District 279 Virtual Media Center ~ Elementary

Electronic Library for Minnesota

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Featured Elementary Databases

Search (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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- Features easy-to-read articles and age-appropriate reference and learning materials for PreKindergarten and older children.
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- 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.
Search - Primary Search
- Full text for more than 70 popular, elementary school magazines, as well as encyclopedias and dictionaries written for kids, plus an image collection of photos, maps, and flags. All articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).

Featured Secondary Databases

Search (grades 9-up)
- Full text for thousands of scholarly publications across all academic disciplines. Updated daily.
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- 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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- 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.
Search (grades 8-12)
- Designed for students grades 8-12, this database includes literary criticisms, timelines, primary source documents, audio and video clips, maps, images, flags and more.
Search (grades 9-up)
- 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.
Search (grades 9-12)
- 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.
Search - MAS Ultra School Edition (grades 9-12)
- 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).
Search - MasterFILE Premier
- 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.
Search - Middle Search Plus
- 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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- Full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of over 250 current issues.
Search newspapers
- 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 >>>
Search (grades 7-12)
- 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).