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Newberry County Library System

Databases

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Britannica School

Description

Encyclopedia articles, magazines and journals, videos, maps, dictionary and thesaurus entries.

Britannica School

  • For Prekindergarten through 12th grades
  • Access to encyclopedia and related content on three levels: elementary, middle, and high school, as well as teacher resources

Details:

  • Encyclopedia articles, current magazine articles, learning materials, and educational games
  • Rich multi-media content includes thousands of video and audio files, maps, illustrations, and photos to view, download, and use
  • Crafted to meet students' reading levels and Lexile scores; articles for elementary school students have scores ranging from 600 to 1000, and those for middle school students range from 860 to 1360
  • Over 140,000 articles of informational text provide a variety of text complexity covering all subject areas and support Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts
  • Read-Aloud feature in the encyclopedia articles highlights each word as it is read to increase comprehension for struggling readers, English language learners, and visually impaired users
  • Multiple translation tools with an emphasis on Spanish-English translation, but with more than 50 world languages available
  • 'My Britannica' to save and share articles, images, and videos in a personal account

Gale in Context: Elementary

Description

Articles, images, maps, activities, experiments, and reference information on all subjects.

Gale in Context: Elementary

  • For K-5 students, their teachers and parents
  • Articles, pictures and reference information on all subjects

Details:

  • Full-text articles from 120+ children's magazines, reference sources and newspapers
  • 2,500 searchable images and maps
  • Reading levels assigned to most articles
  • Includes activities, recipes, experiments, poetry and stories by children
  • Teacher Toolbox to help teach research and writing skills

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints

Subject
Description

Thousands of pro and con viewpoint articles on contemporary social issues, topic overviews, primary sources, images, statistical tables, charts, and graphs.

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints

  • For middle school students through adults
  • Database of contemporary social issues with content structured to promote critical-thinking skills and information literacy
  • Selected results display Lexile reading levels | About Lexiles

Details:

  • More than 14,000 pro and con viewpoint essays
  • More than 300 primary source documents
  • Periodicals, podcasts, reviewed Web links, images, statistical tables, charts and graphs
  • Content levels may be selected for retrieving appropriate results
  • Includes Lexile reading levels for periodical content
  • Content correlated to social studies and science curriculum standards for middle and high school

Learn360

Description

K-12 streaming media service featuring hundreds of thousands of videos, interactives, audio titles, printables, and more

Learn360

  • For prekindergarten through 12th grades
  • Educational multimedia with 24/7 access for educators, students, and parents
  • Can be streamed or downloaded

Details:

  • 191,500 multimedia resources, including high-quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio, interactives, maps, printables, worksheets, and science experiments
  • Resources are from more than 200 top educational producers including: A&E, Reading Rainbow, National Geographic, PBS, Makematic, and Weston Woods
  • Topic Centers that bundle specially selected content - including videos, interactives, audiobooks, and printables - on core subjects
  • All significant subject areas are included: English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Health, World Languages, Technical and Vocational Education, Music & Dance, and more
  • Integrates with Google Classroom

MasterFILE Premier

Description

Full-text magazines, journals, and reference books covering a wide range of general interest topics. Primary source documents, photos, maps, and flags are also included.

MasterFILE Premier

  • For all ages
  • Large collection of periodicals, reference books and more covering a wide range of general interest topics

Details:

  • Full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more
  • Full-text reference books, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags
  • Selected key publications included back to 1975
  • Updated daily

Newspaper Source Plus

Description

Includes full-text articles from major newspapers, newswires, and news magazines as well as television and radio transcripts.

Newspaper Source Plus

  • For all ages
  • Provides the latest news from the leading national and international news sources

Details:

  • Over 1,000 full-text newspapers including major titles such as USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, The Washington Times (DC), San Francisco Chronicle, The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), The Times (UK), Toronto Star and others
  • Staff articles included from many newspapers, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, Houston Chronicle, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) and others
  • Includes television and radio news transcripts from ABC News, CBS News, CNBC, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, MSNBC, NPR, PBS and more

Points of View Reference Source

Description

Contains resources that present multiple sides of an issue through persuasive arguments and essays.

Points of View Reference Source

  • For middle school students through adults
  • Full-text database providing essays and articles that present multiple sides of current issues and is designed to offer the full scope of controversial subjects

Details:

  • 500 topics included, each with an overview, a point, a counterpoint, and a Critical Thinking Guide
  • Content includes magazines, newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, primary source documents, reference books, and video
  • Provides research guides for debates, developing arguments, writing persuasive essays and more

TOPICsearch

Subject
Description

Explore current events, social, political and economic issues, and scientific discoveries with these full-text articles, biographies, international newspapers, and public opinion polls.

TOPICsearch

  • For middle school students through adults
  • Current events database of popular topics, including controversial opinions and viewpoints

Details:

  • Full text articles from 475 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information
  • Includes social, political, and economic issues; scientific discoveries; and other current and popular topics
  • Lexile reading levels assigned to full-text articles

World Almanac© for Kids

Description

Includes articles on a variety of topics including personal finance and debate preparation, biographies, videos, games, science experiments, maps and flags, and homework help.

World Almanac© for Kids

  • For students in grades 4-8, their teachers, and their parents
  • Articles, videos, and games on a wide range of subjects

Details:

  • Contains more than 600 science projects
  • "Take a Stand" debate topics
  • Homework Help videos and reference guides
  • Educator Resources: lesson plans, a link to search by educational standards, graphic organizers, outline maps, printable handouts, and science diagrams

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