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Academic Search Premier
Primary Audience & Categories:
General, Scholar
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A renowned scholarly resource providing superior full-text, academic journals covering the major areas of academic research
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Alt HealthWatch
Primary Audience & Categories:
General Research, Health & Medicine
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A full-text alternative health research database focused on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
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Ancestry Library Edition
Primary Audience & Categories
Genealogy
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Ancestry Library is a version of Ancestry.com's celebrated genealogical database that provides instant access to more than one billion names in more than 3,000 databases, including digital images of the 1790-1940 US Censuses, as well as:
*Special Login Instructions: Ancestry Library can only be accessed within a library building.
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Black Freedom Struggle in the United States (ProQuest)
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This resource supports a wide range of students, from middle and high school to college, as well independent researchers.
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These reliable, easily discoverable materials may be used for homework assignments, personal inquiry, research papers and National History Day type-projects focused on African American history in the U.S. Educators may use this material to teach a specific topic or person, such as Frederick Douglass or the Abolitionist Movement, to introduce students to using primary sources and to help novice researchers develop essential critical thinking and information literary skills.
The content is curated around six time periods:
Books and Authors
Primary Audience & Categories
Educators & Librarians, General Research, Scholarly Research
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Guiding readers from every level of reading proficiency to books that match their interests. Book reviews, biographies, awards and bestseller lists, and book series.
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BookFlix
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BookFlix is appropriate for building Pre-Kindergarten through third grade early literacy skills.
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BookFlix® is a highly engaging literacy-based read-aloud experience for young children learning to read. The thematically-aligned fiction and nonfiction pairs help children grow their oral vocabulary while providing academic and content vocabulary in context. BookFlix:
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Business Searching Interface
Primary Audience & Categories:
Business, General research, Scholarly Research
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The Business Searching Interface (BSI) is EBSCO's highly focused user interface created especially for the business searcher. Business Searching Interface provides an easy way to both browse and search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research.
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Business Source Premier
Primary Audience & Categories:
Business, General, Scholarly
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Business Source Premier features full text and searchable cited references for top journals covering a variety of business disciplines.
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Chilton Library
Primary Audience & Categories:
Auto Repair
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Chilton Library is for anyone repairing a vehicle, or someone teaching vehicle repair. It contains repair, maintenance and service information for thousands of domestic and imported car, truck, van and SUV models from 1940 to the present.
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Consumer Health Complete (Consumer Edition)
Primary Audience & Categories:
General research, Health & Medicine
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Convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Browse medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.
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Consumer Health Complete (Journal Search)
Primary Audience & Categories:
General research, Health & Medicine
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Consumer Health Complete supports the information needs of patients and fosters an overall understanding of health-related topics. This resource provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary and holistic medicine.
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Consumer Reports
Primary Audience & Categories:
General Research, Life Skills/ Consumers
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Consumer Reports is the world's largest nonprofit product-testing organization and has been helping subscribers find better, safer products for 80+ years. Consumer Reports accepts no outside advertising and no free test samples, and employs shoppers and experts to buy and test the products reviewed. In addition to product ratings and reviews, users will find in-depth advice, tips and trends written by Consumer Reports experts. Frequently updated articles, blogs and video content allow consumers to peruse the latest consumer news — whether they’re looking to learn more about budget-friendly home improvement plans, understanding the benefits and risks of retirement options or searching for the latest recalls of baby products. This is web version of Consumer Reports, not just magazine issues.
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CultureGrams
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CultureGrams by ProQuest has cultural information on over 200 countries. Daily life and culture, history, customs, lifestyles, recipes and interviews.
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EBSCO Applied Science & Technology Source
Primary Audience & Categories:
Technology, Engineering
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This database offers a diverse array of full-text and indexed content covering the full spectrum of the applied sciences and computing disciplines — from acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear engineering.
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EBSCO eBooks
Primary Audience & Categories:
Business, General research, Health & Medicine, Scholarly Research
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Over 10,000 books in the arts, humanities, social sciences, life and physical sciences, business, computers & more.
