Ancestry Library Edition (ProQuest) - For Use in K-12 Libraries
The world's most popular consumer online genealogy resource is available to use in Maine K-12 school libraries. This collection holds billions of records in census data, photos, directories, vital records, and more. Video tutorial from Niche Academy.
Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids
A resource to help inform students, parents, and educators about the Federal Government through publications and information distributed by the Gov't. Publishing Office (GPO).
Have fun when exploring great title recommendations and reading lists for genre fiction and essential non-fiction. Everyone can easily find their next book to read when using the "What Do I Read Next?" feature!
Gale Literary Sources allows searching across these three Gale's literary databases: Literature Resource Center, Scribner Writer Series and Twayne's Authors Series.
Gale Literature Resource Center
Up-to-date author biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
A one-stop source for news and magazine articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.
Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale)
Find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, videos, & reference information on: Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Pregnancy, Prescription Drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, health assessment sites & government databases. Includes 700+ videos from a consumer health video library.
This educational resource is for Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content.
In Context: High School (Gale)
Presented at the High School level. Provides support for papers, projects, and presentations that reinforce development of academic skills like critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity and innovation. Offers a selection of overviews, primary sources, videos and images.
In Context: Middle School (Gale)
Created specifically for middle school students, this resource combines reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, and primary sources. It includes more than 1.6 million articles.
LearningExpress Library (EBSCO)
An eLearning solution that provides support to students and professionals for academic skill-building, standardized test prep, career certification test prep and more.Video tutorial from Niche Academy.
Search through the Bangor Daily News, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel, Maine Times, Portland Press Herald and Sun Journal dating back to 1980.
Maine Secretary of State Kids' Page
Information for K-12 on the State of Maine as well as links to other student programs from the Secretary of State's Office.
Merriam-Webster's 3rd New Int'l. Dictionary
Online full-text of Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus as well as a wealth of language related information.
Created especially for children and the adults who work with them. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.
A database for reading recommendations to help readers of all ages find information on books. Includes expert recommendations, read-alikes, reviews, articles, lists and more. Also provides audiobook information and recommendations. Video tutorial from Niche Academy.
U.S. History Collection (Gale)
A comprehensive collection of periodicals supporting topics in U.S. History that contains 584,689 articles.
US Newsstream provides access to the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.
Aimed at learners reading below year level (as well as adult literacy, reluctant readers or ESL), World Book Discover engages with easy-to-understand content, interactive multimedia and text-to-speech. Includes activities aimed at teaching life skills.
For K-5th graders, this online encyclopedia presents information in a child-friendly manner, including videos, activities, read-aloud and translation features. Lexile reading levels are included.
World Book Student connects students with a variety of multimedia and articles, while providing tools to teachers to support an inquiry-driven or flipped classroom curriculum.
Students and researchers can browse existing timelines in a variety of subjects or create custom timelines using articles from the World Book encyclopedia to visualize the cause and effect relationship between selected events.
Produced by the CIA, the World Factbook summarizes information about countries and other international entities, such as demographics, geography, communications, government, and economy.
World History Collection (Gale)
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. Coverage of events in world history and scholarly work.