Databases
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When in school, no login or password is needed.
If not in school, email Ms. Megan Peura at m.peura@sau47.org for the login and password
Current Online Subscriptions
Concise, reliable, and up-to-date cultural information on countries across the globe. It includes four editions: The World Edition (for junior high school students and up) and the Kids, States, and Canadian Provinces editions (for upper elementary school students)
Click here to access CultureGrams
Provides information on the world's most influential people, past and present. . Resources include references, magazines, newspapers, and multimedia.
Click here to access Biography in Context
Includes literature analyses and criticism and author biographies
Click here to access Literature Resource Center
American Government
Explains the nuanced structure and foundations of the U.S. government and connects these concepts to current issues and questions about political processes, constitutional rights, and international relations. It identifies values the government has traditionally upheld and how the government of today continues to reflect those values, while simultaneously examining changes that the government has undergone since the nation’s founding.
Click here to access American Government
American history from the colonial era and American Revolution through to the nation’s rise to eminence as a global superpower, analyzing American political conflict, economic development, and changing culture and thought as they tell one continuous and continuing story of America’s history
Click here to access American History
Explores ancient civilizations, dynasties, and empires and profiles city-states, countries, and regions of the ancient and medieval world, providing a dynamic learning experience that encompasses intellectual developments, wars and cooperation, religion, cultural practices, and more from prehistory through to the beginning of the Renaissance.
Click here to access Ancient and Medieval History
Offers a look at world history from the mid-16th century to the present. Thousands of subject entries, biographies, images, videos and slideshows, maps and graphs, primary sources, and timelines
Click here to access Modern World History
Understanding Conflict and Society is an essential source for research and scholarship on the military conflicts that have defined world history from antiquity to today, offering over 22,000 primary sources and reference entries spanning more than 50 wars. Approximately 200 scholarly articles from leading academics offer investigations and commentary on topics ranging from ancient conflicts in Greece before the Common Era to the modern world’s war on terrorism. Encourages study and research that goes beyond isolated events to examine causal relationships, chart historical developments, and analyze the role that conflict itself plays in society.
Click here to access World at War
A reference database for lifelong career exploration and planning. It offers a wealth of resources for users to assess their career goals and interests, plan their education, learn workplace skills, find apprenticeships and internships, conduct a job search, and much more.
Click here to access Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
Includes up-to-date, nonjudgmental, straightforward curricular, and self-help support. Articles are correlated to state, national, and provincial standards, including Common Core Health and Science. Topics covered include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, LGBTQ+ issues, and more.
Click here to access Teen Health and Wellness
Looks at American history through a unique lens, examining the values, accomplishments, and cultural development of the U.S. from the Age of Innocence in the 1900s to the social media revolution of the 21st century.
Click here to access Pop Culture Universe
Thousands of curated resources in all content areas with videos, articles, images, instructional materials, audio files, and interactive materials
Click here to access Discovery Education
Contains more than 6,000 original articles, written in easy-to-understand language, highlighting the most important advances in science.
Click here to access Today's Science