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Over 1,700 full-text titles
11,000+ Research Topics
Over 7 million photos, graphics, maps, websites
Great for any general topic of research

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Background and analysis on 345+ leading issues
CODiE award-winning resource for pro/con issues
Supports state, national and international learning standards

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Over 10,000 full-text scholarly journals
Great resource for college level academics

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Primary source cultural & statistical country reports
World, kids, states and Canadian provinces
Native recipes, interviews, photos and video

At ProQuest, we believe that knowledge and trusted information can help guide progress and change – and as an EdTech provider, we have a unique responsibility to take action.

That’s why we developed this website focused on Black Freedom, featuring select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. Our intention is to support a wide range of students, as well independent researchers and anyone interested in learning more about the foundation of ongoing racial injustice in the U.S. – and the fights against it.

This website contains over 3,000 documents focused on six different phases of Black Freedom:

· Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860)

· The Civil War and the Reconstruction Era (1861-1877)

· Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932)

· The New Deal and World War II (1933-1945)

· The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975)

· The Contemporary Era (1976-2000)

From climate change to automobile emissions, today’s environmental issues determine the destiny of tomorrow’s world. Gale In Context: Environmental Studies provides users with comprehensive information, empowering learners to critically analyze and understand important topics that affect people around the world. Explore topics and events within Earth systems, global change, pollution, populations, and more.

Integrating case studies, news, reference materials, academic journals, videos, and more, Environmental Studies is updated daily with relevant information. The resource offers nearly 400 topic, state, and province pages across the science, social studies, and humanities curriculum, including Water Privatization, Ecotourism, Air Pollution, Green Economy, and more.

Imagine what it would be like to learn complex science concepts with more confidence and less fear. Gale Interactive: Science is a virtual lab that gives students in middle and high school grades the power to see beyond static text and embrace learning outside of the classroom.

Going beyond textbooks and traditional science curriculum, Gale Interactive: Science is a highly visual online learning tool that takes visual-spatial learning to the next level by bringing the lab to the classroom. High-value, rich-media digital content selected from authoritative classroom resources—like Gale In Context: Science and Gale OneFile—is paired with interactive 3D models to deliver a virtual laboratory simulation experience for students in middle school and high school grades. Students can entertain their curiosity and inspire grade improvement through an experience that allows zooming in, rotating, or pulling models apart to explore and experiment with complex scientific topics.

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Great general encyclopedic information with quick facts on a wide variety of subjects.
Seperated into Elementary, Middle, and High School Levels.
Aligned to the next generation science, common core, and state curriculum standards.

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Escolar is the leading knowledge-building resource that is universally trusted for accurate and age-appropriate content in Spanish.

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Editorial-vetted content for K-8 interdisciplinary curriculum areas
Age-appropriate news, magazines, and websites
100% full-text, standards-aligned, and Lexile measured

Real-world, high-quality, and vetted access to:

- videos
- podcasts
- interactives
- virtual field trips and more!

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Delivers 80,000+ titles, spans a wide range of subject areas, and includes 21,000 titles exclusive to ProQuest.

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Including PBS Programming via the Alexander Street platform. This collection of more than 1,200 streaming videos provides exceptional content with themost valuable video documentaries and series from PBS.

- videos
- editing ability

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Great tools, tips, and videos to help with your research papers
Multimedia-based information literacy resource
Tools and videos to find, evaluate, use information

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For everyone who reads, teaches, or enjoys books for children and teens.
Empowers readers to connect deeply with a book, gain new insights and understanding from the author, and thoroughly enjoy the experience of reading.

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