries by keyword or phrase and can browse by topic and by civilization. In addition, Biographies can be browsed
by occupation, and Primary Sources by type. Teachers can direct their students to specific areas of study with the
persistent record link in each Learning Center and each record.
Features
• Biographies: profiles of key figures of the ancient and medieval world, including Alexander the Great,
Cleopatra, Genghis Khan, Hammurabi I, Mansa Musa I, Montezuma II, William the Conqueror, and
Tutankhamun
• Events and Topics: entries describing the peoples, societies, events, and achievements of ancient and
medieval history
• Primary Sources: excerpts and full text of primary source documents with brief introductions
• Timeline: hyperlinked entries, ranging from the origins of the universe to 1600 CE
• Overview Civilization Essays: overview essays describe key cultural topics
• Maps and Charts: original maps and charts, with captions, illustrating key sociological and historical
concepts
• Images and Videos: more than 130 videos, with captions, covering such themes as religion, everyday life,
art, and entertainment; hundreds of full-color and black-and-white images, illustrating key people, events,
and artifacts of each civilization, with explanatory captions
• Learning Centers: specially selected entries on different areas of interest to help users find a starting point for
their research
• Special Features: a spotlight providing an in-depth look at a topic such as Egyptian mummies; a "Focus On"
feature highlighting a topic such as archaeology, with images and links.
ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES
With a wealth of current topics research information, this database makes the ideal tool for researchers of all ages.
Issues and Controversies explores controversial topics in a language and format that students appreciate, with the
balance, accuracy and regular updating that are synonymous with Facts On File News Services. Probing the kind of
sizzling public policy issues on which researchers can never have enough information,
Issues and Controversiescovers more than 70 controversial topics each year. Special online features include
frequent updating, By the Numbers statistical overviews of major issues, newspaper editorials, primary documents, a
directory of contact organizations, and curriculum/study aids.
Special Features
• Full backfile of Issues and Controversies dating back to 1995
• Unlimited access from the library, classrooms, and home
• Full-text searching
• Intuitive menu access to stories and graphics
• Direct access to the most recent stories
• Live links to selected relevant websites
• Primary source documents
TODAY'S SCIENCE
Unlimited access from the library, classrooms, and home, full-text searching, links to other scientific websites,
biographies of scientists, all new background articles, twice monthly updating, and colorful graphics. Subjects
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include: alternative energy, animal rights, cosmology, culture and the brain, forest conservation, genetics, global
warming, nutrition, and waste disposal. No other news source does a better job of reporting scientific developments
in the kind of language and format that students can grasp than Today’s Science @ FACTS.com. Researchers have
turned to the monthly print editions of Today’s Science On File for years to find authoritative yet accessible
information on the latest developments in science. Today’s Science bridges the gap between textbooks and what’s
happening in science today. Articles are detailed yet concise and include background information to give students a
full perspective of the story as well as suggestions for further reading. Today’s Science @ FACTS.com features an
automatic glossary, links to other FACTS.com databases, special biographies of scientists, and curriculum materials
including correlations to National Science Education standards and targeting multiple grade levels.
Special Features
• Full-text backfile dating to 1992
• Unlimited access from the library, classrooms, and home
• Full-text searching
• Links to other scientific websites
• Biographies of scientists
• All new background articles
• Twice monthly updating
• Expanded teacher content
• Colorful graphics
GALE(CENGAGE)
The Gale Group's electronic resources combine databases of formerly known Gale Research, Information Access
Company and Primary Source Media. By carefully matching respective strengths, we've blended four different
approaches to reference materials that offer students the best of four worlds.
RESOURCE CENTERS- Gale Group resource Centers provide comprehensive research results by integrating
reference, full-text periodical and primary source information into one on-line database. Covering biography to
students’ research, The Gale Group's Resource Centers give researchers unmatched capability to conduct
comprehensive researches, all from a single site.
PERIODICAL RESOURCES- In the Infotrac tradition of adding real-life relevance to student research, The Gale
Group's periodical resources offer access to daily updated, full-text articles of magazines as well as content from
newspapers and reference books.
REFERENCE RESOURCES - The Gale Group offers full access to this award winning collection. Written and
designed to work in interdisciplinary units, team teaching environments or as independent study aids, they add
context, background, analysis, definition and other critical perspectives.
RESOURCE CENTERS
BIOGRAPHY IN CONTEXT Comprehensive biographical reference database is designed to meet the needs of schools, public and academic
libraries in the area of: literature, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government,
history, current events and the arts.
LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER Designed for high school and academic students, this site includes biographical, critical and contextual information
on over 90,000 authors from Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography and full text criticisms
from the Contemporary Literary Criticism. This comprehensive database covers fiction, nonfiction, poetry,
drama, history and journalism.
SCIENCE IN CONTEXT Science Resource Center 1.0 is an exciting new resource center designed for use in high school
libraries and classrooms, community colleges, and public libraries. Similar in concept to other Gale resources
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centers, Science Resource Center combines a number of different types of content, including full text journals,
multimedia, reference books, and links to websites that focus exclusively on science topics. Science Resource
Center is designed to meet the needs for relevant, authoritative, and easy-to-understand science information tools that
will facilitate increased interaction between librarians and science teachers, and increase student interest in and
comprehension of the school’s science curriculum.
STUDENT RESOURCES IN CONTEXT A single, Web based resource, with the tools you need to develop and strengthen the critical thinking skills that are
crucial to the academic success of your students. The Student Resource Center fully integrates curriculum-based
reference content, thousands of primary documents, background and topical essays, biographies and critical analyses
with articles from hundreds of current popular full-text periodicals and newspapers. Areas of study include
Language Arts, English, Arts and Humanities, Science, Health, Sports, Math, Business, Interdisciplinary,
Multicultural Studies, Government and Computer Technology. With daily updates, real reference content, full-text
periodicals, weblinks, professional development tools, student research and writing tools, the Student Resource
Center is the most comprehensive site of its kind.
U.S. HISTORY IN CONTEXTConsists of Full-text periodicals, newspapers, primary source documents, radio/television transcripts, professional
development tools and student research which helps provides the most comprehensive coverage of the most-studied
U.S. history topics in a single Internet-searchable site.
WORLD HISTORY IN CONTEXT Seamless integration of 17 reference sources from Gale, Macmillan and Scribner, along with full-text articles from
over 100 academic journals. Over 1,500 primary source documents, including some native language documents with
new translations, from Primary Source Microfilm Collections are included, with a high percentage that never have
been available electronically in the United States before. Historical news sources, 500 maps, 1,000 images and
statistical information.
GLOBAL ISSUES IN CONTEXT:Designed by information professionals and subject experts to support global
awareness and the development of critical thinking and information literacy skills, Global Issues in Context
empowers users with the tools they need to understand today’s world issues from a global perspective.
Issues and countries form the core of this dynamic product, which uses a wealth of resources to explain the historical
and contemporary conditions necessary to understand global issues, conflicts and events. Global Issues in Context
supports research in virtually every corner of the library and in a wide variety of subject areas, including sociology,
current events, civics, politics, science, economics, cultural/religious studies, women’s studies, human rights, English
composition and many more.
Gale is working with a panel of global experts to create and maintain the Global Issues in Contextexperience,
including the unique “perspectives” commentaries and overviews that are an integral part of each portal page. Our
authors, editors and advisors will add to the product daily, constantly increasing its value to researchers.
GALE REFERENCE RESOURCES
DISCOVERING COLLECTION: Integrated, cross-curricular content that is completely new and revised with over
11,500 biographies, 24,000+ essays, more than 21,079 timeline events and 3,200 plot summaries.Covers five core
subjects - English, Science, Math Social Studies and History.Includes: Discovering Authors, Discovering Biography,
Discovering Science, U.S. History, World History, Discovering Multicultural America, Exploring Novels, Exploring
Poetry, Exploring Shakespeare, UXL Biographies, UXL Jr. DISC. Authors, UXL Jr. Worldmark Encycl. of Nations,
States, Canadian Provinces, UXL Multicultural, UXL Science.
POEMFINDER/LITFINDER
POEM FINDER FOR SCHOOLS(formerly World’s Best Poetry Finder)
Students and librarians love this collection because it provides not only the most comprehensive collection of fulltext poetry available, but also the material that explains it from poem explanations to biographies to a glossary to
pictures. The World's Best Poetry has a full range of explanatory materials which provide a wonderful context for the
poetry. Over 100,000 full-text poems and accompanying explanatory materials are carefully selected to meet
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curriculum needs by Roth's Editorial Board in consultation with Roth's Advisory Board composed of English
teachers, librarians and poets.
Special Features:
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125,000 Full-Text Poems from Antiquity to the Present.
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In-depth review of world poetry from the beginning of time to the present in one comprehensive
anthology.
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Complete works of major classic poets such as Browning, Dunbar, Keats, Milton, Pope, Rossetti, Shelley,
Spenser, Whitman, and Wordsworth; as well as poetry by contemporaries such as Brooks, Berssenbrugge,
Frost, Giovanni, Kinnell, Koch, and many more.
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Poem Explanations -Detailed explanations of more than 700 poems provide in-depth analysis, providing
students with a deeper understanding and context for the poems.
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Subject Navigator™- A subject hierarchy which organizes thousands of designated subject headings for
quick and easy poem access.
STORY FINDER, an add-on component for PoemFinder provides thousands of full-text short stories plus
explanations, biographies, pictures and more. The database will be updated constantly with classic and contemporary
stories. Current Story Finder features include:
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Thousands of full-text short stories
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Genre Navigator
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Just Published Stories Anthology
The Story Finder collection has been carefully selected by Roth's Editorial Board to provide a representative, rich
anthology of short stories. The stories have been chosen based on standard, library indexes. In addition to providing
the stories themselves, we have also endeavored to provide a wonderful context for the stories by including
explanatory material such as biographies, explanations of stories, pictures and more.
The collection includes stories from the classic to the most contemporary. We have even created an anthology within
the entire anthology of new stories published in the current year ("Just Published Stories"). A representative list of
authors follows: Sherwood Anderson, Conrad Aiken, Gertrude Atherton, Balzac, Djuna Barnes, J.M. Barrie,
Ambrose Bierce, Boccaccio, Ivan Bunin, James Branch Cabell, Willa Cather, Anton Chekhov, Mark Twain, Wilkie
Collins, Alfred Coppard, Stephen Crane, Roald Dahl, Theodore Dreiser, Edna Ferber, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gustave
Flaubert, Ha Gin, David Huddle, Ring Lardner, Shirley Jackson, Henry James, James Joyce, Sinclair Lewis,
Katherine Mansfield, Somerset Maugham, Guy de Maupassant, Herman Melville, Joyce Carol Oates, Grace Paley,
Katherine Anne Porter, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Edith Wharton, and Virginia Woolf.
ESSAY/SPEECH/PLAY FINDER is a unique database of full-text essays, speeches and plays.
Essays provide full-text essays and discursive writing based on books published in the 20th century which
have been analyzed in standard library indexes. The essays focus on the humanities and social sciences, and
include biographies and literary criticism. Subjects include literature, history, economics, sociology, art and
architecture, philosophy, psychology, science and drama. The controlled vocabulary subject access provides
for precise searching. Full bibliographic information and Library of Congress subject classifications are
provided for source books.
Speeches
From antiquity to modern times, these speeches represent the finest examples of recorded oratory.
Speechmakers have commented on the milestones of history as well as the minutiae of everyday life. We are
collecting the best and the best-known speeches of the past 2,500 years and categorizing them into easily
searchable genres.
Plays
Over 1,000 complete plays covering the range of dramatic expression: including one-act plays, puppet plays,
Harlinquinades, tragedies, gothic, children's, religious, romantic, historical, children's and comedic plays.
The collection includes many nationalities, all in English or English translations. Plays are analyzed for
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subjects, and also list all characters. This database will continue to grow with periodic updates to the most
complete single-source for full-text plays available.
LITFINDER COMPLETE includes Poem Finder for Schools, Story Finder, and Essay/Speech/PlayFinder
INSTITUTE FOR CAREER RESEARCH
Careers Internet Database Only Institute for Career Research has been providing the most reliable vocational
guidance information for many generations of young people and is considered the most authoritative source by
thousands of teachers, librarians, and counselors. Our service is used in over 20,000 schools and public libraries
throughout the US and Canada.Responding to the critical need for direction in obtaining successful and satisfying
employment in today's complex job market, Institute for Career Research regularly issues new comprehensive
reports of promising career fields for the 21st Century based on the most up-to-date information from our nationwide
research network. Our complete, impartial research investigations provide the answers people seek. This program
is especially helpful to young people who face the prospect of choosing a life work in these challenging times of new
technology.
NOODLETOOLS INC.
NoodleBibmotivates you to be an ethical researcher.Powerful note-taking software that promotes critical thinking
and creativity combined with the most comprehensive and accurate bibliography composer on the Web. MLA, APA,
and Chicago/Turabian styles.
