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Ballston Spa Middle School

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EBSCO Publishing

ABC-CLIO American Mosaic: The American Indian Experience

The American Mosaic: The American Indian Experience provides in-depth historical accounts and cultural information about the indigenous peoples of...

High School Database

EBSCO Publishing

ABC-CLIO Databases

Authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring, significant, and...

Issues

ProQuest (Clarivate)

Academic Video Online (AVON)

Database

Newsbank

Access World News

Database

EBSCO Publishing

American History

A bibliographic resource that provides a robust source of information focusing on the history and life of the United States and Canada

High School Database

EBSCO Publishing

Ancient/Medieval Era

Ranging from the dawn of prehistory, through the great ancient empires, to the beginning of the Renaissance, this unique online resource explores...

High School Database

World Book

Banco de Continedos aula Planeta

Middle School High School Encyclopedia Biographies

EBSCO Publishing

Biography Reference Center

Middle School High School Database Biographies

Gale

Books & Authors

Product added by purchase report form.

BrainPOP LLC

BrainPOP

Videos, activities and games covering: science, social studies, english, math, engineering & tech, health, arts and music.

Elementary School Videos

BrainPOP LLC

BrainPop Espanol

Videos, actividades y juegos que abarcan: ciencias, estudios sociales, Inglés, matemáticas, ingeniería y tecnología, salud, artes y música.

Elementary School Videos

BrainPOP LLC

BrainPop Francais

Online animation films, real teaching tools, grouped into the categories: Sciences, Human body, Techno & Engineering, Social Sciences /...

Elementary School Videos

BrainPOP LLC

BrainPOP Junior

Videos, activities and games covering: science, social studies, english, math, engineering & tech, health, arts and music.

Primary Videos

BrainPOP LLC

BrainPOP Science for grades 6,7,8

Elementary School Middle School Database

Encyclopedia Britannica

Britannica Academic

Middle School Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia Britannica

Britannica Escolar

Middle School Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia Britannica

Britannica School

General reference resource for multiple age groups.

Middle School Encyclopedia

Gale

Business Insights: Essentials

Includes company profiles, industry reports and financial reports, as well as business magazines and newspapers.

High School Database

Mackin Educational Resources

Country Reports

Elementary School Middle School High School Database

EBSCO Publishing

EBSCO Primary Search

Primary resources using an a traditional text interface.

Primary Professional Database

Learning A-Z

ELL Edition

NOTE: Requires a license for Raz-Plus

Database

Gale

Gale: Opposing Viewpoints

Facts and arguments on current events topics and social issues.

High School Database

Gale

Gale Academic OneFile Select with Subject Collections

Resource for academic research includes scholarly journals and selected general interest titles in a wide variety of subjects.

High School Database

Gale

Gale Academic OneFile with Subject Collections

Contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.

Gale

Gale Ebooks

Ebook portal for Gale resources.

Middle School Ebooks

Gale

Gale General OneFile with Subject Collections

News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics.

High School Database

Gale

Gale in Context: Biography

Authoritative reference content covering a vast array of people from historically significant figures to present-day newsmakers

Middle School Database

Gale

Gale In Context: Elementary

Formerly Kids InfoBits A general reference resource for primary and elementary.

Primary Database

Gale

Gale in Context: Middle School

Created for middle-schoolers, Research in Context combines Gale reference content with age-appropriate videos, periodicals, primary sources, and more

Middle School Database

Gale

Gale NovelNY Databases

Gale resource portal.

Middle School Database

Gale

Gale OneFile: Computer Science

Provides access to business and technical publications in the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries.

High School Professional Database

Gale

Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete

Resource for educators and education students. Provides access to periodicals covering pre-school to college and most educational specialties...

Professional Database

Gale

Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine

Full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a variety of personal health information sources.

High School Professional Database

Gale

Gale OneFile: Informe Académico

Spanish interface provides access to Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals both from and about Latin America.

Middle School High School Encyclopedia Spanish

Gale

Gale OneFile: News

This full-text newspaper database has several New York Newspapers including the New York Times from 1995 on, and over 1,000 major U.S. regional...

Middle School High School Database News

Gale

Gale PowerSearch

Search newspapers, business journals and health journals.

Middle School Database

Generation Genius

Database

Central Programs (Gumdrop)

GoGo Library

Nonfiction for young readers.

Primary Ebooks

Gale

Health and Wellness Resource Center

Full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more.

High School Professional Database

Kids Discover

Kids Discover Online offers a growing library of over 2,000 engaging Science, Social Studies, and Nonfiction articles, written at 3 Lexile Reading...

Database

EBSCO Publishing

Middle Search Plus

Designed for middle school libraries, Middle Search Plus is a full-text database providing popular middle school magazines and reference books...

Database

Gale

National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids includes the complete run of the magazine from 2009 to the present, as well as books, videos, and images.

Primary Database Videos Ebooks

Press4Kids (NewsOMatic)

News-O-Matic

News-O-Matic is a digital news platform designed for K–8 students, offering daily, age-appropriate nonfiction articles that align with educational...

Database

Gale

New York Times

A subset of Gale OneFile: News, this database includes articles from newspapers from around New York State including: Glens Falls Post-Star, New York...

Elementary School Middle School High School Database News

NoodleTools

Noodle Tools

An online research tool to track your sources, take notes, create outlines, collaborate with classmates, and format and print your bibliography.

Middle School High School Web Tool

PBS

PBS Learning Media

Primary Elementary School Middle School High School Videos

Rosen

PK Earth and Space

Inspires elementary and middle school learners about key earth and space science topics including earth cycles, ecosystems and biomes, energy and...

Primary Elementary School

Rosen

PK Life Science

Inspires elementary and middle school learners about key life science topics including animals; classification; endangered and extinct species; food...

Primary Elementary School Database

Rosen

PK Physical Science

Informs and inspires learners about key physical science topics including atoms and molecules; elements and the periodic table; energy and matter...

Primary Elementary School Database

EBSCO Publishing

Points of View

Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content that can help students realize and develop...

Middle School Database

Learning A-Z

Raz-Plus

Database

Learning A-Z

Reading A-Z

Rosen

Rosen Learning Center

Elementary School Ebooks

Scholastic

ScienceFlix

Engaging videos to build background knowledge and introduce the topic and key vocabulary.

Elementary School Middle School Ebooks

EBSCO Publishing

Science Reference Center

Contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.

Middle School High School Database

Sooth.fyi

Sooth is a curated search engine optimized for students and knowledge professionals. We’ve built a proprietary search index comprised solely of...

Database

Teaching Books

Discover online multimedia resources. Bring books and authors to life.

Professional Videos

Rosen

Teen Health and Wellness

Nonjudgmental, straightforward info for middle and high school covering diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, green...

Middle School High School Database

EBSCO Publishing

The Modern Era

Covers a broad range of topics including the evolution of modern Europe; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world; the global...

High School Database