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Article Databases
While designed with search features for students, this database works like other databases with a variety of magazines and newspapers. You may search it by Lexile reading level from the advanced search screen.
- MAS Ultra - School Edition (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowArticles from popular magazines useful at the high school level, plus entries from reference books.
Books
- Novelist K-8 Plus This link opens in a new windowReader's advisory compilations for a younger audience. Includes descriptions of fiction and non-fiction books, read-alikes, book discussion guides, award lists, and recommended reading lists.
- Novelist This link opens in a new windowReader's advisory content for fiction books, including author read-alikes, book discussion guides, and recommended reading lists.
- TeachingBooks.net This link opens in a new windowA combination of original author interviews, readings and videos with a structured portal to open-access Web sites on children's literature and literacy.
- Tumblebooks at Spokane County LibraryAnimated full text books for children- requires SCLD card number
- Epic Digital LibraryEbooks (many with read-aloud audio) in a friendly digital library interface, offering free accounts to educators
Video
- Annenberg LearnerFree video and curriculum content for many subject areas and grade levels (some features may require creation of free login)
- Khan AcademyA well-known source of math videos, but with content now in the sciences, economics, even the arts and humanities
- PBS Learning MediaGreat videos (and other curriculum content) from the range of subjects PBS covers, for all ages.
- TeacherTubeTeacher-produced video on all kinds of content: use carefully and thoughtfully, since nobody is vetting this content but you.
Free Web Sites
- ALA recommended sports websites for kidsMany other categories for almost every subject area here also!
- Digital Collections from the Library of CongressLarge collection of primary sources for the history of the United States. Particularly good for photographs and other images, and for recordings of period music.
- Best Websites for Teaching and Learning (from AASL)Many of these sites are teacher focused, but many others have student components that you might want to use directly with your students.
- Exploratorium Suggested SitesParticularly strong in the sciences, but some sites and online activities for other subject areas as well.
- FigmentCreative writing site for tween and teen writers to exchange their work, get critiques, and learn more about writing skills.
- Google Cultural InstituteHuge collection of images and resources from around the world, especially great for art, history, and geography.
- GrammarlyPlug-in for Chrome that does a lot to support and assist students writing for any discipline
- LIFE photo archive (hosted by Google)Images from the 1860s to the 1970s from the archives at LIFE magazine. An incredibly rich photographic collection, ideal for decades projects and many other units and lessons besides, although often irritatingly difficult to search (Google's indexing is not particularly good).
Subject Databases
- Databases at Spokane County LibraryYou can access these databases with your SCLD library card number. SCLD library privileges are available to almost everyone living in Spokane County, including in the city of Spokane itself.
- ESD101 Fees for School DistrictsMost of these databases are available inexpensively for schools.
- Spokane Public Library DatabasesFor those that have a Spokane Public Library card, here are some databases available through your card number.