PROQUEST INFORMATION & LEARNING
ELIBRARYoffers a broad range of full-text and multimedia content that supports student inquiry. New, updated
easy-to-use interface helps students find answers from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and
transcripts, plus thousands of pictures, maps, weblinks, and audiovisual files.
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Magazines. Provide more than 900 full-text titles from general interest to scholarly publications. Popular
titles include Fortune, National Geographic, Newsweek, Time, and U.S. News & World Report.
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Newspapers. Track trends and follow current events with more than 230 full-text titles national and
international titles including the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street
Journal, and The Washington Post.
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Books. Place information and topics in context using more than 190 full-text reference books such as the
Columbia Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Britannica Intermediate Ed., Webster's New World Dictionary
and Thesaurus, and The World Almanac.
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Maps. Find over 5,000 topological, historical, thematic, and interactive maps from sources like Maps.com
and MapQuest.com.
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Pictures. Explore more than 500,000 photos and images,-both current and historical, of art and
architecture, animals and plants, people and places, and more.
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TV & Radio Transcripts. Get the final word on broadcast programs with over 1.3 million transcripts
from popular TV and radio programs like CBS Evening News, CNN, National Public Radio, and Fox
News.
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Audio/Video. Use more than 17,000 streaming audio and video files to bring events and processes to life.
Clips include historical footage, current news programs, animations of how things work, and more.
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Weblinks. Search the web more effectively using more than 160,000 editor-screened and selected
websites indexed by topics appropriate to K-12 study.
The Reference Desk provides everything needed to start the research process including encyclopedias, dictionaries,
almanacs, atlases, and more. Educators can use the BookCart feature to collect digital learning resources,
customized by Lexile reading levels, student interest, curriculum area, and state standards
New York Times Online and New York Times Online & CDROM
The New York Times is considered the "official" U.S. newspaper because it publishes the complete text of important
documents, speeches, and presidential press conferences. The paper's reporters have won scores of Pulitzer Prizes
throughout the publication's 150-year history. A Subscription to New York Times Online delivers complete full-text
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coverage from January 1999 – present. Each issue of every newspaper is indexed thoroughly, so users can access top
news stories, plus detailed information on the arts, sports, business, and popular culture. Even such items as
editorials, editorial cartoons, obituaries, and letters to the editor from well-known people are indexed. New York
Times Online is updated daily; CDROMs are updated monthly.
CULTUREGRAMS - Concise, reliable, and up-to-date country reports on more than 187 cultures of the world.
CultureGrams goes beyond mere facts and figures to deliver an insider's perspective on daily life and culture,
including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. The growing diversity of the U.S. population and
the new emphasis on globalism and multiculturalism make CultureGrams an indispensable resource for teachers and
students to understand their country and their world.
SIRS DECADES provide more than 5,000 hand-selected articles, highlighting key events, movements, people and
places in 20th Century America. Documents span a wide range of formats – letters and memos, editorial cartoons,
illustrations, ads and articles – with some being released from the UMI vault for the first time in digital format.
Organized by decade and topic, SIRS Decades places primary and secondary sources into a curriculum-oriented
framework that builds a relevant context for understanding, enriching the content and students’ experience with the
material.
SIRS
SIRS ResearcherOnline is a general reference database with thousands of full-text articles exploring social,
scientific, health, historic, economic, business, and political and global issues. SIRS Researcher contains 35,800
subject headings. Carefully selected articles from over 1,300 domestic and international magazines, journals,
newspapers and U.S. Government publications can be accessed instantaneously. Articles date from 1988 to the
present. Charts, maps, diagrams and illustrations accompany many articles. Information in Full-Text Articles, the
main database, is updated daily and is accessible by three search methods: Keyword, Subject Heading and Topic
Browse. Topic Browse is divided into eight broad topics, which are subdivided into 40 subtopics.
SIRS Government Reporter Online is a reference database that combines a wide range of information published by
and about our Federal Government. The selected documents are indexed to more than 13,000 subject headings that
date from 1990 to the present and are 100% full-text. Many of the U.S. Government documents contain graphics.
The database provides information about federal agencies and elected leaders, U.S. Supreme Court decisions and
more. High interest topics explored include Domestic Affairs, Federal Procedures, International Affairs, Military
Affairs and Scientific Research.
