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Scholastic Bookflix
Watch, Read, and Learn - Scholastic BookFlix is a new online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks to build a love of reading and learning. The engaging way to link fact and fiction, BookFlix reinforces early reading skills and introduces children to a world of knowledge and exploration.
Scholastic TrueFlix
TrueFlix offers the award-winning True Books content to help students build literacy skills as they learn about a variety of social studies and science subjects. All of the True Book titles are accompanied by related content and primary sources featuring videos, audio, images, and text.
Science in Context
Includes thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations, as well as the latest scientific developments covered in articles from dozens of magazines and academic journals and links to websites. Covers curriculum-related science topics and offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards.
Science Virtual Reference Library
Find information from full-text science reference sources. Search through science encyclopedias and other resources such as The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, Science in Dispute, Science and Its Times, and much more.
Scribner Writer Series
Scribner Writers Series provides original, scholar signed essays on the lives and works of authors from around the world from all time periods. Entries include concise essays, citations, and biographical information that places the author and their works in personal and historical context.
SIRS Discoverer
General reference database for grades 1-9 with three reading levels of age-appropriate full-text articles and images selected from hundreds of sources.
Something About the Author
An easy-to-use source for librarians, students and other researchers, each volume in this series provides illustrated biographical profiles of approximately 75 children's authors and artists. This critically acclaimed series covers more than 12,000 individuals, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers.
Sources in US History Online: The American Revolution
Explore primary source documents, maps, congresses, pamphlets, and speeches, personal first hand accounts, and a wealth of material detailing the European point of view from the time when the US was born.
Student Resources In Context
This next-generation portal reaches out to today’s students with a Web-like user experience, which intuitively conveys needed information on all core subjects from Science to Literature to History. From the eye-catching, media-rich homepage to the fast navigation options,Student Resources in Context helps students develop both research and critical-thinking skills while covering the spectrum of student-focused subject matter.
Student Resources in Context provides holistic topic perspectives by integrating a multitude of content, including:
- Reference articles from acclaimed publications like American Decades
- Periodical and newspaper articles from the "New York Times", "USA Today", and many others
- Primary sources
- Multimedia records, including charts, graphs, maps and tables
- Video and audio content from NBC, NPR and many other respected sources