District 279 Virtual Media Center ~ ELMElectronic Library for Minnesota
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Featured Elementary Databases
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(pre-school)
- An engaging online tool for early-childhood learning, covering letters, words, numbers, time, sound, geography, and more. This activity-centered learning environment created for Pre-Kindergarten through 2nd grade – supports classroom curriculum and helps students build technology skills.
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(grades K-6)
- Features easy-to-read articles and age-appropriate reference and learning materials for PreKindergarten and older children.
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(grades K-5, see video tutorial)
- Designed for elementary school students grades K-5, this database has articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books on animals, famous people, science, countries and states, and more.
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(grades 2-8)
- Helps elementary and middle school students find magazine and reference content from the Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, and Science Reference Center databases. In addition to periodicals covering numerous topics, these databases contain the full text of the American Heritage Children's Dictionary, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, and the EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals.
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(grades K-3; contains Primary Search)
- Helps students in grades K-3 to browse and search for content from the Primary Search database, which includes the full-text of the American Heritage Children's Dictionary, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, the EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals, and dozens of kid-friendly magazines.
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(grades 6-12)
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Helps middle and high school students find magazine and journal articles, reference materials, and multimedia files covering all topics. Contains the following databases: Health Source-Consumer Edition; MAS Ultra School Edition; Middle Search Plus; and Science Reference Center. Intended for grades 6-12.
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Featured Secondary Databases
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(grades 9-up)
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Full text for thousands of scholarly publications across all academic disciplines. Updated daily.
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(grades 6-8, see video tutorial)
With easy-to-read articles and age-appropriate reference and learning materials, the middle school level of Britannica Online School Edition K-12 is idea for 6th-8th grade students.
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(grades 9-12)
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Britannica Online School Edition K-12 offers encyclopedias and related materials for students of all levels. The High School level is designed for high school students and contains articles from the Encyclopedia Britannica. Users can also take advantage of the Learning Materials, a collection of educational exercises, activities, and study guides.
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(grades 8-12)
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Designed for students grades 8-12, this database includes literary criticisms, timelines, primary source documents, audio and video clips, maps, images, flags and more.
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(grades 9-up)
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This premier database for high school-age and up offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration — from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies. The scope and depth of the database includes more than 2,500 full-text titles (journals) in a wide variety of disciplines and also includes national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, etc.
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(grades 9-12)
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Designed for high school students, this database has full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books. Historical images and maps included. Covers a wide variety of subjects.
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- Search MAS Ultra School Edition (also in Student Research Center)
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Specifically for high school students, contains full text for popular, high school magazines, biographies, primary source documents, photos, maps and flags, and reference books. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
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- MasterFILE Premier
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Full text for popular magazines in all subject areas. Includes reference books, book reviews, biographies, primary source documents, and images. Excellent coverage of consumer information, education, health, science, social science, arts, current events, and more. Includes Consumer Reports, Parenting, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, People, and thousands of other titles. Updated daily.
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- Search Middle Search Plus
(also in Student Research Center)
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Contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines, biographies and historical essays, primary source documents, and reference books. An image collection of over 400,000 photos, maps, and flags is also included.
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(grades 7-12, see video tutorial)
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Full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of over 250 current issues.
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newspapers
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Full text for the Star Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Barron's, USA Today, and hundreds of other newspapers. ProQuest Newsstand Complete title list >>>
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- Search (grades 6-12, see video tutorial)
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Helps middle and high school students find magazine and journal articles, reference materials, and multimedia files covering all topics. Contains the following databases: Health Source-Consumer Edition; MAS Ultra School Edition; Middle Search Plus; and Science Reference Center. Intended for grades 6-12.
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(grades 7-12)
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This flexible research tool for grades 7-12 covers the major subject areas and features content based on national curriculum standards. This database draws from newspapers and periodicals, as well as biographical entries, literary criticism, and primary source documents. It also includes images, video clips, and audio (including podcasts).
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All ELM Databases by Vendor
See all the databases provided by each vendor.
Find out quickly which databases have info on subjects like “Arts & humanities”, “Business”, “Science”, etc. - and then link right in.
View All ELM Databases Alphabetically (external site)
Look at all the databases in alphabetical order - and then link right in.
Find out which ELM Databases contain the periodicals you want (external site)
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