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Homework Help Databases

Explora for Middle Schools

Magazines and reference books for middle school students. Includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents. Subjects include history, current events, science, sports, and biographies. Also includes photos, maps, and flags.

Explora for Middle Schools

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Categories: Homework Help

Explora for Elementary Schools

Explora is EBSCO’s research interface designed specifically for students and educators. The elementary school version highlights relevant, reliable, and age-appropriate content that’s easy and fun for young learners to search and explore.

Explora for Elementary Schools

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Categories: Homework Help

PebbleGo

PebbleGo is a curricular content hub specifically designed for K-3 students. Packed with informational articles, ready-made activities, and literacy supports for students of all abilities, it boosts engagement and fosters independent learning in core subject areas. Your students will love exploring PebbleGo time and time again.

PebbleGo

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Worldbook Online

World Book Online helps information seekers of all ages find the content they need at the correct reading level. World Book Online resources are available anytime, anywhere—at school and at home. It contains thousands of informational articles with stunning illustrations, videos, interactive maps, research help, and activities.

Worldbook Online

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Categories: General Reference; Homework Help

Something about the Author

Something About the Author Online brings you comprehensive online access to all volumes of Gale’s award-wining reference set, Something About the Author, the main series, and Something About the Author: Autobiography Series. You’ll find thousands of illustrated biographical profiles of children’s authors and illustrators, all in an easy-to-use interface that is ideal for teachers, librarians, professors, students, and other researchers of children’s and young adult literature.

Something About the Author

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Categories: Homework Help; Literature

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today’s hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the new solution features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

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Categories: General Reference; Homework Help; Magazines, Journals, and Newspaper Articles

Britannica School

Suite of Britannica School resources at four levels – Learning Zone, Elementary, Middle, and High. School code is MeL5. Each contains resources at the appropriate learning and skill level including primary sources in subjects such as people, countries, science, animals, current events, and biographies.

Britannica School

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Categories: General Reference; Homework Help

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