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Academic Search™ Premier
Full text articles for more than 4,700 publications, including more than 12,200 peer-reviewed journals. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available.
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Grade Level: high school
Subjects: art/music, English/language arts, history/government
Access World News – Newsbank
The most comprehensive collection of full-text newspapers globally. Provides extensive coverage at every level—international, national, regional, state and local. This fully searchable resource features news content from all 50 states as well as more than 5,900 international news sources from 172 countries. News content may be included in its original published language or translated into English.
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Grade Levels: middle school and high school
Subjects: health, history/government, math, science, social studies and technology
African History and Culture, 1540 - 1921
Covers the history of Africa and its diverse people through more than 1,300 books, pamphlets, almanacs and more.
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Grade Levels: high school
Subjects: English/language arts, history/government and social studies
African-American Heritage
A great resource for African-American genealogical and biographical research. Search essential historical records including federal census, slave and freed person registers, marriage and military records and more. Connect with others using AfriGeneas, a social networking website.
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Grade Levels: middle school and high school
Subjects: history/government, social studies
African-American Newspapers, 1827 - 1998
Search history, culture and daily life written in African-American newspapers from around the U.S. Covers life in the Antebellum South through the Civil Rights movement and more.
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Grade Levels: high school
Subjects: health, history/government, social studies
African-American Periodicals, 1825 - 1995
Explore crucial facets of the African-American experience through more than 170 wide-ranging periodicals. Rare titles, many short-lived and not collected by most libraries, brim with surprises and untold stories.
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Grade Levels: high school
Subjects: history/government and social studies
Biography Reference Bank
Provides biographies, obituaries and photographs of thousands of individuals – both living and deceased. Updated monthly.
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Grade Levels: middle school and high school
Subjects: art/music, history/government and social studies
BookFlix
Features: Watch, read and listen to animated picture books in nine categories, including Animals and Nature, People and Places, and Family and Communities. Includes fiction, nonfiction and some Spanish language titles. No waiting.
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Grade Levels: preschool and elementary school
Subjects: art/music, English/language arts, geography, history, math, science and social studies
CultureGrams
Features reports with facts and one-of-a-kind perspectives on daily life and culture, customs and lifestyles of people across the world including special editions dedicated to the United States, Canadian provinces, the international world and kids.
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Grade Levels: elementary school, middle school and high school
Subjects: history/government, geography and social studies
DMV Written Test
Provides a DMV written test cheat sheet and a series of practice tests by state.
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Grade Level: high school
Subject: driver's education
ERIC
Searchable database of articles (some full text) from education-related journals, dissertations, regulatory materials, quantitative data and reference materials. Also features opinion pieces, tests/questionnaires and materials published in foreign languages.
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Grade Levels: for college students and educational instructors and researchers
Explora Primary Schools (K-5)
Provides safe, trustworthy research materials for class projects or homework on a variety of topics.
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Grade Levels: elementary school
Subjects: art/music, English/language arts, geography, history, math, science and social studies
Explora Public Libraries
Provides user-friendly features and easy-to-browse categories of reliable content from the world's leading magazines.
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Grade Levels: high school
Subjects: art/music, business, English/language arts, health, history/government, math, science, social studies and technology
Explora Secondary Schools (6-12)
Provides safe, trustworthy research materials for class projects or homework on a variety of topics.
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Grade Levels: middle school and high school
Subjects: art/music, business, English/language arts, health, history/government, math, science, social studies and technology
Gale eBooks (formerly GVRL)
Access hundreds of books and publications within 21 different topics including the arts, biography, business, education, the environment, history, LGBTQ, medicine, multicultural studies and race and civil rights. Email, download, print or save pages. iOS app Google Play app
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Grade Levels: high school
Subjects: art/music, business, college prep, English/language arts, health, science, history/government, social studies and technology
Gale in Context:Middle School
Provides engaging reference, periodical and multimedia content supporting national and state curriculum standards.
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Grade Levels: middle school
Subjects: English/language arts, history/government, science and social studies
GCFLearnFree.org
Provides high quality, innovative learning opportunities to anyone who wants to improve their technology, literacy and/or math skills. Offers information on more than 180 topics through 2,000 lessons, 800+ videos and over 50 interactive activities and games.
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Grade Levels: elementary, middle school and high school
Subjects: art, English/language arts, health, math and technology
Kids InfoBits
Offers easy-to-use, age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related content covering a broad range of educational topics. The modern design and simple navigation makes it easy for users to explore content and gain comfort with database searching.
