The following subscription resources are available for Grand Ave. Middle School Students to use at school and at home. See your librarian for password information.

NOTE: NOVEL Databases are from the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library. After clicking on the link, scroll down the Gale database page to find the link for the database you want to access.

American History Online, from Facts On File On-Line. Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history and includes thousands of biographies, subject entries, timeline entries, primary source documents, maps, and images that cover the entire spectrum of the

Business & Company Resources Center (NOVEL) Includes a wide variety of global business information including company profiles, investment reports, company histories, business magazines and newspapers.

Business and Company ASAP 1980 - 2009 (NOVEL)
Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.

BrainPOP Provides curriculum-based content spanning seven main subjects including: Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Health, Art & Music, and Technology.

CERF This database allows users to search the Internet efficiently and safely.  CERF provides links to over 400,000 carefully selected K-12 website topics

Clip Art School Edition Home to more than 10 million images, fonts, and sounds.

CountryWatch Provides current and comprehensive socio-demographic, cultural, historical, economic, political, environmental and investment information, along with news, analysis, maps, data and statistics on all of the world's 192 countries.

Culturegrams 182 informative country reports detailing the lifestyles, customs, courtesies, and more of world cultures.

Custom Newspapers (NOVEL) Offers over 900 full text newspapers both national and international.

EBSCOhost Includes PrimarySearch, reference materials geared for elementary students, Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia, and EBSCO Animals.

EdVideo Online This multimedia service sponsored by WLIW provides access to more than 50,000 multimedia components, including videos, concept clips, audio files, podcasts, print resources, photographs, illustrations, and clip art images. In addition, it provides access to PBS educational content.

Facts On File Reference Suite: Includes, FACTS.com full text news articles, World Almanac Reference Database, Issues and Controversies On File, and Today's Science On File. It interconnects relevant articles to obtain information on current events, statistics, health, science and controversial issues

Ferguson's Career Guidance, from Facts On File On-Line.This database contains in-depth job descriptions complete with job-specific resource listings, detailed industry descriptions, career resources, and career preparation information for more than 2,000 of today's most exciting jobs in more than 90 industries.

Galenet: Student Resource Center This is a comprehensive cross-curricular resource providing full-text periodicals, newspapers, curriculum based reference content, primary source documents, radio/television transcripts and maps.  The content features thousands of overview essays, critical analysis, biographies, timelines and photos covering literature, history/anthropology and science.

Grolier Online Encyclopedias Includes Encyclopedia Americana Online, Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia Online and The New Book of Knowledge Online. To use this resource at home, use this link: Grolier, and ask your Librarian for the Username and Password.

Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module (NOVEL) Use this Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on a wide variety of health related issues. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases.

Issues & Controversies on file In-depth and balanced investigations of 600 key, controversial, complex social issues in the news.

Lands and Peoples Includes maps, flags, four-color photos, articles and links to other sources.

New Book of Popular Science Online Over 400 articles on science, technology and medical topics

New York State Newspapers (NOVEL) Full text of major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times from 1985, The Daily News, the New York Post, and the last 5 years of Newsday.

Noodle Tools is a suite of interactive tools designed to aid students with their online research. It includes tools to help you develop a Web search strategy, select the best search engine, and NoodleBib a Web application that allows you to create and edit your MLA bibliographies online.

NoveList Plus
A readers' advisory service designed to support readers of all ages, this searchable database contains information on over 100,000 fiction titles and over 90,000 full text reviews. Find fiction and nonfiction titles based on a favorite author, title, or description. Browse hundreds of hand-crafted lists organized by genre or awards. Read and use feature materials created exclusively for NoveList Plus such as author read-alikes, feature articles, book discussion guides, and booktalks.

Proquest A collection of over 680 magazine titles on a wide range of topics, scholarly journals, and national newspapers.

SIRS Decades (Proquest K12) Primary-source information about the 20th century.

Soundzabound Music Library Royalty free, copyright compliant, audio files that can be use as background music for your podcasts, videos, PowerPoint, and any other forms of multimedia

TeachingBooks.net Online collection of author programs and k-12 related materials. It includes: original movies revealing the book creation process, audio excerpts of professional book readings, and book guides.

Teen Health & Wellness Comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life and more.

Today’s Science Complete back-file of science news coverage from 1992, biographies of famous scientists, in-depth coverage on Earth, space science, biology, physics and chemistry

Tumble Books An online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Sentences are highlighted as they are being read and the pages turn automatically.

Twayne Authors Series - (NOVEL) Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles.

United Streaming This video download and streaming system for teachers offers 50,000 content-specific segments from 5,000 full-length educational videos.

Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated Provides biographical information from reference books and magazines. Includes pictures.