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Social Studies Databases
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ABC-CLIO covers Social Studies, Geography, Government, History, Issues and Culture. Used for Social Studies textbook.
GALE in Context: Global Issues - supports global awareness and provides a global perspective while tying together a wealth of authoritative content like news articles, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and much more.
Infobase provides High School Plus Video Collection and Career & Technical Education Video Collection with award-winning digital reference content to schools and libraries. Search by topics, grade level and standards for streaming video.
Newsela- current events with interactive tools for classroom use in all subject areas at all reading levels. Newsela requires you to login to CLEVER with your Office365 student email and 1Pu PassWord.
ProQuest Academic Video Online (AVON) has curated, discipline-focused, primary-source collections, websites, and streaming media for learning and research. Streaming video ranges from exclusive, must-have titles to what’s become the largest library-oriented video database in the world.
ProQuest databases include:
SIRS Issues Researcher provides insight into the most studied social issues presented in Pro/Con viewpoints with critical thinking questions and timelines.
CultureGrams which is a comprehensive resource for information from every country, including foods, recreation, holidays, and lifestyles.
Ancestry - origins and family history, geneology information from Arizona State Library & Archives
World Book Online Encyclopedia covers everything with access to three reading levels- Kids, Student, Advanced. Hundreds of thousands of easy-to-understand articles, captivating images, original videos, integrated primary sources, and eBooks. Plus seamless article translations in more than 100 other languages.
World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos is a Spanish database with hundreds of thousands of easy-to-understand articles, captivating images, original videos, integrated primary sources, and eBooks.
World Book Timelines has over 650 customizable timelines with personalization options. Create and save your own. Includes everything from World History to the Arts and Sciences.