This 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. Database provided by the social studies department.

Discovery 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.

A variety of reference resources are available from Gale Cengage including popular and academic periodicals, Discovering Collection, and Kids InfoBits. These are funded by MoreNet.

Online 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.

Learning 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.

NewsBank 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.

Engaging author programs and k-12 book resources.

This database provides real-world applications in many curricular areas. Database provided by the social studies department.

A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics. Provided by MoreNet.

The Web's most comprehensive and accurate MLA and APA bibliography composer with fully-integrated note-taking.

This periodical database is designed for students in junior high school and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, and reference books on a variety of topics.

A database of 1000 of the most searched magazines from the InfoTrac products.

Only middle and high schools have a subscription to this. Email your school's librarian to obtain home access usernames and passwords.

World Conflicts explores ongoing, unresolved world conflicts that have regional and global implications. It details history, background, obstacles, and implications for all the conflicts, so students can understand what is at stake and what it means for the rest of the world. This database provided by the social studies department for middle and high schools only.