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Newspaper Source Plus

Description

Full text regional, national, and international newspapers.

With more than 55 million full-text articles from more than 1,400 newspapers, Newspaper Source Plus provides a comprehensive collection of the world's major newspaper content.

The database also contains selective full text for more than 370 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.

NoveList K-8 Plus

Description

Reading recommendations for young readers: expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists.

NoveList K-8 Plus is a database about books specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers. It has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for kids in grades K-8. Use it to find just the right books for every reader.

NoveList Plus

Description

Reading recommendations for all ages: expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists.

NoveList Plus is the premiere database of reading recommendations, available through libraries around the world. It is a comprehensive source of information about books that includes expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists and more. NoveList Plus has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for all ages. NoveList's expertise in books and reading means that you'll always get the best help for finding just the right books.

Poetry and Short Story Reference Center

Description

A comprehensive full-text collection of poems, short stories, and related content.

The Poetry and Short Story Reference Center provides a historically rich collection of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as short stories, biographies, and authoritative essays on such topics as poetic forms, movements, and techniques—including contemporary content from the finest publishers.

Points of View Reference Center

Description

Gain a balanced perspective on current events and issues.

Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, the Points of View Reference Center database provides rich content that can help students realize and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills. Points of View Reference Center contains 372 topics, each with an overview (objective background / description), point (argument), and counterpoint (opposing argument). Each topic features a Guide to Critical Analysis which helps the reader evaluate the controversy and enhances students’ ability to read critically, develop their own perspective on the issues, and write or debate an effective argument on the topic.

Primary Search

Description

Full-text magazines for elementary school research. Plus encyclopedia, dictionary, photos, maps and flags.

Primary Search®, contains full text for more than 80 popular elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, which provides students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. This database also provides the American Heritage® Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags.

The American Heritage® Children's Dictionary by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionaries, published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Professional Development Collection

Description

Full text resources for educators and librarians.

This database provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers. This collection offers information on everything from children's health and development to cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice.

Professional Development Collection™ includes full text for Chronicle of Higher Education, Educational Leadership, Journal of Education, Theory Into Practice, and a total of nearly 520 high quality education journals. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

Description

Psychology and behavioral science citations. Some are full text.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection can be searched independently, but also allows users from subscribing institutions to conveniently link to full text from citations within PsycINFO®. These citations, when viewed via EBSCOhost, have the ability to link to articles from more than 380 full-text journals contained within Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection.

Religion & Philosophy Collection

Description

Psychology and behavioral science citations. Some are full text.

The Religion & Philosophy Collection is a comprehensive database covering topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

With nearly 300 full-text journals and unparalleled coverage of the subject areas listed above, the Religion & Philosophy Collection™ is an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.