Databases

(Ebsco) Academic Search Ultimate is a scholarly, full-text database designed for academic institutions. The database includes full text as well as images, for nearly every academic field of study. 

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(ABC-CLIO) Explores the history and culture of African Americans, as well as the greater Black Diaspora. This resource is for middle school and high school students. Searchable by type of content and by era.

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(Infobase) Covering more than 500 years of the African-American experience, African-American History offers a fresh way to explore the full spectrum of African-American history and culture, with tablet/mobile-friendly videos and slideshows, images, biographies of key people, event and topic entries, primary sources, maps and graphs, and timelines.

(Infobase) American History is an indispensable resource for student research. Spanning our nation’s history—from prehistory to the present day—American History was developed and curated by leading editors and scholars in the study of American history. It is composed of a variety of learning assets, including articles, images, primary source documents, timelines, videos, and slideshows.

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(ABC-CLIO) Full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of American Indians. Ideal resource for middle school, high school, and undergraduate research on American Indian history. Fully searchabl by era, tribe, state, and region. 

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Artstor Collections and JStor are Searchable Together

The Artstor Digital Library is an extensive and representative visual resource of images for teaching and research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. We build partnerships with museums, libraries, photographers, and photographic archives whose images are widely used in teaching and learning contexts. In addition, we work with scholars and special collections in libraries to develop depth and richness in areas that are especially important to the community.

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Accurate and age-appropriate content in Spanish for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students and students learning Spanish. Available at two levels—primary and secondary.

With easy-to-read articles and age-appropriate reference and learning materials, the middle school level of Britannica Online School Edition is ideal for 6th-8th grade students.

(Encyclopædia Britannica) Britannica School High School  for grades 9-12.

(Gale) Business Insights: Essentials combines all of the content formerly found in Business & Company Resource Center with a new interface designed around the research goals and workflows of your diverse business research community. Easily find information on companies, industries and more in the context of timely news, statistical data, and in-depth reports.

Country Reports delivers unique content on Culture, Countries and Travel from around the world.

CultureGrams - Country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.  The reports are written and reviewed by in-country experts and are updated as new information becomes available. 

World Edition - Cultural reports for more than 200 countries.  Each includes 25 categories: Land and Climate, History, Personal Appearance, Greetings, Dating and Marriage, Family, Diet, Housing, Holidays, Economy, Education, Health, and more.

Kids Edition -This collection of more than 185+ country reports teaches upper elementary-aged and middle school users about the world around them.  Each report includes up-to-date, engaging cultural information, complete with images, a historical timeline, fun facts, and sections on history, population, "life as a kid," and more.

States Edition -These colorful and easy-to-read state reports help upper elementary-aged students understand the diversity and history of each U.S. state and the District of Columbia.  Reports include maps, flags, symbols, timelines, and sections on history, economy, geography, population, etc.

Provinces Edition -This edition contains kid-friendly reports on all 13 Canadian provinces and territories.  Reports include images, maps, charts, data tables, and fun facts, plus sections on the environment, culture, government, first inhabitants, and more.

(ABC-CLIO) This database explores the daily lives of ordinary people through time and across the globe, providing details about family life, work, food, clothing, sports, language, literature, romance, education, gender roles, social customs, and more.

A project by the MIT Media Lab that uses U.S. public data to visualize information and trends in demographics, economics, education, labor, health, and other areas.

• Defining Documents in American History: The 1950s (1950-1959)
   
• Defining Documents in American History: The 1960s (1960–1969)
   
• Defining Documents in American History: The 1970s (1970-1979)
   
• Defining Documents in American History: The Cold War (1945-1991)
   
• Defining Documents in American History: The 1980s (1980-1989)

• Defining Documents in American History: The American Economy
• Defining Documents in American History: American Citizenship
• Defining Documents in American History: The First Amendment
• Defining Documents in American History: The Gun Debate
• Defining Documents in American History: The Legacy of 9/11
• Defining Documents in American History: United States Involvement in the Middle East

• Defining Documents in World History: The Ancient World (2700 B.C.E.–c.500 C.E.)
   
• Defining Documents in World History: Middle Ages (476–1500)
   
• Defining Documents in World History: Renaissance & Early Modern Era (1308-1600)
   
• Defining Documents in World History: Nationalism and Populism
   
• Defining Documents in World History: The 17th Century (1601-1700)
   
• Defining Documents in World History: The 18th Century (1701-1800)
   
• Defining Documents in World History: Women’s Rights (1429‐2017)
   
• Defining Documents in World History: The 19th Century (1801–1900)
   
• Defining Documents in World History: The Middle East (141 BCE–2017)
   
• Defining Documents in World History: The 20th Century (1900-1950)
   
• Defining Documents in World History: Genocide & The Holocaust
   
• Defining Documents in World History: Revolutions

• Digital Literacy: Skills & Strategies

(Ebsco) ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, it is an essential tool for education researchers of all kinds. 

(Ebsco) Lesson plans, curriculum standards, and other professional development resources for educators.

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(Gale) Gale Academic OneFile connects learners to the information they’re looking for with tools that make discovery fast and easy. This premier periodical resource provides millions of articles from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources with extensive coverage in key subject areas, such as biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.

(Gale) Gale eBooks is 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. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, or your public library).

(Gale) Gale In Context: Biography is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on the world's most influential people. Biography merges Gale's authoritative reference content with periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly portal experience while allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.

(Gale)  Gale in Context for Educators gives middle and high school educators lesson planning tools to curate their classroom curriculum by combining standards-aligned content from Gale In Context student databases with instructional resources and an educator-focused tool set.

(Gale) Authoritative content is provided from over 800 geographically diverse newspapers, magazines, and journals, including 334 newspapers that are published in countries other than the United States. Offering a truly global view, users can find information on business and economics, conflict and diplomacy, society and culture, environment and climate change, and more.

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(Gale) Gale In Context: Science is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. The solution merges Gale's authoritative and continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files, and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

(Gale) Gale In Context: U.S. History is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. U.S. History merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

(Gale) Gale In Context: World History is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. World History merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

(Gale) Gale OneFile: Agriculture provides access to journals covering agriculture and its related fields. Researchers can access current and authoritative periodical content that spans the industry—from practical aspects of farming to cutting-edge scientific research in horticulture.

(Gale) Gale One:File Computer Science provides access to leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries. The database includes computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology.

(Gale) Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice informs the research process for researchers who are studying law, law enforcement, or terrorism; training for paralegal service; preparing for a career in homeland security; delving into forensic science; investigating crime scenes; developing policy; going to court; writing sociological reports; and much more.