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BookFlix	Literacy resource for kids that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction ebooks from Scholastic
EBSCO	Indexes over 3000 magazines & journals. Contains the full-text articles for over 1000 magazines
iCONN	Magazines, journals, newspapers, business & health information, reQuest - the Statewide Library Catalog, and more. Some of the databases are described below.
MagillOnLiterature Plus	Search by author, title, literary character or locale, author's cultural or national identity. Contains author biographies, topical overviews and work analyses.
World Book Encyclopedia Online	Online version allows for easy printing of maps, diagrams, and pictures as well as other features not in the book version.

Selected iCONN Databases:

Infotrac Kids (grades K-6), Infotrac Jr. (jr. high), Infotrac Student (high school): Full-text magazine articles that are age-appropriate. Includes a toolbox that shows the steps of report writing, from outline to citations.

General Reference Center Gold has articles and citations from magazines and newspapers.

iCONN Newsstand: Full-text coverage of 7 major newspapers
Business & Company Resource Center for business information.
Health & Wellness Resource Center for health information.
Discovering Collection includes biography, science, history, and literature.

History Reference Center: Provides articles from magazines, journals, reference and non-fiction books; biographies, documents and speeches; maps and photographs. Also includes film and video clips of social, political and cultural historical events of the 20th Century from 1893 to 1985. Audience: High School & up.

Science Reference Center: Provides articles from scientific reference books, magazines, journals, biographies and images. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, physics, technology, and wildlife. Audience: High School & up

Student Research Center: A more student-friendly version of the History and Science Reference Centers that provides the same high quality content. Choose content sources, browse by topic headings, use an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore top searches of the day, and even limit searches according to reading levels. Audience: Middle School & up

HeritageQuest ONLINE: Research resource for family history and American culture includes U.S. federal census records and the UMI Genealogy and Local History collection. Audience: Middle School & up

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We welcome your suggestions and comments, and we do read and consider each one.
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