General Information
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Access World News
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Britannica Academic
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Britannica School
General reference resource for multiple age groups.
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Britannica Image Quest
General reference resource for multiple age groups.
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Gale NovelNY Databases
Gale resource portal.
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Gale PowerSearch
Search newspapers, business journals and health journals.
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Gale Academic OneFile with Subject Collections
Contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.
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Gale General OneFile with Subject Collections
News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics.
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Gale in Context: Middle School
Created for middle-schoolers, Research in Context combines Gale reference content with age-appropriate videos, periodicals, primary sources, and more
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JSTOR Secondary Schools Collection
An online library of journals, academic ebooks, and primary sources. Participating K-12 schools gain access to all of the archival journal content (~2,000 academic journals in more than 60 disciplines) and JSTOR's primary source collections (JSTOR Global Plants, 19th Century British Pamphlets, Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa, African World Heritage Sites). Detailed descriptions of these collections are below.
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New York Times
A subset of Gale OneFile: News, this database includes articles from newspapers from around New York State including: Glens Falls Post-Star, New York Times, New York Post, Buffalo News, and Newsday.
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Rosen Learning Center
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Gale Ebooks
Ebook portal for Gale resources.
Controversial and Timely Topics
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Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media
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Gale OneFile: News
This full-text newspaper database has several New York Newspapers including the New York Times from 1995 on, and over 1,000 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers.
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Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies
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Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines
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Gale: Opposing Viewpoints
Facts and arguments on current events topics and social issues.
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ProCon
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All Sides
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Social Sciences
ELA & The Arts
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Books & Authors
Product added by purchase report form.
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Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media
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Gale OneFile: Fine Arts
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Newsela
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News-O-Matic
News-O-Matic is a digital news platform designed for K–8 students, offering daily, age-appropriate nonfiction articles that align with educational standards in subjects like ELA, science, social studies, and social-emotional learning. The platform emphasizes safety and accessibility by providing content reviewed by a child psychologist, multiple reading levels, audio narration, and translations in several languages. Interactive features such as videos, quizzes, and a "News Room" for student engagement enhance the learning experience. Educators benefit from tools like lesson plans and customizable units to seamlessly integrate current events into their teaching.
Social Studies
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American History Online
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Ancient & Medieval History
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CultureWatch
A combination of background information on specific countries, current events coverage, and a guide to the formation of countries within global context.
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Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies
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Gale OneFile: Military and Intelligence
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Gale OneFile: U.S. History
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Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism
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Gale OneFile: World History
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Kids Discover
Kids Discover Online offers a growing library of over 2,000 engaging Science, Social Studies, and Nonfiction articles, written at 3 Lexile Reading Levels. Reading levels are geared towards grades 3-8. Kids Discover Online includes lesson-planning tools for educators, standards and curriculum alignment, online assessments, and more.
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Modern World History Online
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World at War
Complete with overviews of more than 30 wars, this resource includes timelines, causes and consequences, portraits of opponents, and links to supporting facts and figures.
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New York Heritage
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Science, Health, and Agriculture
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Gale OneFile: Agriculture
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Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies and Policy
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Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
Full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a variety of personal health information sources.
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Gale OneFile: Information Science
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Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health
Product added by purchase report form.
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Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
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Gale OneFile: Science
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Health and Wellness Resource Center
Full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more.
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Kids Discover
Kids Discover Online offers a growing library of over 2,000 engaging Science, Social Studies, and Nonfiction articles, written at 3 Lexile Reading Levels. Reading levels are geared towards grades 3-8. Kids Discover Online includes lesson-planning tools for educators, standards and curriculum alignment, online assessments, and more.
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Teen Health and Wellness
Nonjudgmental, straightforward info for middle and high school covering diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, green living, financial literacy, and more.
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Medline Plus
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Science News
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Science Direct
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Business, Technology, Careers, Life Skills
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Business Insights: Essentials
Includes company profiles, industry reports and financial reports, as well as business magazines and newspapers.
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Gale OneFile: Agriculture
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Gale OneFile: Computer Science
Provides access to business and technical publications in the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries.
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Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts
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Gale OneFile: Economics and Theory
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Gale OneFile: Entrepreneurship
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Gale OneFile: Home Improvement
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Gale OneFile: Hospitality and Tourism
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Gale OneFile: Insurance and Liability
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Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers
ELL Resources/Resources in other Languages
Research Tools and Teacher Resources
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Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete
Resource for educators and education students. Provides access to periodicals covering pre-school to college and most educational specialties. Includes full-text for many titles cited in ERIC.
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Noodle Tools
An online research tool to track your sources, take notes, create outlines, collaborate with classmates, and format and print your bibliography.
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Sooth.fyi
Sooth is a curated search engine optimized for
students and knowledge professionals.
We’ve built a proprietary search index comprised solely of
expert content from across the web covering a range of
important global topics. Accelerate your knowledge search.
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Teaching Books
Discover online multimedia resources. Bring books and authors to life.
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Ready-to-Use Classroom Resources
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MultiMedia Resources
Questions? Email amakenzie@wswheboces.org
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ClickView
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Streamable Learning by ClickView
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PBS Learning Media
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Soundzabound
Soundzabound royalty free music.
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Swank K-12 Streaming
Swank K-12 Streaming is convenient, controlled, and connected streaming platform that makes it easy for teachers to incorporate high-quality films into lesson plans. The library includes thousands of films for educational support, including the top feature films, documentaries and foreign titles.
Powered by Swank Motion Pictures, the content is curated specifically for educators based on the movies they need for lessons, and provides access both inside the classroom or for assignments outside of the classroom.
Eliminate the need for DVD players in classrooms
Enable streaming access for districts blocking personal streaming sites
Extend the classroom with connectivity to any LMS
Streamline access with single sign-on integration