MultiMedia Resources
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Soundzabound
Soundzabound royalty free music.
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ClickView
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Questions? Email amakenzie@wswheboces.org
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Streamable Learning by ClickView
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Questions? Email amakenzie@wswheboces.org
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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
General Information
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Sooth.fyi
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Access World News
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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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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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Britannica Academic
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FactCite
Access to all of your FactCite subscriptions.
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Gale NovelNY Databases
Gale resource portal.
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Gale Ebooks
Ebook portal for Gale resources.
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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 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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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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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.
Controversial and Timely Topics
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ABC-CLIO Issues
Authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring, significant, and timely issues
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Gale: Opposing Viewpoints
Facts and arguments on current events topics and social issues.
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Issues & Controversies
Hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.
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SIRS Issues Researcher
Offers relevant, credible resources that tell the whole story on major issues and world conflicts of the day.
Social Studies
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ABC-CLIO Databases
Authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring, significant, and timely issues
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ABC-CLIO American Mosaic: The African American Experience
The American Mosaic: The African American Experience gives voice to the African American experience from its African origins to the present day.
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ABC-CLIO World Religions
From ABC-CLIO, World Religions: Belief, Culture and Controversy makes research on faith and belief across humanity easier and enables a deeper understanding of the complex issues facing us in the 21st century.
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American Government
Connects contemporary issues with the foundations of government and compares the political and economic systems of the United States with those of other countries.
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American History
A bibliographic resource that provides a robust source of information focusing on the history and life of the United States and Canada
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Ancient/Medieval Era
Ranging from the dawn of prehistory, through the great ancient empires, to the beginning of the Renaissance, this unique online resource explores history in every corner of the globe.
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Daily Life in History
Discover details about past eras that make historical accounts relevant and meaningful from their modern-day perspectives.
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FactCite American History
Articles on people, places, and events in American 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 Genocide
Presents the historical, social, religious, political, and economic factors that have resulted in genocide. It also examines the denial movements related to particular genocides, the role of propaganda in persuading the public to participate in genocide, and other mass killings and massacres not considered genocide by UN standards.
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Points of View
Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content that can help students realize and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.
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World Geography
Develops global literacy, focusing on the geographic, political, social, economic, and cultural forces that influence our world.
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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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Social Sciences
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Pop Culture Universe
An irresistible yet authoritative online resource that covers popular culture in America, both past and present—in a package as dynamic as the topic it covers.
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The Modern Era
Covers a broad range of topics including the evolution of modern Europe; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world; the global impact of the Industrial Revolution; and the last 100 years of conflicts and international cooperation.
ELA
Science, Health, and Agriculture
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Diseases & Disorders
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FactCite: Science and Technology
Illustrated coverage of the Elements, Planets, Ecosystems, Animals, and Plants. For grades 4 to 9.
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Health Encyclopedia
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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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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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Medline Plus
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Science News
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BrainPOP Science for grades 6,7,8
Business, Careers, Technology
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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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Economic Literacy and Personal Finance
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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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ProQuest Career and Technology Collection
Databases in Spanish
Research Tools
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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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Soundzabound
Soundzabound royalty free music.
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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.
For Teachers
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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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PBS Learning Media
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Science A-Z
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Teaching Books
Discover online multimedia resources. Bring books and authors to life.
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Xello for High Schools