Research Resources [1]

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[2]	Bridges [2] offers career and education planning system offering test prep, career information and planning tools.
[3]	CultureGrams [3] provides cultural, historical and geographical information on countries around the world.
[4]	From this Discovery Streaming Student [5] page, you will be able to access the video clips for assignments, quizzes, and writing prompts that your teacher has created for your class.
[6]	Gale Virtual Reference Library [7] is a database of many of our WMS print encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible in the media center, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Search results can be printed, emailed or saved to a personal folder.
[8]	Our Gale Sites [8]web page offers links and search widgets to specific eBook subcollections of our Gale Virtual Reference Library and all of our Gale online resources. The eBook Subcollections I set up specifically match our research projects at WMS in Science, Social Studies, Health, and Technology classes.
[9]	History Reference Center [9] is a comprehensive full-text history reference database featuring full-text for more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers. Further, the database contains nearly 57,000 historical documents; more than 78,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 37,000 historical photos and maps; and more than 80 hours of historical video.
[10]	Through topical essays Issues & Controversies [11] provide a thorough review of all sides of an issue.
[12]	Marshall Cavendish Digital [12] eBook versions of our popular print reference books. Great for Ancient and Medieval social studies, American history, science, endangered species, inventors and inventions, diseases, drugs, and more.
[13]	EBSCOHost's MasterFILE Premier [13] contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text more than 500 reference books, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags.
[14]	Science Reference Center [14] is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content. Science Reference Center [14] is an excellent source of information on biology, life science, environmental science, technology, wildlife and more. Search results can be printed, emailed or saved to a personal folder.
[15]	SIRS Discoverer [15] is a general reference database for children grades 1-9 with full-text articles and images. Features include activities such as science experiments, craft projects, writing activities, biographies of every U.S. President and other notable people, fiction articles, and country facts. Discoverer WebFind [16] is a database of carefully chosen Internet resources on almost any subject appropriate for researchers in grades. Online tutorial [17] available.
[18]	SIRS Knowledge Source [18] is a collection of 6 databases for students in grade 6-12. Full-text articles, graphics, photographs, government documents, primary sources, ebooks, and previewed websites.
[19]	Thomson Gale's Student Resource Center [19] contain magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, multimedia content, and the Gale "Discovering", "Exploring", and "Junior Reference" series.
[20]	Teaching Books [21] provides original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of professional book readings, guides to thousands of titles, and a wealth of multimedia resources.
[10]	Search The World Almanac [10] reference database for facts, figures and other statistical information on topics of general interest. Please note: World Almanac is no longer being provided as a stand-alone product it is incorporated within Facts on File's Issues & Controversies.
[22]	World Book Online [22] provides full-text of print version plus additional articles, an atlas, multimedia content, and "Behind the Headlines" (current events) as well as an intermediate-level Spanish Encyclopedia [23]. New to the district is World Book Advanced [24]. Integrating both primary and secondary databases in a single search this database is tailored for the needs and skills of more advanced researchers.