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Subject Specific Middle School Databases

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Books and Authors explores the latest genre fiction, essential non-fiction and the authors behind the titles.
Discovering Collection has curriculum-focused articles, multimedia, primary documents, and biographies.
Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology covers the entire area of psychology, including notable people, terms, and landmark case studies.
Nonfiction Classics for Students provides literary and historical background on nonfiction essays, books, and biographies.
SIRS Renaissance includes full text of selected magazines and journals covering arts and humanities.
Student Resources in Context includes full text magazine and newspaper articles, primary documents, biographies, and critical analyses.
 
Biography in Context contains biographies on people from around the world and throughout history.
SIRS Knowledge Source contains full text articles and Internet resources selected from domestic and international publications and respected organizations.
Student Resources in Context includes full text magazine and newspaper articles, primary sources, biographies, and critical analyses.
 
Discovering Collection has curriculum-focused articles, multimedia, primary documents, and biographies.
Britannica Annals of American History holds over 2,000 primary documents from U.S. history from 1493 to modern times..
History Behind the Headlines contains background information on long-term ethnic, religious, political, territorial and economic conflicts between nations.
U.S. History in Context is a collection of full text periodicals, reference works and primary sources covering U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present.
World History in Context is a collection of full-text periodicals, reference works and primary sources covering world history topics from pre-antiquity up to the present.
 
Britannica Online School Edition has interactive math activites located in the Learning Materials.
Real Life Math helps to better-understand commonly studied math concepts by illustrating their use in everyday life.
 
Alternative Energy gives an introduction to issues surrounding both current energy sources and alternative energy options.
Biotechnology explores biotechnology with an emphasis on real-world applications.
Chemical Compounds offers information on the ways in which different chemical elements combine to form commonly used chemical compounds, such as water, ammonia and aspirin.
Chemical Elements provides in-depth information on 112 known chemical elements, plus coverage on recently-discovered elements 113 through 118.
From Green Industries to Green Jobs provides profiles and overviews of green jobs that cover such details as, what job it is most similar to, what skills are required to perform the job, and what a typical day in the life of that job is like.
Gale Encyclopedia of Science provides an overview of current scientific knowledge and technology.
Discovering Collection has curriculum-focused articles, multimedia, primary documents, and biographies.
General Science Collection contains journals article providing the current and latest scientific developments.
GREENR provides news, background information, video, commentaries, primary sources and statistics covering energy systems, healthcare, food, climate change, population, economic development.
Health & Wellness Resource Center provides access to medical, health, and wellness information.
Science Online covers a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.
Science in Context provides full text magazines, multimedia, and web sites related to all science disciplines.
Student Animal Life Resource offers coverage of the animal kingdom, ranging from the simple -- sponges and corals -- to the complex -- mammals.
UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes contains current information on twelve of Earth's major biomes and their many component ecosystems.

UXL Encyclopedia of Science provides clear, nontechnical information on more than 600 scientific theories, life forms, inventions, controversies and discoveries.

UXL Encyclopedia of Water Science explores water science and issues from an international perspective.
 
Business and Company Profiles ASAP offers the full text of PR Newswire releases with over 200,000 combined directory listings.
Encyclopedia of Foods & Recipes provides coverage of the foods and recipes from 70 representative countries and culture groups worldwide.
Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Collection provides a collection of magazines and journals focused on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture.
General Business File ASAP carries full-text journals, investment reports, directory listings and newswire releases.
Home Improvement Collection is a collection of home-improvement focused titles covers such topics as carpentry techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and much more.
Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection provides coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field.
Small Business Collection includes full text magazines and journals including insights, tips, strategies and success stories.
Student Edition holds articles and abstracts of general interest magazine and newspaper articles covering all subjects.
Vocations & Careers Collection includes full text magazine and journal articles providing content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

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Last modified: 05/14/13