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EBSCO European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
Primary Audience & Categories:
History
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A free archive of indexed publications related to the Americas and written in Europe before 1750. It includes thousands of valuable primary source records covering the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of Native American peoples.
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EBSCO Newspaper Source
Primary Audience & Categories:
News
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Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers. In addition, it offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks.
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EBSCO MegaFILE
Primary Audience & Categories:
General research, Scholarly Research
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A combined search of EBSCO's Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier, and Regional Business News databases. It includes thousands of articles and covers a wide variety of topics. Select "Choose Databases" to expand your search.
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EBSCO Open Dissertations
Primary Audience & Categories:
Scholarly, Research
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EBSCO Open Dissertations now includes the content from American Doctoral Dissertations. It is a free database with records for more than 1.2 million electronic theses and dissertations from around the world.
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EBSCO World Politics Review
Primary Audience & Categories:
Political Science, Business, Government
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This unique database provides uncompromising analysis of critical global trends to give academics, policymakers and businesspeople the context they need to have the confidence they want.
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ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
Primary Audience & Categories:
Education & Libraries
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Indexed and full-text education literature and resources; essential for education researchers of all kinds.
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Explora
| Elementary School | Explora Kids |
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| Middle School , High School | Explora Teens |
| Teachers, Public Libraries | Explora Educators & Libraries |
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Explora resources are searching interfaces. Designed to meet the unique needs of its users, Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.
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FirstSearch (OCLC)
Primary Audience & Categories:
Business, Educators & Librarians, Scholarly Research
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Search for information on a wide range of subjects in twelve databases: ArticleFirst, ClasePeriodica, ebooks, ECO, ERIC, GPO, MEDLINE, OAlster, PapersFirst, Proceedings, WorldCat, and WorldCatDissertations. FirstSearch Base Package includes access to indexes books, articles, dissertations, archive material, and more. One can select the database to search when logged into WorldCat.
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OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs. More than 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories around the world have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials.
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Fold3 by Ancestry
Primary Audience & Categories
Genealogy
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Fold3 Library Edition by Ancestry provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos and documents of the men and women who served. It contains millions of records from world-class archives, many of which are exclusively available on Fold3. Fold3 is invaluable for historians, genealogists, researchers, military enthusiasts, veterans and their families, teachers and battle reenactors.
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Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
Primary Audience & Categories
General research
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A student encyclopedia that provides over 25,000 entries on a wide variety of topics.
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Gale eBooks (Virtual Reference Library)
Primary Audience & Categories:
Business, Educators & Librarians, General Research, Scholarly Research
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Gale eBooks, formerly called Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) is for ages 9-99, for people looking for information on virtually any subject.
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Gale Primary Sources: Archives Unbound
Primary Audience
scholars, researchers, and students at the college and university level
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Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars, researchers, and students at the college and university level.
This archive provides access to a wide variety of documents: personal narratives and memoirs, political pamphlets and speeches, sermons and poems, legislative journals and popular magazines, as well as documents pertaining to the Boston Massacre, military recruitment, Abigail Adams, and the surrender at Yorktown.
This archive provides access to a wide variety of documents: personal narratives and memoirs, pamphlets and political speeches, sermons and songs, regimental histories and photograph albums, legal treatises and children's books, as well as documents pertaining to Black Troops, the Home Front, Foreign Relations, and William Tecumseh Sherman, among other topics.
This project documents key aspects of the history of slavery in America from its origins in Africa to its abolition, including materials on the slave trade, plantation life, emancipation, pro-slavery and anti-slavery arguments, the religious views on slavery, etc. In addition to contextual essays and highlighted documents regarding the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railroad, the Secession, and the Fifteenth Amendment.
Comprised of selections from the microfilm collections Travels in the West and Southwest and the Plains & Rockies, this digital collection provides a unique window on Western History. Selections are based on the bibliographies, The Plains and Rockies: A Critical Bibliography of Exploration, Adventure, and Travel in the American West, 1800-1865, and The Trail West: A Bibliography-Index to Western American Trails, 1841-1869.
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GreenFILE
Primary Audience & Categories:
General research, Scholarly Research
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Scholarly, government and general-interest sources covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments, and minimizing negative impacts.
