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ProQuest Direct
ProQuest reference databases offer comprehensive publication collections, in both full-text and full page image, that meets a wide range of research demands. From general reference to advanced subject matter, ProQuest has it all.

SIRS Knowledge Source
A comprehensive portal offering centralized access to all SIRS products which target the needs of students with best-of content selected to support research, study, and homework in key curricula subjects. We subscribe to Issues Researcher, which covers the Leading Issues most studied and debated by students. We also subscribe to Government Reporter, which has Historic and Government Documents, Directories and Almanacs

ProQuest Platinum
ProQuest Platinum offers a comprehensive publication collection that meets a wide range of research demands. From general reference to advanced subject matter, Platinum has more
than 2,000 titles that cover it all.

Prima ry Search via Searchasaurus
Primary Search provides full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.

MagillOnLiterature Plus, produced by Salem Press, is the premier literary database, combining MagillOnLiterature and MagillOnAuthors. This database includes all the literary works, reviewed critical analyses and brief plot summaries that are included in MagillOnLiterature, as well as all the biographies and author essays included in MagillOnAuthors.

Kids Search
Kids Search makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.

Discovering Collection
Discovering Collection offers easy access to award-winning content based on national curriculum standards. Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, DC provides a premium selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips. New to the database are popular topic picklists and an integrated national and state curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards.

Opposing Viewpoints
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. New to the database are Lexile reading levels for periodicals and an integrated national and state curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards.

Custom Newspapers
Search a collection of more than 900 newspapers, both national and international.

New York State Newspapers
Search this database of 28 major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library 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, your public library, or your office).

Business and Company ASAP
Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.

Business and Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

National Newspaper Index
National Newspaper Index provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.

Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.

Contemporary Literary Criticism
Contemporary Literary Criticism--Select is an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC--Select entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study.

Designed to support Advanced Placement Program World History courses, this collection of over 100 mostly peer-reviewed journals covers subjects such as world history, international relations, and women's history.

Designed to support Advanced Placement Program Comparative Government & Politics and U.S. Government & Politics courses, this collection of over 100 mostly peer-reviewed journals covers subjects such as government and political science, democracy, public health and more.

Designed to support Advanced Placement Program English Literature courses, this collection of over 170 mostly peer-reviewed journals covers subjects such as literature criticism, writing, literary history, and world literature.

Designed to support Advanced Placement Program Science courses, this collection of over 120 mostly peer-reviewed journals covers subjects such as physics, astronomy, botany, biology & genetics, technology and astronomy.

Designed to support Advanced Placement Program U.S. History courses, this collection of mostly peer-reviewed journals provides balanced coverage of both current thought and events in U.S. History.

Grolier Online Deluxe, Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, America the Beautiful, LaNueva Enciclopedia Cumbre

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To over 300,000 of the best online resources, aligned with state standards and organized by readability and grade level. Each resource is carefully selected by educators to ensure it is safe, age-appropriate and 100% academically relevant. An easy-to-use tool for K-12 students and educators in a search environment you can trust!

Offers a variety of resources, including dial-a-teacher which allows you to call a teacher for individualized homework help.

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