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Culturegrams
Culturegrams provides concise information on daily life and culture for over 187 countries and information on all 50
United States. It also includes a teaching activities section with activities for grades K-12.
Curriculum Resource Center
Curriculum Resource Center provides a library of printable teacher-handout material for the middle school, high school and junior college curriculum organized by subject.
Curriculum Resource Center: Junior Edition
Curriculum Resource Center: Junior Edition provides a library of printable teacher-handout materials and other content geared for elementary-level students.
ERIC
ERIC provides access to education literature and resources including full text of more than 2,200 digests and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 education and education related journals.
Issues and Controversies
Issues and Controversies explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture giving the Pro and Con
statement for each issue. This database is great for research papers & debate prep and includes: timely, in-depth, and objective articles that explore today’s controversial
issues, as well as thousands of timelines, primary source documents, statistical tables, editorial cartoons and newspaper editorials. The National High School Debate
topics since 1997 are also included.
Learning Express Library
Learning Express Library provides practice tests and tutorial courses designed to help people succeed on academic or licensing
tests and on skills mastering. You'll get immediate scoring with links to areas that need improvement, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis
of your results.
LearningExpress also includes:
LISTA - Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports and proceedings. Coverage extends back to the 1960s and includes:
Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Libraryhas the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online, including over 165,000 tracks
of Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. The music on Naxos can be accessed from any audio-enabled computer with an internet
connection, either by individual tracks or complete CDs. While listening, users can read notes on the works being played as well as biographical
information on composers or artists in Naxos' extensive database. Naxos is also an excellent tool in musical education at any level. The
education pages are divided into topics which include an overview, suggested listening lists (which include links to the music tracks within Naxos)
and listening exercises.
NoveList K-8 Plus
Novelist K-8 Plus is a great way to help children locate age-appropriate fiction and nonfiction reading materials.
There is curriculum driven material designed to help integrate reading across subject areas in the classroom - including 17,000
nonfiction titles specifically chosen to support what kids are studying in school as well as to help them locate additional titles
they will enjoy reading. There are thematic "Grab and Go" books lists and BookTalks of popular children's titles, as well as access
to lexile scores and Recommended Reading Lists.
Professional Development Collection
Professional Development Collection is designed for professional educators and provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Some titles included are:
Science Online
Science Online is a curriculum-oriented database that offers extensive definitions, essays, timelines, diagrams, biographies and experiments. The over 600 experiments are indexed by grade range and subject category.
Teacher Reference Center
Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 periodicals and indexing of 1,300 book chapters. Topics include:
Today's Science
Today's Science bridges the gap between textbooks and what's happening in science today. It includes the following resources for teachers: curriculum based
activities and assignments, teaching aids and detailed information on National Science Standards plus links to standards aligned Today's Science articles. It also includes Browsealoud
technology that can read aloud the content, which may be of benefit to those who: have low literacy skills, speak English as a Second Language, have dyslexia or other learning
challenges or have mild visual impairments.