ENCYCLOPEDIAS & ALMANACS

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EBSCOhost is an intuitive online research platform containing articles, magazines, journals, and books. It is now used by thousands of institutions and millions of users worldwide. Users can quickly find information and easily choose between databases to perform detailed searches.

Explora Primary School is a full-text database of carefully curated content for elementary school libraries. Combining all of its resources into an easy search, this platform includes full text for the most popular children’s magazines, e-books, and easy-to-read encyclopedic entries.

Explora Middle School includes carefully content for middle school libraries. Designed to meet the unique needs of grades 6-8, Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction on a wide variety of subjects with e-books, encyclopedic entries, and popular magazines.

Explora High School includes a variety of resources and databanks to assist students and teachers through grades 9-12 in a variety of subjects including biographies, literary reference, science, history, and more. Users can check all resources in a single search or select particular databanks for their research.

Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia has over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

World Book Kids is the premier online resource developed especially for young users. The site has been optimized for tablets and features image-based navigation, easy-to-read articles, thousands of images and videos as well as a wealth of engaging games, science projects, and activities.

An encyclopedia in Spanish for students. An encyclopedia in Spanish for students. Una enciclopedia en español para los estudiantes.
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The World Book Encyclopedia contains more than 25,000 encyclopedia articles as well as magazine articles, a dictionary, pictures, sounds, and videos.
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