Middle Schools

LS2, Centralized Library Circulation System

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LS2 PAC

LS2 PAC is the main public access catalog.  Each school has their own catalog of resources.

SORA

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Sora Shared eBook Collection

Sora is an app service for our Overdrive database for our public school students and faculty. You can read or listen to books on your iPad, phone or any device that is compatible to Sora, for FREE! Select Hawaii Department of Education as your school and enter your student or faculty ID # for instant access.

BEANSTACK

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Beanstack makes it easy for your students to track their independent reading, earning virtual badges along the way. Students can also write book reviews and complete activities to further engage with what they have read.

EBSCO Databases

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World Book Online

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World Book’s beloved encyclopedia comes to life in a digital format, perfect for elementary and middle school learners to access information from trusted sources. A one-stop shop for cross curricular learning, Student includes translations to 100+ languages, a Biography Center, current events, research guides, and seamless integrations with Google Classroom and Microsoft OneDrive. The My Research and Citation Builder features assist learners in organizing and analyzing their findings.

Learn360

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With Learn360, teachers and students can stream and/or download from a premium library of more than 151,000 handpicked videos, video clips, interactives, teacher guides, audio programs, math activities, science diagrams, science experiments, timelines, and more. You will see videos and clips from more than 200 producers including History Channel, Bio, National Geographic, HBO, BBC Learning, Reading Rainbow, Sunburst Visual Media, and much more.

Gale in Context - Pkg 1

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Created specifically for middle school students, Gale In Context: Middle School combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Categories cover a range of the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, literature, and many more.

Gale in Context - Pkg 2

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Created specifically for middle school students, Gale In Context: Middle School combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Categories cover a range of the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, literature, and many more.

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Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints is the premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.

Gale in Context - Pkg 3

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Created specifically for middle school students, Gale In Context: Middle School combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Categories cover a range of the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, literature, and many more.

gale in context opposing viewpoints graphic link

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints is the premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.

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Gale Health and Wellness offers 24/7 access to full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and much more. Perfect for researchers at all levels, this comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.

Gale In Context: Science is an engaging resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. Drawing students in with captivating subject matter, Science showcases how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues ranging from bacteria to obesity and weather.

Gale In Context: Biography is an engaging experience for those seeking contextual information on the world's most influential people. Organized into a user-friendly portal experience, it merges Gale's authoritative reference content, including Lives & Perspectives, with periodicals and multimedia. Users can browse to find people based on occupation, role, or historical period, or search based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as by keyword and full text.

Infobase General Reference 

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World News Digest

Offers access to essential statistics on hundreds of topics in a searchable format with a wealth of content not available anywhere else.  Includes The World Almanac facts and statistics.

Writer's Reference Center

Provides an essential one-stop online reference for writers, with all the tools necessary to write and research effectively.

Infobase - Social Studies Bundle

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American History Online

Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.

Modern World History Online

Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history, from the mid-15th century to the present.

Issues & Controversies in History

Delivers balanced coverage that enables students to analyze, understand, and choose sides on the major debates and conflicts in U.S. history. Now includes both American and World History articles.

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Today's Science

Bridges the gap between the science that students learn in the classroom and the discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today.

Science Online

Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive essays, videos, diagrams, definitions, biographies, and experiments.

Infobase - Health Reference Center

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An essential resource for your health curriculum, guidance department, and general student use, Health Reference Center includes comprehensive, in-depth coverage of body systems, current health issues, major diseases and conditions, treatments, and procedures, as well as health and nutrition information specific to men, women, children, teens, and seniors. The up-to-date information comes from hundreds of authoritative sources—information researchers can trust. Thirty-five Topic Centers—including a Teen Health Topic Center with relatable, reliable material for teens—highlight specially selected content to help users find a starting point for their studies, and numerous videos and collections of illustrations make it easy to find relevant visual media on the most frequently researched topics.

Britannica School

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Britannica School is Encyclopedia Britannica's online database for schools. The site offers substantial research support for students in elementary through high school, as well as instructional scaffolding for teachers