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Health Source (Consumer Edition)
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General research, Health & Medicine
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Consumer health information includes magazines, reference books, and current health pamphlets.
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic
Primary Audience & Categories:
Health & Medicine, Scholarly Research
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Nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more.
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HeritageQuest
Primary Audience & Categories
Genealogy
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Heritage Quest provides online and film products including census records, for genealogy and family history research. This essential collection of unique material is for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Use HeritageQuest to find your ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled.
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Indigenous Peoples of North America
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scholars, researchers, and students at the college and university level
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Indigenous Peoples of North America provides users with a robust, diverse, informative source that will enhance research and increase understanding of the historical experiences, cultural traditions and innovations, and political status of Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Canada. Researchers will explore the impact of invasion and colonization on Indigenous Peoples in North America, and the intersection of Indigenous and European histories and systems of knowledge through the use of manuscripts, monographs, newspapers, photographs, motion pictures, images of artwork, and more. These are the primary sources that take students beyond the facts and figures of history and into a deeper understanding of Indigenous Peoples.
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Learning Express Library
Primary Audience & Categories:
Career & Test Preparation
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For ages 9-90, Learning Express Library is for anyone wishing to build skills or take a standardized test.
Learning Express: Adult Core Skills
This center offers busy adults the resources to improve their basic skills in reading, writing, and math, and prepare for the U.S. citizenship exam.
Category: Career and Test Prep
Learning Express: Career Preparation
Are you preparing for a professional exam? Are you curious about a particular occupation or looking to improve your workplace skills? Choose the Career Center and begin your path to a bright future.
Category: Career and Test Prep
Learning Express: College Students
This center provides valuable resources that help college students strengthen their academic skills, prepare for placement tests, and get ready for graduate school entrance exams.
Category: Career and Test Prep, High School
Learning Express: College Admissions Test Preparation
Getting into college is an important step to building a strong future. First, you must do well on your college admission tests and write a personal essay that highlights your special talents. Use this center to get the resources you need to achieve your college preparation goals.
Category: Career and Test Prep, High School
Learning Express: High School Equivalency Center
Earning a high school equivalency credential can open the door to better income, a more fulfilling job, and a college education. If you are preparing for the GED® test, HiSET® or TASC exams, our practice tests, interactive tutorials, and eBooks will help you reach your goal.
Category: Career and Test Prep, High School
Learning Express: Recursos Para Hispanohablantes
Este centro ofrece a los adultos que están muy ocupados los recursos para mejorar sus habilidades básicas, ganar sus credenciales de GED® o ser ciudadano estadounidense.
This center provides busy adults with the resources to improve their basic skills, earn a GED® credential, or become a U.S. citizen.
Category: Career and Test Prep
Learning Express: School Center
The resources here can help students in elementary, middle, and high school prepare for important tests, get extra help with assignments, and boost their skills in important subjects.
Category: Career and Test Prep, Elementary School, Middle School, High School
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Legal Forms
Primary Audience & Categories:
General Research, Life Skills/Legal Help
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Legal Forms by Gale contains thousands of downloadable, customizable, legal documents, specifically for South Dakota residents. Includes real estate, wills, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord-tenant and many categories.
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LISTA (Library Information & Science Abstracts)
Primary Audience & Categories:
Education & Libraries, Scholarly Research
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Indexes and abstracts for key library and information science journals, books, research reports and more.
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MAS Complete (Grades 9-12)
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Contains full-text articles of popular high school magazines covering a range of subject areas, including history, science, and careers.
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MasterFILE Complete
Primary Audience & Categories:
General
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For public libraries; EBSCO provides magazines, reference books, primary source documents, and an extensive image collection with photos, maps and flags.
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MiddleSearch Plus (Grades 5-8)
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For middle schools; it has biographies, primary source documents, reference books, a vast image collection, and articles from popular middle school magazines.
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Miss Humblebee's Academy
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Pre-K, Early Elementary School
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Miss Humblebee's Academy has dozens of short lessons for ages 2-6; in math, science, social studies, language and literacy, art, and music.
