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Britannica Fundamentals
Activity-centered learning to explore, play, read, and build technology skills geared toward grades PreK-2. Letters, numbers, geography, shapes and much more are included.
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Britannica School
Nonfiction content geared for K-12 students. Includes over 132,000 encyclopedia articles, 103,000 images, 7,500 multimedia elements, more than 27,000 eBooks and novels and essays. Tools include translation for 50+ languages and read-aloud functionality.
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EBSCO eBooks K-8 Collection Ebooks
This collection aligns with Common Core guidelines for grades K-8 in English language arts and literacy, history/social studies, science and technical subjects.
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Education Source Ebooks
Scholarly research and information to meet the needs of education students, professionals, and policy makers. It covers all levels of education — from early childhood to higher education — as well as all educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.
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ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
Index of journal articles, books, theses, curriculi, conference papers, standards, and guidelines on a wide range of education topics. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Reference books covering education, environment, employment, health and wellness, personal finance, social skills, history, law, nation and world, religion, and science.
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History Reference Source
Covering both U.S. and world history topics, History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals and thousands of primary source documents.
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Humanities Source
Humanities Source is a valuable full-text database covering literary, scholarly and creative thought. It provides full text, indexing and abstracts for the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities.
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LearningExpress Library
Includes a resume builder you can save, edit, and print; over 700 courses, practice tests, tutorials, eBooks, and flashcards including ACT, SAT, PSAT and TOEFL, as well as trade certification, civil service, math and reading tests, and U.S. citizenship.
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Legal Information Source
Over 12,800 state-specific legal forms by topic including Adoption, Bankruptcy, Name Changes, and more. A majority of the full text legal reference books provided through NOLO.
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Library & Information Science Source
The most complete resource for library and information science studies. It offers journals and periodicals that help librarians and researchers keep pace with the latest trends in the rapidly evolving field.
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MAS Complete Magazines & Newspapers
Designed specifically for high school students, MAS Complete is a full-text database providing hundreds of popular high school magazines and reference books. Covering subjects such art, history, sports and music, it also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps and flags.
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MasterFILE Complete Magazines & Newspapers
The largest collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books and other highly-regarded sources from the world's leading publishers. Covering virtually every general interest subject area, it also includes an extensive collection of photos, maps and flags.
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Novelist K-8 Plus
Find just the right book by subject, age, awards won, Lexile reading levels, Common Core standards, books made into movies, and much more. Read reviews, learn about the author and create your own reading wish list.
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NoveList Plus
Contains information on over 260,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles. Features lists of award-winning books, book discussion guides, Read-a-Like recommendations, complete series information, reader ratings, reviews and DIY reading wish lists.
Poetry & Short Story Reference Source
Provides a historically rich collection of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as short stories, biographies and authoritative essays on such topics as poetic forms, movements and techniques — including contemporary content from the finest publishers.
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Professional Development Collection
A highly specialized database of full-text electronic information especially for educators, professional librarians and education researchers.
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Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.
Read It!
Designed for middle and high school students and adults who have a basic foundation in English grammar and reading but need adapted reading material for a variety of subjects. It offers resources to help build background knowledge, conduct research and improve study skills.
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Recursos Para Hispanohablantes School Center
Herramientas de aprendizaje, carrera y práctica de examen de ciudadanía en español. Cree una cuenta gratuita para acceder a las herramientas que lo ayudarán a obtener buenos resultados en estas pruebas.
Salud en Espanol
Ofrece respuestas detalladas a las 200 preguntas de salud más frecuentes. Proporciona respuestas en informes basados en evidencia que presentan ilustraciones y textos fáciles de leer.
Science Reference Source
Contains material from science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. More than 4,000 full text, full-length biographies. Includes: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, the environment, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, and wildlife.
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