SIRS Renaissance Online – Current Perspectives on the Arts and Humanities. This reference tool includes full-text
articles and graphics from more than 800 domestic and international magazines and newspapers, with coverage
dating primarily from 1994 to the present. Many articles are accompanied by full-color graphics, including art
reproductions, photographs, illustrations and maps. Hundreds of articles contain biographical information on notable
people. The articles are carefully indexed to more than 25,000 subject headings. SIRS Renaissance can quickly
locate information via three easy search methods: Keyword (with Advanced Search), Subject Headings and Topic
Browse. All articles are chosen to give researchers the most current and diverse information on the following topics:
Architecture & Design, Culture, Multimedia, Literature, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy & Religion and Visual
Arts.
SIRS Discoverer Online -is an interactive reference tool for the young reader designed to make learning fun and
intuitive. The program helps teach research, writing, language and computer skills. It contains full-text, indexed
articles and graphics from more than 1,500 magazines, newspapers and U.S. Government documents. The articles
date from 1992 to the present. Articles and graphics are carefully selected for their educational content, interest and
level of readability. Based on Flesch Reading Ease scale, each article is assigned to a reading level category:
General, Easy (grades 1-4), Moderate (grades 5-7), or Challenging (grades 8 and above).
QUIA CORPORATION
Quia Web: Create your own educational games, quizzes, class Web pages, surveys, and much more! Explore
millions of activities and quizzes created by educators from around the world.
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RECORDED BOOKS
One-Click AudioAcademic Collection offers over 800 downloadable titles, including 320 that are iPod-compatible.
Each month seven new titles are added to the collection, and there are an additional 130 titles available for individual
purchase. This extensive listing includes contemporary works by authors such as Anthony Horowitz, Margaret
Peterson Haddix, Megan McDonald, Walter Dean Myers and classics from Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, Jack
London and much more. Several titles are available for multiple users and supplement required reading for classroom
curriculum.
One-Click Audio is available through yearly subscription plans. Its NetLibrary Media Center features an easy-to-use
interface with streamlined navigation. Fast downloads; automatic software updates and support for a wide range of
portable devices provide a unique user experience.
ROSEN PUBLISHING GROUP
Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers, the award-winning and critically acclaimed database from
Rosen Publishing Online, provides students with curricular support and self-help on topics including diseases, drugs,
alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.
SCHOLASTIC LIBRARY PUBLISHING
FreedomFlixis an online resource that transforms content from the Cornerstones of Freedom series into enhanced
eBooks. All the eBooks are supported with related content and primary sources featuring videos, audio, images, and
text. It aligns to the CCSS by featuring multiple text types and a cross-curricular nonfiction focus on many historical
subject areas.
TrueFlixis an online resource that allows students to master content-area knowledge in science and social studies
while honing their literacy skills. It helps students achieve key CCSS goals by building strong content knowledge,
sets a purpose for reading, allows comprehension and evaluation of a range of texts, and uses technology and digital
media strategically and capably.
TUMBLEBOOKS
Tumble Cloud is an online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students
which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Sentences are highlight as they are being read
and the pages turn automatically.
Tumble Cloud Jr. is an online collection of early reader chapter books, children’s classics, graphic
novels, children’s audio book and new National Geographic videos.
TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books that you can read or have read to
you. A subscription to the TumbleBook Library includes not only unlimited remote access to the content of the
books themselves, but reading comprehension quizzes, educational games and teacher resources.
TumblePremium is the amalgamation of 3 collections (TumbleBookLibrary; TumbleBookCloudJr; TumbleMath)
into one easy access point. One super collection; one login. Also includes FREE common core portals: K-5 English
and Math Common Core Portals.
TURNITIN
Turnitin Suite - Turnitin's system makes it easy to identify students who submit unoriginal work. It also acts as a
powerful deterrent to stop plagiarism before it starts. Turnitin's plagiarism prevention system is based on customized
Originality Reports.™ Originality Reports are exact duplicates of submitted papers, except that any text either
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copied or paraphrased from the Internet or a database appears underlined, color-coded, and linked to its original
online source.
Subscribers receive reports for every submitted assignment at their own Turnitin.com "report inbox", usually within
4-6 minutes. The information contained in the reports gives users the ability to determine for themselves the extent
to which any given work is plagiarized or original. Submitted papers are compared not only against the entire
Internet, but also against an exclusive database of previously submitted student papers. Turnitin.com uses Document
Source Analysis technology, developed during their previous incarnation, Plagiarism.org. This software uses a set
of powerful algorithms to create a 'digital fingerprint' of any text document.
