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Thompson-Gale Student Resource Center - Gold


A fully integrated database for high school containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, essays, critical analyses, full text coverage of over 1,000 magazines, newspapers, 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and audio and video clips.

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Student Resource Center Junior

The middle-school version of Student Resource Center - Gold

 

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Kid InfoBits

For K-5 students. Features a visually graphic interface, a topic tree search, and age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content.


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Professional Collection

The gale Professional Collection includes a custom collection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators and administrators.

 

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Gale Virtual
Reference Library
Thomason Gale E-Books: Multi-volume reference sets on Africa, World Biographies, Endangered Species, Energy, Civil War, American Revolution, Harlem Renaissance, Countries, American Women Writers and Modern American Literature.


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Student Resource Center
Health Module

Over 1,400 essays on medical and health-related topics including diseases, treatments, and figures in the fields of science and health. Includes full-text medical and health periodicals, pamphlets, timeline, photographs and diagrams.



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ABC Clio

Reference resources for social studies, history, geography, current events, with teacher materials and links to textbooks. Includes essays, biographies, maps, images, eBooks, primary documents, activities and more.

 

www.worldhistory
www.worldgeography
www.americanhistory
www.stategeography
www.americangovernment		 Username: 5150


Encyclopedia
Britannica Online

Millions of articles on as many topics. Includes Internet links, magazines articles, teacher resources, timelines and more. Select the appropriate grade level. Includes Britannica's Spanish language version. school.eb.com
www.spanish.eb.com		 Username:5150

Grolier Online
Grolier Multimedia and America the Beautiful www.go.grolier.com Username:5150

Maps 101 		4,000+ maps, current events materials, handouts, quizzes, games, and lesson plans.
www.maps101.com Username and password:5150

NewsBank		 Chicago Tribune Historical Archive (1845 to 1984), Chicago Tribune (1985 to present), Chicago Sun-Times (1986 to present). Also includes the Big6 Resource Center, Special Reports and Map Database.
infoweb.newsbank.com Username and password:5150

Chicago Public
Library		 CPL provides subscriber access to over 30 databases for children and adults, including JuniorQuest Magazines; ProQuest Newspapers; SIRS Discover; Spanish-language databases; and Worldbook. Unleash the power of your library card!
www.chipublib.org Select Find It! then use your CPL card number to access databases.

CUIP		 Reference and reading materials specially created in support of the CPS curriculum for teachers and students. www.lib.uchicago.edu/ecuip No password needed

First Search 		Professional and educational magazine and journal articles. Includes ERIC, WorldCat, ArticleFirst, WilsonSelect and others. This is huge!
firstsearch.oclc.org Authorization:
100-111-270
Password:
bxxd.puxx

History Makers

Free Online source for African American biographies, history, timelines, events.

 www.thehistorymakers.com No password needed


The Library of
Congress' American Memories

 

 

 Free online resources for American history. A digital collection of more than 8 million primary source materials, including historic maps, documents, audio and video. This is one of the most comprehensive digital collections on the Internet.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html No password needed

The Encyclopedia of
Chicago 		Free, comprehensive reference source of Chicago history. www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/

No password needed

 

The Internet Public Library

It is like your neighborhood public library's reference section, expect online! Encyclopedias, bibliographies, newspapers, magazines and more. http://www.ipl.org/

No password needed