RESEARCH DATABASES
RESEARCH DATABASES
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ProQuest Research Companion: Created to help young researchers find, evaluate, and use information effectively. Lesson videos and interative learning tools.
SIRS Discoverer: General reference resource for reports. Grades 1-9
SIRS Knowledge Source / aka Issues Researcher: Presents a summary, timeline, and examples of opposing viewpoints for many current world issues. Issues are clearly organized into categories.
eLibrary: Provides sources for common research assignment topics with photo galleries, magazine articles, book excerpts, television and radio transcripts, maps, and audio/video clips.
In-depth country reports on daily life and culture covering 200+ countries, the United States, and Canada. Geography, Civilizations, Anthropology.
Complete online serachable encyclopedia with updated articles, images/videos, biographies, a dictionary, world atlas, graphs, the Web's Best Sites, and primary sources.
Designed to support students, researchers, and educators in exploring and understanding the critical issues surrounding the environment, many focused in human-environment interactions.
Visual tool that helps teach complex topics in biology, chemistry, human anatomy, and earth/space science. Interactive tools allow users to zoom, rotate, and explore 3D models to engage with science beyond static text.
More Sources for Research!
More Sources for Research!
Encyclopedia Britannica [FULL]
Complete online serachable encyclopedia with updated articles, images/videos, biographies, a dictionary, world atlas, graphs, the Web's Best Sites, and primary sources.
Searchable encyclopedia with sources tailored to middle school reading and comprehension level (6-8).
NatGeoKids is a Gale research tool that contains searchable primary sources, articles, videos, and books that are appropriate reading level.
Online learning software where students can view lessons, reteaches, access supplemental practice, conduct research, and more.
Canyon Library Catalog via Destiny
Canyon Middle School students can access the current library catalog via their student emails and logins.
Online portal and database for the Alameda County Library; includes online resources, library services, and borrowable library contents.
Digital Public Library of America
Highlights of collections from libraries, archives and museums across the United States, organized into easy-to-navigate topics and search function.
Google Arts & Culture is a hub for cultural institutions and artists to share their collections digitally. Students can access curated collections and learn about art, both broadly and nearby.
"The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, films and video, audio recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office.
The Library preserves and provides access to a rich, diverse and enduring source of knowledge to inform, inspire and engage you in your intellectual and creative endeavors. Whether you are new to the Library of Congress or an experienced researcher, we have a world-class staff ready to assist you online and in person."
Smithsonian for Kids and Teens
Snippet of the Smithsonian Institution's archives, divided into digestible topics for students to explore.
"The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities [~countries]."
SparkNotes provides clear and concise explanations of books and more for students struggling to understand their in-class materials.
Access archival versions of The Castro Valley Forum and keep up to date with local news and happenings.
*May not be accessible on school wifi.
Free student and teacher resources including videos, lesson plans, articles, and games aligned to various state and national standards.
10-minute video information download on the day's current headlines, new events, and world happenings.
SweetSearch
SweetSearch is a for-students search engine that returns librarian-vetted results directly from Google. Results are also more student friendly.
KidzSearch is a kid-friendly search engine with vetted, accurate results direct from Google.
Education website with informative, easy to read, and interesting articles and resources that are fully researched. Divided into history, biography, science, geography, and games sections.
Artcyclopedia is an online museum and image archives where over 8000 fine artists' work can be viewed.
Scholastic Kids Press is a group of talented Kid Reporters, ages 10–14, from across the country and around the world. Their stories appear online and in issues of Scholastic Magazines+, which reach more than 25 million students in classrooms nationwide.
StudentNewsDaily.com is a non-profit current events website for students. Their goal is to build students’ knowledge of current events and strengthen their critical thinking skills.
DOGOnews is the leading publisher of academic current events for Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies. They pioneered the use of academic current events as lesson plans to help students develop into socially-aware and responsible global citizens.
NewsForKids.net was created in 2018 by teacher Will Adams. The goal was to create a safe and trustworthy site that presented news in a way that was accessible for kids.
PBS News is the primary daily, breaking and special news producer for PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service.
British Broadcasting Corp. [BBC]
The BBC is the world’s leading public service broadcaster. The BBC is impartial and independent, and creates distinctive, world-class programmes and content which inform, educate and entertain millions of people in the UK and around the world.
Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and videos from the journalists of the New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world.
Citation Tools for Students!
Citation Tools for Students!
The above links will take you to an MLA 9 reminder page on EasyBib - use the website to navigate to the citation tool of EasyBib.
EasyBib is a "information literacy platform that provides citation, note taking, and research tools that are easy-to-use and educational."
This link shows students how to access and use the built-in citation tool for Google Docs.
Noodle Tools Express is an easy citation tool for students seeking to cite in MLA, APA, or CHI.
Cite This For Me is a flexible citation tool for students, and allows manual editing of generated citations.
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