Have you assigned a research project lately? Point your Middle School students in the right direction when using our library databases. The following recommendations may help.
General:
- AP Photo Archive: photos, text, audio and graphics from the 1800s
- Encyclopedia Britannica: includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year
- Grolier’s Encyclopedias: three online encyclopedias
- World Book Online: online encyclopedia
- Historic Newspapers: full text of the New York Times from 1851 and the Washington Post
- Opposing Viewpoints: online library of current events topics, the facts, pros, and cons
Ancient Civilization/World Civilization:
- Culturegrams: in depth coverage of over 200 countries
- World Geography: cultural, historical, and spatial information on world countries
- World History, Ancient & Medieval The database ranges beyond Western civilization to ancient Africa, the Islamic world, and the East,
- Student Resource Center Gold: newspapers, journals, biographies, timelines
- Discovering Collection: criticism on Shakespeare, novels, short stories, info on science & history
- ELibrary: magazines, newspapers, radio/TV transcripts, pictures, and maps, Knowledge Notes, history & literature databases, knowledge notes, Poets on Screen
Languages Arts/Literature:
- Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry: search for poems by author, title, or subject
- Discovering Collection: criticism on Shakespeare, novels, short stories, info on science & history
- Historic Newspapers: full text of the New York Times from 1851 and the Washington Post
- Literary Reference Center: plot summaries, literary criticism, reviews, author interviews, overviews
- Novelist: find a book to read or find a book similar to one that you liked
- Opposing Viewpoints: online library of current events topics, the facts, pros, and cons
Mathematics:
- Encyclopedia Britannica: includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year
- Grolier’s Encyclopedias: three online encyclopedias
- Student Resource Center Gold: newspapers, journals, biographies, timeline
- World Book Online: online encyclopedia
Science:
- Discovering Collection: criticism on Shakespeare, novels, short stories, info on science & history
- Encyclopedia Britannica: includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year
- Grolier’s Encyclopedias: three online encyclopedias
- Historic Newspapers: full text of the New York Times from 1851 and the Washington Post
- World Book Online: online encyclopedia
- Student Resource Center Gold: newspapers, journals, biographies, timelines
World Languages:
- Culturegrams: in depth coverage of over 200 countries
- Encyclopedia Britannica: includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year
- Grolier’s Encyclopedias: three online encyclopedias
- World Book Online: online encyclopedia
- World Geography: cultural, historical, and spatial information on world countries
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