EDUCATION: Subject Guide

A content-rich, authoritative, easy-to-use resource featuring age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related content covering a broad range of educational topics. Formerly Kids InfoBits.

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Designed specifically for elementary school libraries, this database contains full text for popular children's magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedic entries and a vast image collection.All full-text articles, many available in color PDF, are assigned reading level indicators (Lexiles) to provide educators with an estimate of the result’s reading difficulty and the approximate grade-level reading ability required for comprehension. Made available through the North Dakota State Library.

Designed for middle school libraries, this database contains full text for popular middle school magazines, full-text biographies and historical essays. In addition, it includes primary source documents, reference books and a vast image collection. All full-text articles are assigned reading level indicators (Lexiles) that provide educators with an estimate of the result’s reading difficulty and the approximate grade-level reading ability required for comprehension. Made available through the North Dakota State Library.

Provides high school students with access to magazines, newspapers, books, and other reference content. The database offers audience-appropriate information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more. Formerly InfoTrac Student Edition. Made available through the North Dakota State Library.

Designed specifically for middle school researchers, bringing together authoritative content in a variety of formats on one modern, student-friendly, and mobile-responsive interface. Bridges the gap between the Kids InfBits for elementary school students and the subject-specific Gale In Context family, developed primarily for high school and undergraduate students.

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Offers cross-curricular content aligned to national, state, and Common Core State Standards, and presents that material in the way most useful for students. This unique database provides stellar support for papers, projects, and presentations while reinforcing the development of critical thinking and problem solving skills, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation.

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MERLOT is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community. The collection consists of tens of thousands of discipline-specific learning materials, learning exercises, and Content Builder web pages, together with associated comments, and bookmark collections, all intended to enhance the teaching experience of using a learning material.

Designed for teachers, this interfaces searches: ERIC, Teacher Reference Center, and the Professional Development Collection.

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EBSCO interface for Grades K-5. Find articles, primary source materials, informational text, and support for classroom learning.

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EBSCO interface for Grades 6-12. Find articles, primary source materials, informational text, and support for research and classroom assignments.

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