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America the Beautiful An encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events geared to student users. Contains 330 articles arranged by continent, which provide current information on every country in the world including descriptions of the country’s land, people, economics, history, and government as well as a Facts & Figures box, map, and flag.
Lands and Peoples An encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events geared to student users. Articles, arranged by continent, provide current information on every country in the world including descriptions of the country’s land, people, economics, history, and government as well as a Facts & Figures box, map, and flag.
SIRS Discoverer General reference database for students in grades 1 to 9. Includes full text articles and images from over 1,600 U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and government documents as well as The World Almanac for Kids and Funk & Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia. Articles are assigned a reading level: Easy, Moderate, or Challenging, based on age-appropriateness, educational content, interest, and level of readability.
World Book Kids Based on the popular World Book Encyclopedia this database also contains extensive graphic and multimedia enhancements, special reports on selected topics, and links to external Web sites specially selected by World Book editors.

EBSCO Animals Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. Information can be searched by subject or keywords within the entry.
Middle Search Plus Provides full text for more than 150 popular, magazines for middle and jr. high school research. Full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and information dates as far back as 1990. Contents include over 82,000 biographies, more than 90,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection with more than 100,000 photos, maps and flags.
Primary Search Provides full text for more than 60 popular magazines for elementary school research. Full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and information dates as far back as 1990.
TOPICsearch A current events database which explores social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. Contains full text from more than 3,000 diverse sources, including more than 1,500 full text periodicals.