Library Services offers technical and professional support to school librarians in a wide variety of ways.
Professional development at large in-services, small training sessions, and one-on-one site visits.
Technical support for our centrally administrated Destiny Online Catalog, the portal to library books, e-books, and research databases.
Acquisitions, processing, and cataloging support for school libraries.
Access to high-quality online information for APS students and teachers.
Procedures, best-practice guides, and how-to sheets to help with common school library situations.
Help with inventories and other projects.
Sora Available for all APS Schools!
Sora is a student reading platform that gives students access to thousands of popular ebooks, audiobooks, read-alongs, comics, and magazines. Students can log in 24/7, from school and home. They can also personalize their settings, earn achievement badges, see their individual reading stats, and much more!
Your students can read ebooks and listen to audiobooks over the winter break – Sora is available to everyone right now in Classlink, in the APS Libraries folder.
The library catalog and databases can be accessed through Classlink (my.aps.edu), in the APS Libraries folder.
See your school librarian for alternative ways of access.
Destiny Discover
Library Catalog
K-12
Destiny Discover is a library search platform that empowers students and educators to easily find and access the resources they need. Users can explore a vast collection of books, ebooks, audiobooks, and more.
Brainfuse
Online Tutoring Platform
K-Adult
Brainfuse is an online tutoring and academic support platform that provides various educational services, including live tutoring, homework help, and test preparation. Tutoring is available in English and Spanish.
Britannica Enciclopedia Moderna
(Spanish)
Database
9-12
Britannica Enciclopedia Moderna is a comprehensive original Spanish online encyclopedia designed for high school students, providing expert-reviewed articles, images, maps, videos, and interactive tools and research tools to support learning across all subjects.
Britannica Escolar
(Spanish)
Database
K-5
Britannica Escolar is an original Spanish-language resource designed to meet the unique needs of elementary-age Spanish-speaking students and educators. With its extensive collection of curriculum-aligned content, including articles, images, maps, videos, and interactive tools, Britannica Escolar empowers students to explore and understand the world around them in their native language.
Britannica Escolar Secundaria
(Spanish)
Database
6-8
Britannica Escolar is an original Spanish-language resource designed to meet the unique needs of Spanish-speaking students in grades 6-8 and educators. With its extensive collection of curriculum-aligned content, including articles, images, maps, videos, and interactive tools, Britannica Escolar Secundaria empowers students to explore and understand the world around them in their native language.
Britannica ImageQuest
Database
K-12
Britannica ImageQuest is a vast collection of high-quality, copyright-cleared images, videos, and audio clips that students and teachers can use to explore, discover, and create.
Britannica Launchpacks
Database
K-12
Britannica LaunchPacks (Social Studies) are curated collections of informational texts, multimedia, and primary sources that provide students with immediate access to engaging, age-appropriate content that aligns with curriculum standards.
Britannica School
Database
preK-12
Britannica School is a comprehensive online encyclopedia designed for preK-12 students, providing expert-reviewed articles, images, maps, videos, and interactive tools and research tools to support learning across all subjects.
Culturegrams
Database
K-12
CultureGrams offers in-depth cultural insights into countries and regions around the world. It provides students and educators with reliable information, including traditions, customs, recipes, demographics, and geography. With engaging visuals and firsthand accounts, CultureGrams helps users gain a deeper understanding of global cultures.
Gale Informe Académico
(Spanish)
Database
9-12
Gale OneFile: Informe Académico has a wide range of full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America. It provides quality reference material—not simply translations of English-language materials—on a powerful, easy-to-use interface configured for Spanish-speaking users, allowing researchers to analyze topics and conduct research in Spanish.
Gale Research in Context: Elementary
Database
K-5
Gale in Context: Elementary is designed specifically for young learners. It features a wealth of age-appropriate magazine and news articles, images, and videos that cover a broad range of subjects, including science, social studies, and the arts.
Gale Research in Context: Middle School
Database
6-8
Research in Context for Middle School is an engaging online resource designed specifically for middle school students, it offers a wealth of age-appropriate news and magazine articles, videos, and primary sources across various subjects, including science, history, and social studies.
Gale Research in Context: High School
Database
9-12
Research in Context for High School is designed to support high school students in their academic pursuits with a rich collection of scholarly, news, and magazine articles, multimedia resources, and primary sources. It covers a wide range of subjects, including literature, science, history, and current events.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints
Database
6-12
Gale Opposing Viewpoints is an essential resource for contemporary issues and debates. This resource offers balanced perspectives on social, political, and environmental topics, providing a wealth of articles, statistics, and multimedia content. By presenting multiple viewpoints, it encourages critical thinking and informed discussion, making it an invaluable tool for developing strong argumentative writing and analytical skills.
Gale U.S History in Context
Database
9-12
U.S. History in Context features a vast collection of primary sources, scholarly articles, and multimedia content. It covers significant events, figures, and movements from pre-colonial times to the present.
National Geographic Kids
Database
K-5
National Geographic Kids captivates young minds with stunning photography and engaging articles, videos, and games about the natural world, covering topics such as animals, science, and cultures.
PebbleGo
Database
K-5
PebbleGo is an interactive digital resource designed for early learners, presenting information on animals, science, and social studies in an engaging and accessible format. PebbleGo includes multimedia content, articles, videos, and read-along options.
TeachingBooks
Database
K-12
TeachingBooks enhances the reading experience for students and educators by providing a rich collection of multimedia materials related to children's and young adult literature. It offers access to author interviews, book trailers, lesson plans, and other resources that bring literature to life.
Unified ARTS Resource Library
The Unified ARTS Resource Library is available for use by all APS employees. It has a wide variety of educational materials available to use in classrooms or instructional spaces, as well as instructional materials for arts integration. Materials available for checkout include globes, anatomical models, parachutes, foam letters and numbers, art prints, microscopes, drums, puppets, books, puzzles, games, manipulatives, and much more!
Showing Videos in the Classroom
Questions to Ask Before Showing Videos
To legally show the video under Educational Fair Use, you have to be able to answer "Yes" to all five of questions below. If you can't answer "Yes" to all five questions, then showing the video is probably a copyright violation.
Is the showing for non-profit educational purposes?
Is it happening in a school classroom or similar place?
Are only instructors and students involved (i.e. no parents, except normal classroom volunteers, in classroom)
Is it a legally acquired copy (e.g. from library collection)
Is it being used in face-to-face teaching activities?
APS Policy on Copyright Compliance
General Provisions
Published/Unpublished Materials
Electronic Materials
Computer Software
Internet
Multi-Media Materials
Non-Print Material Obtained from Outside Sources
Guidelines for Off-Air Recording of Broadcast Programming for Educational Purposes