The system works as follows: First, a 'digital fingerprint' is made of the submitted document using a specially
developed set of algorithms.
• The document's 'fingerprint' is cross-referenced against the local database containing hundreds of
thousands of papers.
• At the same time, automated web crawlers are released to scour the rest of the Internet for possible
matches.
• Finally a custom, color-coded 'originality report' is completed with source links, for each paper
• Peer Review ... a system that gives students the tools to review and respond to their classmates' work
online using questions that are customized or created by the instructor.
• GradeMark ... a groundbreaking tool that allows instructors to grade papers online without pen and paper.
• GradeBook ... a tool that enables instructors to manage grades and assignments online with familiar, at-aglance usability of a paper gradebook and the powerful flexibility of a computer-based grading interface.
WORLDANDI.COM
World and I offers specialized websites for schools and libraries. Of special interest to school libraries is:
WorldandISchool.com. Our Special Collections feature topics such as Worldwide Folktales, Peoples of the World,
Profiles in Character, Millennial Moments, In the Footsteps of Lincoln, The Constitution and the Making of
America, and more. Beautiful visual aids breathe life and meaning into the articles. Over 10,000 schools now
subscribe to The World & I. The publication has proven to be the leader year after year, in delivering an education
program that no other magazine has offered before.
Features of worldandischool.com:
• Curriculum Pages: Social Studies; Language Arts; Science
• Activities: Teacher's Guide; Crossword Puzzle
• Special Collections: American Waves; Ceremonies/Festivities; Fathers of Faith; Footsteps of Lincoln;
Genes & Biotechnology; Impacts; Media in Review; Millennial Moments; Peoples of the World; Poetry;
Profiles in Character; Scientists: Past & Present; Speech & Debate; The U.S. Constitution; Traveling the
Globe; Worldwide Folktales; World of Nature; Writers & Writing.
WorldandIKids.com: For grades 3-8. An innovative site created to inspire young students with new
perspectives, diverse cultures, and positive outlooks on life. Enjoy History Makers, Inspire!, Did You Know?,
What If?, Cyber Exhibits, Folktales, and more!
WORLD BOOK ONLINE
Provides all articles from the 22-volume print set plus 3,200 more; 15,000 web links; links to over 30,000 articles
in 107 periodicals; over 8,500 pictures and maps; more than 800 videos, animations, and sounds; 129 3-D bubble
views.
WORLD BOOK ONLINE STUDENT EDITION - World Book Student = WB Encyclopedia + World Book Kids
+ EnciclopediaEstudiantil + WB Dictionary + WB Atlas
World Book Student is tailored for students in elementary and middle schools and replaces the World Book Gold
edition. World Book Student will now integrate the World Book Encyclopedia and WB Kids to provide results from
both resources in a single search. A new ‘Biography Center’ offers access to information on important people.
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World Book Student provides the foundation of an expansive reference database that includes the 22 vol. World
Book Encyclopedia, historical features, maps, editor-selected websites, full-text magazine articles, audios, videos,
animations, United States and Canadian province links, an extensive dictionary and atlas, correlations to state
standards, and the EnciclopediaEstudiantilHallazgos, a Spanish language encyclopedia.
Students (and teachers) will have their own 'My Backpack’ tool to accumulate text and media for their project, with a
place for research notes. Features a ‘Research Wizard’ and a ‘Timeline Builder’.
World Book Kids is based on the award winning Student Discovery Encyclopedia and is designed for younger
learners and those with special needs. It offers simple navigation and contains easy-reading articles, illustrations for
all articles, with activities and teacher resources.
WORLD BOOK ONLINE ADVANCED REFERENCE SUITE World Book Advanced is a powerful new reference tool that includes multimedia, an e-book library, and primary
source databases, fully integrated with the World Book Encyclopedia to provide results from all resources in a single
search. Excellent for college bound students, or any student doing a research project. Students (and teachers) will
have their own 'My Research' tool to accumulate text and media for their project, with a place for research notes, and
bibliographies. Features a ‘Citation Builder’ and a ‘Timeline Builder’. Plus World Book Encyclopedia, WB Kids,
EnciclopediaEstudiantil, WB Dictionary & Atlas
WORLD BOOK ONLINE DISCOVER - World Book Discover – a new web based resource for differentiated
instruction World Book Discover is a brand new database offering engaging reference resources for students reading
below grade level, because of language or learning difficulties, including reluctant readers, ELL, ESL, and adult
literacy students. World Book Discover presents an uncluttered interface, easy-to-understand content, curriculum
related topics, and subjects relevant to older students. The collection includes reference articles, interactive videos, a
visual dictionary (in English, French, and Spanish), life skills activities, curriculum correlations to state standards, a
read-aloud function, and a translation tool capable of translating World Book article texts into 14 different languages.
