Middle Resources

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http://discoverer.sirs.com

ProQuest SIRS Discoverer

  • Appropriate for elementary and middle school learners.
  • All newspaper, magazine and reference content is 100% full text.
  • Collection includes reference materials, i.e. Compton’s by Britannica encyclopedia and DK Eyewitness books.
  • Users can access their Google Account and save articles directly to Google Drive.
  • Students can listen to articles audibly.

Features

    • Magazine and news articles
    • Reference book articles
    • Images
    • Websites
    • Interactive learning games
    • Full-text eBooks
    • Citation tools: Highlights/Note
    • Save to Google Docs/Account
    • Search by Content Level/lexile
    • TEKS correlation
    • text to speech
    • Topic lists/Topic finder
    • Translations

Video tutorials are located here.

https://sites.google.com/a/lisd.org/lisd-research/middle-resources/Brit-middle.PNG

Britannica School

For Middle School Students

Features

  • Citation tools: Highlights/Notes
  • Persistent links
  • Search by Content
  • Level/lexile
  • TEKS correlation
  • Text to speech
  • Topic lists
  • Translations

Video tutorials are located here.

https://sites.google.com/a/lisd.org/lisd-research/middle-resources/Student%20Resources%20in%20context.PNG
  • Full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles
  • Primary source documents
  • Images, video, and audio clips for presentations
  • TEKS correlation and translations for inclusion
  • Science topic lists for research and argument driven inquiry
  • Advance search Experiment Activities
  • Primary Sources
  • Vetted Websites

Video tutorials are located here.

https://sites.google.com/a/lisd.org/lisd-research/middle-resources/Opposing%20viewpoints.PNG

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Features

  • Contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues
  • Full-text magazines, academic journals, news
  • Primary source documents,
  • Statistics,
  • images, videos, audio
  • links to vetted websites
  • Save to Google Doc/Account

Video tutorials are located here.