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BrainPOP

BrainPOP Jr.

BrainPOP Español 

BrainPOP Français 

BrainPOP is a group of educational websites with over 1,000 short animated movies for students in grades k-12 covering all subject areas including health and technology.

Britannica School

A safe, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle, and High School. Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support student research and reinforce curriculum standards.

Britannica Image Quest

The Bridgeman Art Gallery, Getty Images, Ingram Publishing, the National Geographic Society, and other trusted image sources have joined with Britannica to provide the best and broadest offering of curriculum-relevant imagery and clip art materials (infographics, signs and symbols, graphic concepts, and cool vector illustrations), all rights-cleared for educational, non-commercial use.

Churchill Archive

From top-secret government documents to annotated copies of historic speeches, over 800,000 primary source documents are available FREE (worldwide until 2020) in the Churchill Archive.

Digital Theatre+

DT+ provides access to some ground-breaking classic and contemporary performances from some of the greatest performers and practitioners in history. Our productions and supporting material will help immerse you into the amazing world of theatre and performance.

Powered by EBSCOhost

EBSCOhost databases are the most-used, premium online information resources for tens of thousands of institutions worldwide, representing millions of end users. 

ABC-CLIO History Databases

• American Government
• American History
• World History: The Modern Era
• World Religions: Belief, Culture, Controversy

Advanced Placement Source

Biography Reference Center

History Reference Center

*The Economist

Authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science, technology and the connections between them.

*Available on-campus only 

Flocabulary

Educational hip-hop videos, interactive activities and online assessments for students in grades K-12.

Follett Destiny

The online catalog for the print and digital resources in the ACS Learning Commons.

Infobase

• Issues & Controversies
  Provides exclusive, extensive coverage of hundreds of today's hot topics, with unbiased analysis and rich related resources.
• Science Online
  Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive essays, videos, diagrams, definitions, biographies, and experiments.
• Health Reference Center
  Gives clear and comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness, mental health, and the human body.

JSTOR - Open Content

Explore academic content on JSTOR that is open to everyone, everywhere. Search thousands of free journal articles and open access book chapters.

Newsela

Provides high-interest texts at a variety of reading levels, based on current events around the world.

Access is available on campus without a login. Our IP address removes the firewall that limits access: https://www.nytimes.com/

If you wish to read the NYT off campus you can follow these steps:

1. While connected to the school network, visit nytimes.com/grouppass
2. Create an NYTimes.com account using your school email address
3. Confirm your account activation by checking your email. If you do not see it, check your junk/spam folder. 

After registration, you can enjoy access to NYTimes.com from any network or location. Your account can be used with our apps: nytimes.com/mobile

Teachers, access New York Times in Education resources here.

Please note: your pass will be active for 364 days, you will need to reactivate your access by following the same steps above.

NoodleTools

An online research platform that allows students to delve deeply into the research process.

*NoodleTools is now available to all students and staff as a Single Sign On (SSO) through Google Apps.

PebbleGo

PebbleGo is a resource for Grades K - 3. Each database features expertly leveled text and navigation specifically designed for beginning researchers. Enriched with spoken word audio, text highlighting and audio/video media, PebbleGo builds a foundation of research skills for every learner.

PebbleGo Next

PebbleGo Next is a resource for Grades 3 - 5 which features content correlated to Next Generation Science Standards; video experiments, a project or activity for every article, plus longer, information-rich text.

CultureGrams provides brief reports on each country, discussing land, history, people, customs, lifestyle, society, and government.

CultureGrams