Students (and teachers) will have their own 'My Research' tool to accumulate text and media for their project, with a
place for research notes, and bibliographies. Features a ‘Citation Builder’ and a ‘Timeline Builder’.
WORLD BOOK ONLINE CHILDREN’S EDITION Includes Early World of Learning + WB Student + WB Kids + Discover: provides read-aloud capability and
language translations throughout. Recommended for elementary and intermediate schools
WORLD BOOK DIGITAL LIBRARIES:
EARLY PEOPLES - Examining early civilizations, this 16-volume set explores the history of such ancient
cultures as the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Native Americans, and Chinese, among others.
Each volume of Early Peoples contains fascinating facts about the rise of each civilization or culture, social structure,
religion and beliefs, advances in science and the arts, daily life, and the cultures legacy in the modern world.
Key features include:
• Content is correlated to state and provincial learning standards.
• Fact boxes and sidebars highlight important information and statistics.
• Summary boxes give a brief overview of the subject making the content accessible to readers at all skill
levels.
• A glossary and index in every volume.
Titles:
Africans of the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires
Ancient Egyptians
Ancient Greeks
Ancient Romans
Australian Aborigines
The Aztec
Chinese of the Shang, Zhou, and Qin Dynasties
The Inca
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Indians of Eastern North America
Indians of the Northwest Coast and Plateau
Indians of the Plains and Great Basin
Indians of the Southwest
The Maori
The Maya
Peoples of the Arctic and Subarctic
The Polynesians
LIVING GREEN - In this comprehensive series, students explore environmental issues and current efforts
to reduce human impact on the environment.
This nine-volume series includes an examination of pollution's causes and consequences, overviews of the major
ecosystems and current threats they face, an explanation of green building and transportation principles, an
investigation of green issues in food production and consumption, and room-by-room explorations of green practices
at home. Key features include:
• Fact boxes and sidebars highlight important information and statistics.
• Summary boxes give a brief overview of the subject in each section, making the content accessible to readers
at all skill levels.
• Student activities to further understanding.
• A glossary and index in every volume.
• An extensive list of print and Internet sources directs students to further reading.
• Practical information on how students can "go green" helps engage readers.
Titles:
Pollution
Consumable Goods
Oceans, Islands, and Polar Regions
Green Transportation
Durable Goods
Forests and Wetlands
Mountains, Deserts, and Grasslands
Green Buildings
Producing and Obtaining Foods
INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES - An extensive exploration of great inventions and discoveries
throughout history.
This 12-volume set explores the transformative impact of inventions and discoveries that continue to shape our world
today. Each title is arranged chronologically within the subject area and focuses on inventions and discoveries from
around that world that have advanced civilization.
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Content is correlated to state and provincial learning standards.
Fact boxes and sidebars highlight important information and statistics.
A Closer Look sidebars offer in-depth looks at select topics.
Dozens of biographies of famous inventors.
A glossary and index in every volume.
Titles:
Agriculture
Architecture and Engineering
The Arts
Astronomy
Communication
Economics
Industry and Manufacturing
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Mathematics
Medicine
Personal and Household Items
Transportation
Warfare
Early World of Learning:The Early World of Learning is the premier online resource for preschoolers and
children in the early elementary grades. Developed with experts on early childhood education, the Early World of
Learning offers rich resources designed for easy integration into the classroom curriculum. The site encompasses
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Trek's Travels offers narrated stories, interactive games, and original videos that teach critical early
childhood themes, including numbers, shapes, colors, opposites, and more.
Welcome to Readingprovides leveled reading practice to develop and strengthen phonics, vocabulary,
phonemic awareness, and comprehension skills. This site incorporates The Lexile Framework® for Reading
to make sure every child meets with success.
Know Itoffers a richly visual interactive encyclopedia that will captivate early learners with non-fiction
topics of interest and importance to them. Configurable settings throughout the Early World of Learning will
provide educators with the ability to introduce the engaging content to emergent readers of varying abilities.
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