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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

Historic American Newspapers

Description

Library of Congress digitized newspapers from 1777 - 1963 including historic SC newspapers.

Historic American Newspapers

  • Powered by Chronicling America, a joint project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress
  • For all age groups

Details:

  • Page images from selected historic newspapers of 25 states and the District of Columbia, published from 1836-1922
  • Includes 34 historic South Carolina newspapers published in Anderson, Anderson Court House, Bennettsville, Charleston, Columbia, Edgefield, Georgetown, Laurens, Orangeburg, Orangeburg Court House, Pickens Court House, Rock Hill, Sumter, and Sumterville
  • Searchable by date and keyword
  • Viewing options include PDF images, downloadable images, text only, and persistent links for sharing
  • Includes a searchable and browsable directory of U.S. newspapers from 1690-present

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

StudySC

Description

Know where you live! Includes links to SC related topics, multimedia, primary documents, and more.

StudySC

  • For elementary, middle, high school students, educators, and parents
  • Links to quality online content for South Carolina-related topics, including subjects in the South Carolina curriculum standards

Details:

  • Approximately 100 pages with over 1800 links
  • Organized by grade-level and subject headings
  • Includes links to multimedia, primary documents, Discus resources, and interactive content

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