Middle School (Gale In Context)

Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more.
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Gale Ebooks
A collection of electronic specialized encyclopedias and reference books on a wide variety of subject areas that can be searched individually or as a whole.
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World Book Student
Articles from the print versions of the World Book Encyclopedia, plus thousands of additional articles, learning resources, and research tools.
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Scholarly, multidiscipline, full text database for academic research. . (Works best in Chrome or Microsoft Edge. Does not work with Internet Explorer.)
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Explora
Designed specifically for middle school, Explora is a full-text database of popular magazines, reference books, and primary sources covering many subjects. It also includes over a million photos, maps, and flags.
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History Reference Center
Full text content of historical documents, biographies of historical figures, photos, maps, video, and other history reference materials.

Literary Reference Center
Provides information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.

Newspaper Source
Full text coverage of major newspapers, videos, and podcasts covering critical news topics.

LiLIschools.org offers Idaho students in grades K-12 free access to a curated set of online tools focused on their educational needs.

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CountryReports provides over 35,000 pages of online content on the cultures and countries of the world.

A variety of resources including video, audio, and encyclopedia related information. Use your school computer user name with @westada.org to login.

World Book Discover
Designed for high-interest, low reading level content, this tool is useful for new readers of English.
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