Databases

TEACHINGBOOKS TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. Our online database is developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities. USERNAME is your email address and PASSWORD is NYCDOE.

Biblioboard: From Queens Public Library, A primary source database, featuring historical books, articles, images, photographs, maps, pamphlets, and documents as well as streaming audio and video content on a wide variety of topics including Literature, History, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Nature, Native American Studies, Sports, Drama, Games, Crafts, Cooking, Music and Children's Literature.

BRAINPOP - Student-friendly standard aligned animated movies, games, assessments and activities in all content areas. Username: is73 Password: maspeth73

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANICA MIDDLE SCHOOL RESOURCE - Encyclopedia resource on wide range of topics.

GALE GENERAL ONE FILE - A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily. PASSWORD (if required): empirelink.

GALE GENERAL SCIENCE - A collection of over 1,000 peer-reviewed journals, providing researchers with the information needed to stay current on the latest scientific developments.

GALE KIDS INFOBITS - Research database with simpler text and simpler search features.

GALE POP CULTURE COLLECTION - provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.

GALE POPULAR MAGAZINES - Search by subject or publication.

GALE RESEARCH IN CONTEXT - Specializes in middle school level content for a wide variety of topics; multimedia features.

GALE U.S. HISTORY - Discover a comprehensive collection of periodicals supporting topics in U.S. History and contains 546,802 articles.

GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY - Use password book123 to access this collection ASCD titles that can be downloaded and printed. Topics range from Education and Environment to Medicine and Science.

GALE WORLD HISTORY COLLECTION - Discover a comprehensivie collection of periodicals supporting topics in world history.

NEW YORK STATE NEWSPAPERS - Search New York State newspapers by subject or publication.

NEWSTAND - 3,000 publications to search via subject or publication.

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS - Contains a range of perspectives on many important issues, with over 13,000 pro/con viewpoints. Includes a variety of resource types: reference, news, primary sources, multimedia and more. PASSWORD (if required): empirelink.

PBS LEARNING MEDIA - Contains standard-aligned digital resources in all content areas. Includes student-friendly videos, lesson plans and supplementary material on a wide variety of topics. Create a free user name and password to log in.