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: Access current and authoritative periodical content covering agriculture and its related fields.
: Understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through leading business and trade publications.
: Find a variety of information from major cooking and nutrition magazines as well as key reference titles.
: Find millions of articles on the practical and scientific aspects of horticulture studies. For all horticultural enthusiasts.
: Find up-to-date information on a range of health care topics. Best for students, researchers, and health care professionals.
: Search home improvement topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.
: Discover well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries.
: Research full-text titles cited in CINAHL and other resources to support specialized care, treatment, and patient management.
: Access academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine.
: Use PebbleGo Animals and PebbleGo Biographies to help your young students build confidence in their technology, research, and reading skills. The word highlighting and natural voice audio allows readers and pre-readers to easily follow along with the text as they build vocabulary, pronunciation, and fluency skills every step of the way.
: Learn about careers, receive personalized recommendations, create resumes, search for jobs and schools, and get career advice.
: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
: Research a vocation, find an appropriate institution of learning, and get assistance on job searches and maintaining a career.
: Generalized information about a variety of subjects.
: Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content.
: Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.
: NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.
: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
: Search millions of articles about drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. Diverse resource for serious fine arts students.
: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
: Quickly access articles from a database of scholarly journals and other trusted periodicals. Best for academic research.
: Research academic topics ranging from art and literature to economics and the sciences (smaller version of Academic OneFile).
: Generalized information about a variety of subjects.
: Provides country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. The reports are written and reviewed by in-country experts and are updated as new information becomes available, so you can be sure you are offering only the very best, most current information to staff and students. Users link to the reports via an engaging, map-based interface that can be accessed anywhere, anytime.
: Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research.
: Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.
: Gale PowerSearch is a search platform unlike any other, providing a sophisticated yet simple solution for managing a wealth of periodical, reference, multimedia and primary source information.
: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
: Covering from 1980 - current, this publication's detailed indexing helps users quickly find the news information they need. Each issue is indexed thoroughly, so they have access to not only top news stories but also the information contained on the various sections of the paper. The indexing covers not only complete bibliographic information but also companies, people, products, etc.
: Access popular magazines online for free!
: Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.
: Search the full text of The New York Times (starting in 1985).
: Access the most searched magazines across Gale OneFile focusing on current events, sports, science, and health issues.
: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
: Generalized information about a variety of subjects.
: Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
: Investigate environmental issues with diverse perspectives from the scientific community, policymakers, and corporate interests.
: Find up-to-date information on a range of health care topics. Best for students, researchers, and health care professionals.
: Access articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology.
: Science Database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences.
: Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.
: Understand context for hundreds of science topics through overviews, journals, news, interactive experiments, and more.
: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
: Generalized information about a variety of subjects.
: Search millions of articles covering all aspects of communications, including advertising, public relations, and more.
: Comprehensive periodical content for researchers studying law, law enforcement, forensic science, terrorism, and more.
: Provides country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. The reports are written and reviewed by in-country experts and are updated as new information becomes available, so you can be sure you are offering only the very best, most current information to staff and students. Users link to the reports via an engaging, map-based interface that can be accessed anywhere, anytime.
: Explore historical collections from libraries, museums, and archives across Massachusetts
: Access a range of periodical content to explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community.
: Discover balanced coverage of topics related to gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.
: Analyze important global issues and events through topic overviews, international viewpoints, news, and multimedia content.
: is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. The database provides genealogical and historical sources for more than 60 countries, with coverage dating back as early as the 1700s.
: Search authoritative periodical content covering topics like organizational dynamics, adult learning, and more.
: Search scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of past and present military affairs.
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.
: Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues.
: Access scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.
: Find authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology.
: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
: Gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale.
: Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history from a variety of sources.
: Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources.
: Learn about careers, receive personalized recommendations, create resumes, search for jobs and schools, and get career advice.
: Search thousands of college and graduate schools, identify scholarships, take practice tests, and use test prep eBooks.
: Research a vocation, find an appropriate institution of learning, and get assistance on job searches and maintaining a career.
: Discover balanced coverage of topics related to gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.
: Find up-to-date information on a range of health care topics. Best for students, researchers, and health care professionals.
: Search a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative medical practices.
: Access academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine.
: Find authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology.
: The award-winning Teen Health & Wellness provides middle and high school students with up-to-date, nonjudgmental, straightforward curricular, and self-help support. Articles are correlated to state, national, and provincial standards, including Common Core Health and Science.
 Topics covered include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, LGBTQ+ issues, and more.
: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
With two levels—Primaria for elementary and Secundaria for middle school— Escolar offers unique content that is of interest to every student.
: For native Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and students learning Spanish, older students can turn to Britannica Moderna for their research needs.
: Provides country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. The reports are written and reviewed by in-country experts and are updated as new information becomes available, so you can be sure you are offering only the very best, most current information to staff and students. Users link to the reports via an engaging, map-based interface that can be accessed anywhere, anytime.
: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
: Empower yourself to learn over 110 languagesm including English as a Second Language (ESL).
Britannica Fundamentals is a innovative early learning resource for students in grade levels kindergarten through second grade.
In Britannica Libary Children's select from a variety of content types, including articles, images, videos, dictionary, magazines, Web's Best Sites, Primary Sources & Ebooks, and Year in Review.
Britannica Library Young Adult encourages independent learning with access to multimedia content and the ability to toggle between reading levels.
PebbleGo is a collection of nonfiction articles specifically designed for K-2 students. Packed with informational text, ready-made activities, and literacy supports for students of all abilities, it boosts engagement and fosters independent learning in core subject areas. Our access is to the Pebble Go Animal Library and Biography Library.