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Grade Levels: elementary school
Subjects: art/music, English/language arts, geography, history, math, science and social studies
LearningExpress Library
Features nearly 1,000 online tutorials, practice tests and eBooks to help users of all ages. Offers job search and workplace skills improvement, skill building in reading, writing, math and basic science, career certification and licensure exam prep, college and grad school entrance test prep, GED® test prep and more.
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Grade Levels: elementary school, middle school and high school
Subjects: college prep, English/language arts, high school prep, history/government, math, science and social studies
Literary Reference Center
Contains articles and essays of literary criticism and journals, biographies, literary journals, classic and contemporary poems and short stories, book reviews, author interviews and classic novels.
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Grade Levels: high school
Subjects: English/language arts
National Geographic Kids
Includes National Geographic Kids magazines (2009-present), videos, pictures and books in a kid-friendly environment. Some books available in French, Spanish, Chinese and other world languages.
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Grade Levels: elementary school and middle school
Subjects: geography, history/government, science and social studies
National Geographic Virtual Library Series
Access the complete archive of National Geographic Magazine (1888-Current) - along with a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images and videos including National Geographic: People, Animals and the World.
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Grade Levels: high school
Subjects: history/government, science and social studies
Oxford Research Encyclopedias
Provides new comprehensive collections of in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries on an ever-growing range of topics and disciplines including but not limited to American history, business, criminal justice, environmental science, literature, politics and religion.
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Grade Level: high school
Subjects: business, English/language arts, health, history/government, science and social studies
Scholastic Teachables™
Scholastic Teachables™ is an online database of tens of thousands of searchable and printable educational materials for Prek-6th grade! Teachables™ has 25,000 classroom resources to supplement any subject including leveled mini-books, fun clip art, plus skill and activity sheets.
Science Reference Center
A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text, science-oriented content, lesson plans, science experiments, citation help, worksheets and curriculum standards.
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Grade Levels: middle school and high school
Subjects: science
ScienceFlix
Features: View educational videos, read articles, find experiments to try, take quizzes and explore trustworthy related websites on a variety of science topics including Earth, space science, life science, health and the human body, physical science, and tech, math and engineering. Also offers lesson plans, quizzes and projects for teacher use.
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Grade Levels: elementary school, middle school and high school
Subjects: geography, health, math, science and technology
TOPICSearch
Students and educators may find this site useful in researching the current events and popular topics being discussed in today's classrooms.
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Grade Levels: middle school and high school
Subjects: health, history/government, science, social studies and technology
Transparent Language
Learn more than 100 languages at your own pace with easy-to-use online lessons, vocabulary exercises, practice activities and more.
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Grade Levels: high school
Subjects: foreign language
TrueFlix
Features: View educational videos, read books and articles, take quizzes and explore trustworthy related websites on a comprehensive range of topics – from American history to geography to science. Each category also offers lesson plans for teachers. No waiting.
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Grade Levels: elementary school
Subjects: geography, history, science and social studies
Tutor.com®
Tutor.com offers online academic tutoring to K-12, intro-level college and GED students. No appointment is needed and tutors are available noon to midnight, 7 days a week! Study 24/7 with their practice quizzes and SkillsCenter Resource Library. Sample quizzes include ASVAB, ACT/SAT prep, Math Fundamentals and much more.
Tutor.com also provides writing support either in a live session or through the Drop-off Paper review. Receive feedback on reports, essays, resumes and cover letters within 12 hours.
Need help? Try our online chat or check out Tutor.com's FAQ and Troubleshooting page.
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Grade Levels: elementary school, middle school and high school
Subjects: get tutoring on any school subject, as well as college and high school prep
Very Short Introductions
Offers concise introductions to a diverse range of subject areas from climate to consciousness, game theory to ancient warfare, privacy to Islamic history, economics to literary theory and beyond.
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Grade Levels: high school
Subjects: art/music, business, English/language arts, health, history/government, science, social studies and technology
World Book eBooks
Supports classroom instruction and library reading initiatives with over 2,500 titles, including World Book exclusive content and classic literature. 24/7 unlimited, simultaneous access. World Book eBooks also feature a free downloadable app compatible with Apple, Windows, and Android devices.
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Grade Levels: elementary school, middle school and high school
Subjects: art/music, English/language arts, health, history/government, science, social studies and technology
World Book Encyclopedia
Online version of the popular encyclopedia. Great for general information or for school projects. Includes non-fiction eBooks for students and WorldBook in Spanish and French.
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Grade Levels: middle school and high school
Subjects: art/music, geography, history/government, science, social studies and technology