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Points of View Reference Center
Primary Audience & Categories:
General Research, Scholarly Research
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Presenting multiple sides of issues, it helps one create persuasive arguments and essays, understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.
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Primary Search (Grades K-6)
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For elementary schools; it contains articles from popular children's magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedia entries and a large image collection.
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Professional Development Collection
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Education & Libraries, Scholarly Research
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Full-text information for educators, professional librarians, and education researchers.
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ProQuest Research Library
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Business, Educators & Librarians, General Research, Scholarly Research
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ProQuest Research Library provides seamless access to and navigation of more than 125 billion digital pages of the world's scholarship, delivering it to the desktop and into the workflow of serious researchers in multiple fields, from arts, literature, and social science to general reference, business, science, technology, and medicine. It also contains the content formerly within ProQuest Discovery.
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Reader's Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 (H.W. Wilson)
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General research, Health & Medicine, Scholarly Research
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Searchable full coverage of the original paper volumes of a broad selection of periodicals.
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Regional Business News
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Business , General Research
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Full-text worldwide business information. Includes newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, trade publications, magazines, newswires and videos.
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Science Reference Center
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General research
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Articles from hundreds of science magazines, encyclopedias, reference books, and a large image collection; primarily for K-12 students.
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SIRS Discoverer
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Discoverer is primarily for elementary and middle school students.
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SIRS Discoverer provides selected full-text articles that support grades K-8. Every article has a summary and a reading level. SIRS Discoverer's special features include biographies, over 3000 maps, country studies and an encyclopedia.
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SIRS Issues Researcher
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Issues researcher is primarily for middle and high school students.
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SIRS Issues Researcher provides selected full-text articles that support grades 7-12. “Leading Issues” provides over 300 topics including abortion, gun control, and capital punishment. Each Leading Issue has the topic overview, reviews the pro/con viewpoints and provides a guide for critical thinking to guide the student through the critical thinking process.
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Teacher Reference Center
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Business, Scholarly Research
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Indexing and abstracts for over 200 of the most popular peer-reviewed teacher and administrator trade journals.
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TrueFlix
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TrueFlix has dozens of social studies and science units. Primary sources, fiction, videos, audio clips, images, and related websites.
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TrueFlix provides 50+ subject-area topics in science and social studies, and includes videos and accompanying eBooks. It’s written for audiences 3rd grade and up, but primarily intended for 3rd through 8th grade.
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US Newstream
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Business, Educators & Librarians, General Research, Scholarly Research
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US Newsstream has full-text news articles drawing from over 1000 different sources-- newspapers, newswires, news journals, trade journals, websites, televisions and radio transcripts, blogs, and podcasts. This includes the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and the trade journal South Dakota Business Review. Has today's news and back issues stretching to the 1980s.
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World Book
Primary Audience & Categories:
Life Skills, PreK Learning
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Moving from Early World of Learning to World Book Advanced, World Book Online aligns end-users with their appropriate learning levels. Each stand-alone site provides additional features to support the needs of users' specific capabilities.
 World Book (landing page) |
Career, Education, General, Languages, Test Preparation |
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 World Book Advanced |
High School |
 World Book Discover |
Career, Practice Tests, General, Language |
 World Book Dramatic Learning |
Education, General, Elementary, Middle School, High School |
 World Book Early Learning |
Early Literacy, Education, Elementary |
 World Book Kids |
Elementary |
 World Book Student |
Elementary, Middle School |
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WorldCat
Primary Audience & Categories:
Business, Educators & Librarians, Scholarly Research
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Search for information on a wide range of subjects in twelve databases: ArticleFirst, ClasePeriodica, ebooks, ECO, ERIC, GPO, MEDLINE, OAlster, PapersFirst, Proceedings, WorldCat, and WorldCatDissertations. FirstSearch Base Package includes access to indexes books, articles, dissertations, archive material, and more. One can select the database to search when logged into WorldCat.
To access WorldCat, your username and password is your State Library ECard or your SD Share-It participating library card barcode and password.
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OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs. More than 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories around the world have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials.
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