Biography In Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on the world's most influential people. Organized into a user-friendly portal experience, it merges Gale's authoritative reference content, including Lives & Perspectives, with periodicals and multimedia. Users can also search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as by keyword and full text.
For all age groups
Access to three levels: Children, Young Adults, and the Reference Center for high school students and adults
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Encyclopedia articles, current magazines, recommended Web sites, an atlas, biographies, news, pop-up dictionary and thesaurus
Multimedia includes images, videos, and audio clips
Links to selected articles from the The New York Times
How-To documents for book reviews, presentations, research papers, and science reports
'My Britannica' to save and share articles, images, and videos in a personal account
Read-Aloud feature for struggling readers, English language learners, and visually impaired users
History Reference Center offers full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 78,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
Content includes:
Nearly 57,000 historical documents
More than 80,000 biographies of historical figures
More than 1,990 full-text reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books
For Pre-kindergarten through 12th grades
Educational multimedia with 24/7 access for educators, students, and parents
Can be streamed or downloaded
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161,000 multimedia resources, including high-quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio files, interactives, maps, and science experiments
Resources are from more than 200 top educational producers including: A&E, Reading Rainbow, National Geographic, Jim Henson, and Weston Woods
All significant subject areas are included: English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Health, World Languages, Technical and Vocational Education, Music & Dance, and more
Integrates with Google Classroom
LearningExpress Library™ provides the most comprehensive selection of academic and career-related resources available in one platform. It provides academic skill building in reading, writing, math, and science, standardized test preparation, soft skills training, job search and career advancement, college admissions test preparation, professional licensing and certification test preparation, high school equivalency test prep, and much more. Prepare for the ACT, SAT, AP, and grad school exams like the LSAT. Also has GED and occupational certification exam prep, and Spanish-language content for the US Citizenship test.
For elementary and middle school students and educators
Resource for helping students find their next great fiction or nonfiction title to read
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Covers fiction and nonfiction titles and series targeted to elementary and middle schoolers
Includes Recommended Reads lists of fiction and nonfiction genres and topics for kids and teens
Contains over 700 BookTalks, over 950 searchable award lists, and options to sort by popularity and/or Lexile reading levels
Contains curriculum-driven material to assist with integrating reading across subject areas in the classroom
For middle school students
Search interface that provides access to information on many topics from magazines, newspapers, books, biographies, country reports, primary sources, video and more
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More than 170 popular full-text middle school magazines, including Billboard, Dance Spirit, Ebony, Horse & Rider, Scholastic News, Sports Illustrated Kids, and dozens more
Includes Funk & Wagnail's New World Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, Encyclopedia of Animals, Essential Documents in American History and others
More than 1.2 million images of relevant photos, maps, flags, and more
Text-to-speech for HTML articles to assist struggling readers or those learning English
Lexile reading levels assigned to full-text articles
Middle Search Plus, an EBSCO product, "...contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History, reference books such as the Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia; Encyclopedia of Animals; and thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags. This database contains full text for a variety of popular middle school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays."