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Online Resources

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, highlighting the important people and events of American History. Timelines, primary source documents, maps, and images are included.

BrainPOP Animated curriculum-based movies covering Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Health, Art & Music, and Technology. Quizzes, activity pages and a teacher’s section with lesson plans, standards correlation, and ideas for using BrainPOP in the classroom are provided.

Britannica Image Quest Provides easy access to over a million high-quality photos from trustworthy sources for students on a wide range of topics. Images are organized by subject matter in a fully searchable site. Each image, which is cleared of copyright restrictions for educational use, includes a caption, citation and copyright information. Ideal for whiteboards, school Web sites, and newsletters. Use for homework assignments and projects.

Discovery Education This streaming video resource for teachers, integrates seamlessly into any curriculum with 9,000 full-length videos segmented into 71,000 content-specific clips tied directly to state and national standards.

EBSCOhost IncludesPrimarySearch, reference materials geared for elementary students,Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia, andEBSCO Animals.

Ferguson's Career Guidance, in-depth job descriptions including job-specific resource listings, industry descriptions, career resources, and career preparation information for more than 2,000 of today's most exciting jobs in more than 90 industries.

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

Issues & Controversies on file Explores more than 800 hot, controversial topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture Factual analysis and clear explanations of opposing points of view are included.

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 Readers' advisory searchable database with information on over 100,000 fiction titles and over 90,000 full text reviews. Find fiction and nonfiction titles based on an author, title, or description. Genre lists and book discussion guides are included.

Pop Culture Universe.a digital database on American and world pop culture past and present Includes movies, TV shows, awards, stars, fads, buzzwords, fashions, and news items that defined each decade and shape our future..

Proquest eLibrary CE (Curriculum Edition)-Includes History Study Center & Learning Literature. Find the answers you need from more than 2,000 full-text and multimedia sources. Access History Study Center that covers 14 centuries of history, from ancient to modern, old world to new world. and ProQuest Learning: Literature which includes 3,000+ author biographies; 40 searchable full-text literature journals; full-text literary works; and other criticism and reference sources

SIRS Decades more than 5,000 primary and secondary source articles highlighting key events, movements, people, and places in 20th-century America. Includes documents, letters and memos, editorial cartoons, streaming video, websites, photographs, maps, advertisements, and published articles

Soundzabound Music Library offers a wide variety of music, audio themes and sound effects for grades K -12 that ensures your copyright safety. Perfect for podcasts, PowerPoint, videos, news shows, digital storytelling, presentations, web design and more!

TeachingBooks.net Online collection of author programs and k-12 related materials. Included are author backgrounds and interviews, original movies describing 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, bullying, diversity, family life, financial literacy, and more.

Today’s Science Bridges the gap between textbook science and the latest science discoveries in the news today. Includes: Physical Science, Earth and Space Science, Science and Society, Health and Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, and Physical Sciences

Wilson Biography Reference Bank Select full-text biography resource of people from ancient times to the present. Includes more than 256,000 individuals and over 36,000 images

NOVEL - New York Online Virtual Electronic Library Databases

  • Business & Company Resources Center
  • Culinary Arts Collection
  • Grolier Online: Includes: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and the New Book of Knowledge
  • Gale's Academic OneFile & Gale's General OneFile  
  • Gale's Health Reference Center Academic
  • Gale's Info Trac Custom Newspapers
  • Popular Magazines
  • National Newspaper Index
  • New York State Newspapers (Includes NY Times for current year)
  • Twayne Author Series

*   Other databases of interest also available. 




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Reader Resources

Get Caught Reading ! 

 

Lexile Framework for Reading  &
Lexile Map Matching Readers with Texts 


New Books at Grand
Click on the Resource Lists and the New Arrivals to see the new books added to our collection! 

 

Good Reads
Find Your Favorite Book Here

 

Guy Reads

Girl Reads

 

Juvenile Series & Sequels


Teen Series & Sequels

Banned Books

 

Utopia/Dystopia

 

Sports

 

Need More Suggestions?
Try Some of these Sites:

100 Books to Read in Middle School

Favorite Teenage Angst Books

Reading Rants

Teenreads.com

Great Graphic Novels for Teens

Teen Ink

Flamingnet Book Reviewst Reading !

What Should I Read Next?


Good Reading from the (ALA)
American Library Association

ALA Teens Top Ten

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Graphic Novels
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Science Fiction
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Sports
Horror
Mystery/Suspense
Adventure/Survival
Love & Romance
Humorous
Short Story

Realistic Fiction
Poetry
Nonfiction




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