EBSCO

**for specific curriculum areas and grade levels.**

 * Some basic features of EBSCO**


 * can read aloud html articles (for 33 languages)
 * limiters and date slider are in left column
 * search tools for related information
 * breadcrumbs for tracking search strategy
 * when viewing an article, you can see the table of contents for that issue and go to other issues of that journal
 * results are sorted by relevance in default mode
 * phrase searching is W5 so it's with 5 words of each other rather than side by side

Searchasaurus
This resource uses a graphic interface to assist lower and middle elementary students as they look for information and research from magazines and other sources.


 * ===Searchasaurus Tutorial===

__**Kids Search **__
This resource uses a graphic interface to assist middle and upper elementary students as they look for information and research from magazines and other sources.


 * ===Kids Search Tutorial===

__**Student Research Center**__
Middle school and high school students can choose which sources (magazines, newspapers, biographies, country reports, video, etc.) they want to search. A Search by Topic feature simplifies searching. A Teacher Resources section includes curriculum information and specialized searching.


 * ===__**Student Research Center Tutorial**__===

Literary Reference Center
Literacy Reference Center is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.


 * ===Literary Reference Center Tutorial===

Points of View Reference
Points of View Reference Center is a full text database that provides users with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.
 * ===**Points of View Reference Center Tutorial**===

Novelist K-8 Plus--New Version Coming Summer 2010
//NoveList K-8 Plus// is an online database with fiction and nonfiction titles chosen specifically to support the school curriculum as well as the pleasure reading needs of elementary and middle school students. Additional resources such as Recommended Reads book lists, book jacket images, annotations and first chapter excerpts, as well as Lexile scores and popularity ratings, help to quickly find the just-right book.

Novelist Plus--New Version Coming Summer 2010
//NoveList Plus// is a comprehensive online readers' advisory tool.Use //NoveList Plus// to search hundreds of thousands of popular fiction and readable nonfiction titles, and retrieve author read-alikes, book lists, book discussion guides, and more.

Additional Reference Centers:
EBSCOhost Espanol Professional Development Collection and ERIC (for educators doing research) Advanced Placement Source 9-12 History Reference Source 9-12 Newspaper Reference Source 9-12 Science Reference Center 9-12

A mobile interface to the EBSCO databases that works on your smartphone or iTouch is now available. Teachers and students can have a mini-library in their pocket!