LibGuides: Middle School: Grade 8: Changemakers: Databases

Databases: Science

Gale Virtual Reference Library Full-text reference sources on all topics
Science: FactCite
Science Online Science, math, and technology information articles, images, diagrams, videos, current events, experiments, biographies, and more. Hear text read aloud.
Science Reference Center Easy access to science and math information. Contains science experiments and full-text science encyclopedias, magazines, and journals.
World Book Student (Middle School) Start your school project here. Research tools, biographies, videos, current events, images, maps, and timelines. Create your own account to track and share your research. Hear text read aloud. Translate articles into more than 30 languages.

Databases: General History

ABC-CLIO Multi-Database Search Multiple databases including Daily Life Through History, Issues: Controversy and Society, World Geography, World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras, and World Religions
African-American Experience Providing a comprehensive survey of African American history, The African American Experience from ABC-CLIO shows students the challenges and contributions of African Americans across political, social, artistic, and literary contexts.
American History: FactCite More than 6,000 illustrated articles of people, places, and events in American history. This resource includes: *Search eras in American history *Search the 50 states *Search on Native Americans *Search on the American Civil War
Countries & Cultures: FactCite Information about countries including everything from population to economy to religion to social media statistics.
EBSCOHost Full-text information from more than 6,000 magazines, journals, and newspapers. Includes e-books, biographies, radio and TV transcripts, geographic information, primary sources, images, maps, and more.
Gale Virtual Reference Library Full-text reference sources on all topics
NewsBank Newspapers Access full-text newspaper articles from all over the world as well as historical newspapers dating to 1900, including The Plain Dealer.
New York Times
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U.S. History in Context U.S. History in Context delivers comprehensive, contextual, media-rich search results from the most extensive online collection of historical information available today. Providing a complete overview of U.S. history that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information, it combines documents from Primary Source Microfilm’s™ digital archives; articles from classic Macmillan Reference USA™ and Charles Scribner’s Sons® references; as well as other Gale proprietary content such as country and era overview information, and full-text periodicals and journals.
World Book Advanced Start your school project here. Research tools, primary sources, e-books, biographies, sounds, videos, current events, images, maps, and timelines. Create your own account to track and share your research. Hear text read aloud. Translate articles into more than 30 languages.
World HIstory: The Modern Era Covers various eras in modern world history from 1500 to present.
World History in Context World History In Context reaches back to the ancient world — and forward to today's headlines — to deliver a chronicle of the great cultures and societies that have formed the history of the human race. Rare primary sources, reliable reference and multi-media content put this vast topic into context for students.

Passwords

Database passwords can be found on the Crile Canvas page

Databases for Biographies

Biographies: Shapers of Society (FactCite) 101 men and women who shaped our world. Over 1,000 illustrations. Now with Lexiles® (880L to 1260L).
Biographies: Sports Champions (FactCite) 700 inspiring stories with 1,500 illustrations of athletes from all sports. Now with Lexiles® (820L to 1210L).
Biographies: U.S. & World Biography (FactCite) 10,000 biographies of famous people from around the world. More than 2,000 illustrations.
Biography for Beginners (FactCite) Illustrated biographies written especially for beginning and striving readers.
Gale Virtual Reference Library Full-text reference sources on all topics
U.S. History in Context U.S. History in Context delivers comprehensive, contextual, media-rich search results from the most extensive online collection of historical information available today. Providing a complete overview of U.S. history that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information, it combines documents from Primary Source Microfilm’s™ digital archives; articles from classic Macmillan Reference USA™ and Charles Scribner’s Sons® references; as well as other Gale proprietary content such as country and era overview information, and full-text periodicals and journals.
World Book Student (Middle School) Start your school project here. Research tools, biographies, videos, current events, images, maps, and timelines. Create your own account to track and share your research. Hear text read aloud. Translate articles into more than 30 languages.
World History in Context World History In Context reaches back to the ancient world — and forward to today's headlines — to deliver a chronicle of the great cultures and societies that have formed the history of the human race. Rare primary sources, reliable reference and multi-media content put this vast topic into context for students.

INFOhio iSearch Search all INFOhio resources in one place.