• Brainfuse HelpNow
  Learning center with live help for homework, practice tests, digital flash cards, and more (learn more)

• Britannica School Edition 
  A comprehensive interactive resource for research and learning for grades K-12. Includes correlations to California Content Standards and other valuable teacher resources. (guide to searching Britannica)

  

  

• CultureGrams**
  Provides concise cultural and statistical snapshots of every country recognized by the United Nations.

• Exploring Race in Society
  Aimed at high school and undergraduate researchers, this database provides access to thousands of full-text articles and other scholarly resources related to race, diversity, and inclusiveness in a solutions-oriented context.

• Gale eBooks
  Search full-text eBooks on a wide variety of topics, including arts, business, history, science, social science and more.

• Gale in Context: Biography
  Biographical information on over 640,000 international figures from all time periods and areas of study. Includes full-text reference content, periodicals, and multimedia. 

• Gale In Context: Environmental Studies
  Focuses on global environmental issues with up to date journals, topic overviews, multimedia content, and more.

• Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints
  Collects " for" and "against" articles based on social issues.

• Gale Interactive: Science
  An interactive resource encouraging the use of dynamic 3D models to visualize and understand major scientific concepts

• Gale Literature Resource Center
  A literature reference database designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student as well as the sophisticated casual user.

• Gale Primary Sources: Archives Unbound
  Presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars and students at the college and university level.

• Historical Newspapers through ProQuest
  Provides access to several high profile newspapers beginning in 1849.

• National Geographic Magazine 
  Featuring every page photograph from 1888 to present day. Includes National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic History, and National Geographic KIDS. (learn about the National Geographic database)

• ProQuest Newspaper, Magazine, and Journal articles**
  Full text articles from over 20,000 magazines, newspapers, and journals, including current issues of the Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times (learn to use Proquest)

• World Book Encyclopedia
  Access to the online version of the World Book Encyclopedia, including:

  • World Book Kids: Offers simpler navigation, thousands of colorful illustrations, diagrams, and maps, and dozens of activities tied to national curriculum standards.

  • World Book Student: Designed for elementary and middle-school students, this popular resource includes built in features and tools to help make learning accessible.

  • World Book Advanced: For the advanced student and adults, Advanced offers deeper comprehension and up to the minute access to worldwide news.

  • World Book Timelines: Search more than 650 pre-generated timelines and 14,000 event in a highly interactive and customizable database.  Investigate the chronological significance of world events and the lives of notable historical figures.

  • World Book eBooks: Over 2,500 titles, including World Book exclusive content and classic literature (novels, plays, poems, and nonfiction).

  • World Book Activity Corner: Contains thousands of cross-curricular, low-cost, fun yet educational projects for the classroom, after school programs, and library programming. 

  • World Book Discover: Assist differentiated learners and older adults with a research database that offers a practical Life Skills section. A collection of unique videos, featuring expert answers to often asked questions, and a visual dictionary make content more accessible for readers of all levels.

  • World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos: This dedicated Spanish-language database contains videos, compare-and-contrast features, selected articles, and a visual dictionary to allow ESL students and Spanish-learners the chance to learn. Integrated with World Book Kids for parallel English-language content.

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