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Encyclopedias:
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Almanacs, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias |
| Encyclopedia Americana | |
| Funk and Wagnall's | |
| Grolier Multimedia | |
| Grolier New Book Of Knowledge | |
| WorldBook Multimedia | |
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EBSCO
Searchasaurus A child or elementary school user-friendly interface for accessing articles from Primary Search and Middle Search Plus. |
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Primary Search Provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school reading and research. Each article is assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles) |
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Infotrac
Kid's Infobits Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
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Infotrac
Junior Edition Formerly SuperTOM Junior, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
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History
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CLIO Geography Explores more than 200 countries with a profile, history, biographies, organizations, primary source documents, maps, flags, photos, current news, and statistical and cultural information. |
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CLIO U.S. History Multimedia and primary source coverage on all aspects of government: current issues, social movements, facts, perspectives, and connections between events, legislation, and leaders. |
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| Culturegrams
Kids/ World Login to Culturegrams site then select "kids" edition. Cultural, governmental, historical and economic information for 177 world countries and all U.S. states with in depth information on language, religion, customs, lifestyle, recipes and holidays. |
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| Culturegrams/
States Login to Culturegrams site then select "states" edition. Cultural, governmental, historical and economic information for 177 world countries and all U.S. states with in depth information on language, religion, customs, lifestyle, recipes and holidays. |
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| Grolier
America the Beautiful Covers the 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the major territories. Includes biographical profiles, timelines, maps, essays on the presidents and major Native American tribes, U.S. achievements, a statistical Almanac, and prescreened Web sites. |
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| Grolier
Lands and People Covers culture, geography, people, economy, history, government and current events. Includes maps, flags, tables, photographs, an electronic atlas, a comparison feature, and Web links |
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Novelist
K-8 Contains materials and full text reviews for all ages including picture books, children's "chapter" books, young adult titles and books for adult readers. Besides locating books to read, users can learn more about books and authors through Author Read-alikes, Feature Articles, Book Discussion Guides, and BookTalks |