Online Library Resources The School Library System provides direct access to remote electronic information and instructional library resources through the School Library System’s CoSer 537, Online Library Resources. Participants in CoSer 537 receive access to CERF (Curriculum and Educational Resource Finder) and Wilson Core Collections, included as part of their base fee.   Please contact the School Library System Office for Information on databases not listed here Pricing Trials (to request trials not currently available on our Trial site) Training Databases ABC-CLIO Provides references, curriculum, and current events to simplify historical research and help students make sense out of world events as they unfold.  Resources encourage students to hone their skills of historical inquiry as they master historical content and develop a deeper understanding of history’s major themes and lessons. Hoover’s Comprehensive, up-to-date, business information for sales, marketing, and business development, covering US and global companies, industries and the people who shape them. Accessible Archives A rich collection of historical newspapers including 19th century African American, Civil War and Abolitionist newspapers with lessons for K-12 users.  Check the Accessible Archives FAQ for more details. Maps101 More than 4,000 easy-to-print maps, over 200 K-12 lesson plans, daily and weekly current events articles, up-to-date World & U.S. Reference Atlases, educational quizzes, and games. Accunet/AP Multimedia Archive A primary source database from the Associated Press that includes photographs, audio sound bites, graphics and text spanning over 160 years of history. Marshall Cavendish Developed as a reference resource for student research, Marshall Cavendish Digital offers products based on and expanded from their award-winning printed encyclopedias and nonfiction series.  Access to titles is purchased individually, allowing users to create a digital library oriented to their needs and the needs of their students. AllData Automotive repair information, shop management, and customer relations solutions for the professional automotive service industry. McGraw Hill Access Science Over 8,500 online articles from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology 10th edition, plus research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology , 110,000+ definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 15,000 illustrations and graphics, and bibliographies containing more than 28,000 literature citations. Brainpop Over 600 movies for grades 3-12 designed to spark curiosity. Includes Interactive quizzes for assessment and enrichment materials like experiments and creative activities to supplement the movies. Newsbank Provides schools with comprehensive information resources to support a wide variety of school research and curricula, while helping to develop critical thinking skills, encourage reading and writing in the content areas and make learning both more engaging and relevant to the real world. Britannica Online Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language. This unique database also offers high-quality online learning materials that are developed by teachers and curriculum experts. Designed for all levels of learning, Britannica Online School Edition offers students a gateway to the vast resources of Encyclopædia Britannica. Noodletools Innovative software that guides students through the entire research process, teaching how to search intelligently; assess the quality of results; record, organize and synthesize information; and format a bibliography in MLA or APA style. Career Cruising An interactive career resource designed to help people of all ages find the right career, explore different career options, or plan future education and training. ORS Publishing Polling the Nations Online database of public opinion polls containing the full text of 500,000 questions and responses from 14,000+ surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the United States and 100 other countries around the world. Children's Literature Comprehensive Database An acquisition, research, and reference service that offers more than 1,400,000 MARC records and more than 300,000 reviews of children's books--all full text searchable from 36 review sources. Oxford University Press Provider of award-winning, scholarly reference tools including legal references, Grove Music Online, and Grove Art Online. Columbia University Press Resources include Granger’s World of Poetry (210,000+ full text poems), Columbia Gazetteer of the World (170,000 entries), International Affairs Online (theory and research in international affairs), and Earthscape (connects the Earth and environmental sciences with social, political, and economic dimensions). ProQuest A growing family of classroom-focused, subscription-based educational resources that support the 21st Century information literacy needs of teachers and students across all curriculum areas.  The ProQuest family of products includes SIRS and eLibrary. Country Watch Socio-demographic, cultural, historical, economic, political, environmental and investment information on all of the world’s 192 countries and many non-sovereign nations.  Includes news, analysis, maps, data and statistics. Rand McNally Classroom An authoritative, easy-to-use website for K-12 curriculum-relevant maps, articles and teacher tools covering everything from the world right down to the community. CQ Press Offers databases covering American politics, federal and state government, American institutions, campaigns and elections, current events, and world affairs. Reading A-Z Offers thousands of printable teacher materials to teach guided reading, phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, reading fluency, alphabet, and vocabulary. Teaching resources include professionally developed downloadable leveled books, lesson plans, worksheets, and reading assessments. Credo Reference (formerly Xrefer) Content from hundreds of reference books in a broad range of subjects. Rosen Provides students with comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more. Discovery Education Health A comprehensive, standards-based library of health and prevention content that empowers educators to address the needs of the whole student and build life skills in nine core topic areas. Scholastic BookFlix A new online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning. Linking fact and fiction, BookFlix reinforces early reading skills and introduces children to a world of knowledge and exploration. Dun & Bradstreet Recognized as a leading source of commercial information and insight on businesses, D&B’s global commercial database contains more than 120 million business records which customers can rely on to make critical business decisions. Turnitin Offers a suite of tools including Plagiarism Prevention, which instantly identifies student papers containing unoriginal material; Peer Review, where students can review and respond to their classmates’ work online; GradeMark, which gives teachers the ability to assess student work in a paperless environment; and GradeBook, a tool that allows teachers to manage grades and assignments online. Ebsco Numerous databases supporting K-12 instruction across all curriculum areas and grade levels, including comprehensive core collections of full-text resources. Vocational Biographies Career facts and comparisons from 1170 occupations, provided by people currently working in those fields. Facts on File Subject-specific databases offering in-depth coverage, with extensively hyperlinked full-text records, citation information, and a wide range of printable teacher resources.  Notable databases include Curriculum Resource Center, Bloom’s Literary Reference Online, and Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center.  Please note:  Facts on File and Facts on File News Service (including World News Digest, Issues and Controversies, and Today’s Science) are once again under the common ownership of Infobase Publishing.    Complete catalog  is now available. Wilson Provider of 64 online databases, including full-text periodical databases, reference resources, and collection development resources, plus biography databases and the Art Museum Image Gallery. Gale Subject specific databases, reference collections and ebooks, plus comprehensive collections targeted for specific grade levels, with a new PowerSearch platform that allows searches across multiple resources from one interface.  World & I A multifaceted monthly publication presenting a broad range of thought-provoking reading in politics, science, culture, humanity, and more in seven sections: – Current Issues, The Arts, Life, Natural Science, Culture, Book World, and Modern Thought. Greenwood Provider of specialized electronic resources, including Greenwood’s Daily Life, The Latino American Experience, The African American Experience, and World Folklore and Life plus The Reader’s Advisor Online and ARBA Online. World Book Now offering 2 subscription packages: World Book Reference Center (Gold), which includes a full range of online reference products for primary and secondary students; and World Book Advanced, with a vast collection of additional primary source documents, eBooks and encyclopedic multimedia content. Grolier Authoritative, age-appropriate research and learning resources, with two learning environments, eight curriculum-aligned databases and over 500,000 links to academically-relevant articles, web sites, periodicals and media. Educator support includes lesson plans aligned to standards, debate topics from Grolier’s acclaimed Pro/Con series, and Teaching This Week’s News.