District Library & Visual Media Services

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Full-text Ebooks available on Professional Development, Education, and Technology subjects. These are full-text titles and not audiobooks. Check back often for new titles.

Professional Development Databases

Academic Search Elite -- Academic Search Elite provides full- text for more than 2,100 journals, including more than 1,700 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full-text, indexing and abstracts are provided for over 3,650 journals in almost all fields of academic study.

ABC-CLIO History Reference Online Ebooks -- 500+ full- text ebook titles on U.S. History, World History, Politics, Law, Government, Society, Education, Pop Culture, Folklore, Mythology, Science, Technology, Environment, Issues, Religion, and Geography.

District Library and Visual Media Services Ebook Collection -- Full-text ebooks available on Professional Development, Education, and Technology subjects. These are full-text titles and not audio-books. Check back often for new titles.

DLVMS Journals

Education Research Complete -- More than 1,000 full-text journals, plus numerous books, monographs, and conference papers. Research and information from all educational areas and specialties, and at all levels, from early childhood through higher education.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text -- Full-text articles from more than 180 publications, plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings.

Teacher Reference Center -- Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

These databases complement our journal reference collection available for use at SARC.

Journal Alerts - Download instructions to create RSS-feed or e-mail alerts that notify you every time a new issue of your favorite journal is published in one of the databases listed above.

If you can't find an article or other resource, call us for assistance. We are here to help.

Educational Databases

ABC-CLIO

ABC-CLIO consists of more than 140,000 online primary and secondary resources across eight databases: American Government; American History; Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society; United States at War: Understanding Conflict and Society; United States Geography; World Geography; World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras; and World History: The Modern Era. Primary resources include articles, maps, audio and video files, photographs, political cartoons, and more. More information.

CultureGrams

CultureGrams helps foster understanding and appreciation of the world's countries and peoples. The database consists of the World Edition, Kids Edition, States Edition, and the new Provinces Edition that covers Canada. Other features include a photo gallery, famous people index, recipe collection, and a flag gallery. More information.

EBSCOEBSCOhost is a research portal that offers access to several databases ranging from general information to specific subjects. In addition to the full-text databases featured above, highlights include Animals, Business Source Elite, ERIC, History Reference Center, MAS Ultra School Edition, Middle Search Plus, and Newspaper Source. More information.

Grolier Grolier Online A constellation of eight encyclopedias: Encyclopedia America, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, and America the Beautiful.More information.

NetTrekker netTrekker d.i. is a search engine that gives access to more than 180,000 educator-selected Web resources, organized by readability level and aligned with state standards. Funded in part through the Enhancing Education Through Technology (Title IID) grant program. More information.

SIRS SIRS Knowledge Source provides relevant, credible information on social issues, science, history, government, the arts, and humanities. Full-text articles and Internet resources are selected from thousands of domestic and international sources by the SIRS editorial staff. More information.

Teaching Books TeachingBooks.net is a diverse and constantly growing online collection of multimedia K-12 book and author resources that integrates books throughout the curriculum.  Meet authors the moment you're reading their books with multimedia Author Resources.  Add a new voice to favorite titles via audio excerpts of Book Readings.  Stimulate informative discussions about books through the use of Book Guides.  More information.

Tumble Books eBooks LogoTumble Books LogoThe TumbleBookLibrary is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books), TumblePuzzles, and TumbleQuizzes, as well as TumbleResources for teachers. TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books which are licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format. More information.

Discovery Education streaming Discovery Education streaming consists of 4,000 full-length videos segmented into content-specific clips that are downloadable to the desktop. Includes Assignment Builder, Quiz Center, Writing Prompt Generator, and other resources. More information.

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