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Research Resources
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Ancestry.comThe world’s largest online family history resource — including historical records such as census records, birth and death certificates, immigration and military records, photos, stories, and family trees. This resource paid for by the social studies department. Home access is not available. |
CultureGramsThis database provides maps, statistics, background information, the political organization, and social customs of 190 countries. The Kids Edition includes reports on 68 countries tailored to the needs of younger students. |
Discovery Education StreamingDiscovery Education Streaming gives access to a rich collection of more than 50,000 video segments from among 5,000 full-length educational videos from Discovery School and other award-winning producers. |
EBSCO Consumer Health CompleteA comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Funded by MoreNet. |
EBSCO DatabasesA variety of reference resources are available from EBSCO including popular and academic periodicals and a variety of research resources. These are funded by MoreNet. |
EBSCO Kids SearchFull text of popular elementary school magazines, including Encyclopedia of Animals and Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia. This is funded by MoreNet.
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EBSCO Science Reference CenterA comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content. Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other source. |
EBSCO SearchasaurusDesigned for users in elementary or middle schools. It is an animated interface with a dinosaur theme. Searchasaurus offers Lexile limiters (reading level), making it easy for students to read and research only appropriately challenging materials. |
Gale Discovering CollectionCovers the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more. DC provides a premium selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips. Provided by MORENET. |
Gale Kids InfoBitsKids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in kindergarten through grade 5. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This is funded by MoreNet. |
Gale Research ProductsIncludes Discovering Collection, Business & Company ASAP, Business & Company Resource Center, and Kids InfoBits. |
Grolier OnlineOnline encyclopedias including Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and People, and America the Beautiful.
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HippocampusHippoCampus offers multimedia lessons and course materials to help you with your instruction, homework, and assignments. You can browse lessons or complete courses and find help with topics covered in popular textbooks. This is funded by MoreNet.
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Learning ExpressLearning Express Library is designed to help people succeed on the tests they must pass to gain citizenship, improve their testing skills or to further their education or career. Over 300 online academic and licensing practice tests including SAT, ACT, GRE, LSAT, Advanced Placement, civil service, military, real estate, law enforcement, citizenship, TOEFL, ESL and basic skills for elementary, middle and high school skills improvement and much more. Test preparation materials span ages from elementary through adult. This testing resource also provides instant scoring and customized feedback. |
Maps 101Online map resources for the classroom. Database provided by the social studies department.
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NewsbankNewsBank provides the full text of news features and more from Missouri publications such as the Kansas City Star and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A selection of other news sources are available.
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NoodletoolsThe Web's most comprehensive and accurate MLA and APA bibliography composer with fully-integrated note-taking.
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TCR Connections for KidsThis database provides real-world applications in many curricular areas. Database provided by the social studies department. |
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