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RESEARCH & REFERENCE

Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Explore encyclopedias and specialized reference sources on a variety of topics from history, government, environment, math, and more!
Gale in Context: Middle School This link opens in a new window
Discover reliable and trusted information on a variety of topics to support middle school student research for government, U.S and world history, geography, literature, sciences, and social issues. ¬†Middle School offers cross-curricular content aligned to national and state standards, and presents material organized into a highly visual and topic portal approach to quickly find answer
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Secondary school students will have access to age-appropriate content from magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, and engaging multi-media covering a wide range of subjects, from science, history, and literature to political science, sports, and environmental studies
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ART & LITERATURE

Books & Authors This link opens in a new window
Find non-fiction works about this period as well as current fiction based during the Middle Ages.
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Explore world literature and writers throughout history (ancient to current) with a wealth of literary works, including poems, short stories, speeches, and plays — with plot summaries, what the writing means, pictures, and stories about the authors.

HISTORY

World History Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. The database offers balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.