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BrainPOP - For middle school students: features more than 600 animated movies in science, math, English, social studies, health, arts, music, and technology; includes quizzes, comic strips, and worksheets. Short movies, quizzes, worksheets.

Custom Newspapers - Offers over 150 full-text newspapers, which include 7 New York State newspapers and the New York Times, which is indexed in full text for the full current year.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (MS) - Encyclopedia with short articles for quick reference.

Gale Virtual Reference Library - Access to over $10,000 worth of digital reference books on the humanities, social sciences and sciences.

Grolier Online Encyclopedia - Includes access to the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.

National Newspaper Index - Provides indexing (1977-present) of America's top five newspapers: the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. No full text.

NYS Newspapers - Includes the following seven full-text newspapers from around New York State: Buffalo News, New York Times (from 2000 on), New York Post, New York Observer, Syracuse Herald American, Syracuse Herald-Journal, and Post-Standard (Syracuse).

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Access to articles from the Opposing Viewpoints social issues series, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Journals, Reference books, Magazines, Statistics, Newspapers, Weblinks, Primary documents.

ProQuest Platinum - Periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.

Questia - Available only to seniors and AP students: contains over 67,000 books and 1.5 million newspaper and journal articles, in full text. Books, journal articles, magazine articles, and newspaper articles.

Searchasaurus - Although it is designed for elementary school students, many parts are useful to middle school students: Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, an image collection containing over 100,000 photos, maps and flags and full text access to the Encyclopedia of Animals. Dictionary, Encyclopedias, Images, Maps

KidSearch - 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 typemagazines, reference books, photos, flags etc.

Student Resource Center - Searches reference books, magazines, journals, newspapers, primary documents simultaneously. Subject areas include geography, culture, history, literature, people, science, and health. Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, Primary documents, Reference books

Databases containing information about Specific Subjects

Biographies

American History - Investigates the people, events, and themes of our nation's evolution from the first explorers in the New World to the developments in today's headlines. Contains thousands of primary and secondary sources, including government documents, photographs and other works of art, video clips, and historic maps. Includes analysis of current events, biographies, topical overviews, and essays on current issues. Primary documents, Media, Reports, Images.

Student Resource Center - Searches reference books, magazines, journals, newspapers, primary documents simultaneously. Subject areas include geography, culture, history, literature, people, science, and health. Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, Primary documents, Reference books.

Biography Resource Center from Voorheesville Public Library - Available with a Voorheesville Public Library Card, this database provides in-depth biographical articles.

Business

Business & Company Resource  Center - Includes company profiles, brand information, company histories, SEC reports, periodical articles, and links to relevant Web sites. Journals, Magazines, Reports, Web links.

Current Issues

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center- Access to articles from the Opposing Viewpoints social issues series, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, Primary documents, Reference books, Statistics, Web links.

Geography & Culture

Student Resource Center- Searches reference books, magazines, journals, newspapers, primary documents simultaneously. Subject areas include geography, culture, history, literature, people, science, and health. Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, Primary documents, Reference books.

Health

Teen Health and Wellness - This 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.

Health & Wellness RC - Access to medical, health, and wellness information, including the respected Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, full-text magazines, journals, web sites and pamphlets. Encyclopedias, Journals, Magazines, Web links

History

American History- Investigates the people, events, and themes of our nation's evolution from the first explorers in the New World to the develpments in today's headlines. Contains thousands of primary and secondary sources, including government documents, photographs and other works of art, video clips, and historic maps. Includes analysis of current events, biographies, topical overviews, and essays on current issues. Primary documents, Media, Reports, Images.

Student Resource Center - Searches reference books, magazines, journals, newspapers, primary documents simultaneously. Subject areas include geography, culture, history, literature, people, science, and health. Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, Primary documents, Reference books.

World History - Ancient  - Covers human history worldwide from prehistoric times to 1500, the beginning of the Renaissance. Contains primary documents, profiles of countries and regions, interactive timelines, over 1,000 biographies, and overviews of events, places, and cultures.

World History - Modern Era - Covers human history worldwide from the beginning of the Renaissance in 1500 to the present. Contains primary documents, profiles of countries and regions, interactive timelines, over 3,400 biographies, topical explorations, and overviews of events, places, and cultures.

Images & Media

American History - Investigates the people, events, and themes of our nation's evolution from the first explorers in the New World to the developments in today's headlines. Contains thousands of primary and secondary sources, including government documents, photographs and other works of art, video clips, and historic maps. Includes analysis of current events, biographies, topical overviews, and essays on current issues. Primary documents, Media, Reports, Images.

EBSCO Animals - Encyclopedia of Animals includes detailed descriptions, scientific classifications, and photos. 

Searchasaurus - Although it is designed for elementary school students, many parts are useful to middle school students: Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, an image collection containing over 100,000 photos, maps and flags and full text access to the Encyclopedia of Animals. Dictionary, Encyclopedias, Images, Maps

KidSearch - 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 typemagazines, reference books, photos, flags etc.

World Book Online - Includes entire 22-volume print encyclopedia, atlas, pictures, sounds, editor-approved web sites, magazine article links, daily news updates, dictionary, and New York State special section. Encyclopeia, Atlas, Dictionary, Web sites, Images.

World History - Ancient  - Covers human history worldwide from prehistoric times to 1500, the beginning of the Renaissance. Contains primary documents, profiles of countries and regions, interactive timelines, over 1,000 biographies, and overviews of events, places, and cultures.

World History - Modern Era - Covers human history worldwide from the beginning of the Renaissance in 1500 to the present. Contains primary documents, profiles of countries and regions, interactive timelines, over 3,400 biographies, topical explorations, and overviews of events, places, and cultures.

Literature

Student Resource Center - Searches reference books, magazines, journals, newspapers, primary documents simultaneously. Subject areas include geography, culture, history, literature, people, science, and health. Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, Primary documents, Reference books.

TeachingBooks.net - Contains original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of professional book readings, guides to thousands of titles and a wealth of multimedia resources on children's and young adult literature. Author programs, book guides, book readings, thematic book lists, book awards.

Twayne Authors Series - World, English and US Authors - Literary critical interpretation and discussion featuring the content of over 600 books from three print series: United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors. For readers ranging from high school students through college and above. Reference Books.

Science

EBSCO Animals- Encyclopedia of Animals includes detailed descriptions, scientific classifications, and photos. Encyclopedia. Images.

Today's Sciences (FACTS.com) from Voorheesville Public Library - Available with a Voorheesville Public Library card, this database presents the latest scientific journals, magazines and newspapers on current topics such as health, environment, technology, life science, physical science, earth and space science and science and scociety.


 

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