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- Great Neck South Middle School
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General Reference
- Britannica School Middle - the middle school version of Encyclopedia Britannica
- Worldbook Student Edition - the secondary version of the Worldbook Encyclopedia
- Gale eBooks - contains SMS's reference ebook collection.
- Gale in Context - contains specialized reference as well as magazines, newspapers, primary sources, and videos for students in grades 6-8.
Issues & Viewpoints
- Gale in Context - contains specialized reference as well as magazines, newspapers, primary sources, and videos for students in grades 6-8.
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context - contains a range of perspectives on many important issues, with over 21,000 pro/con viewpoints. Includes a variety of resource types: sepcialized reference, news, primary sources, multimedia and more.
- SIRS Issues Researcher - diverse perspectives on today's complex social issues with relevant, credible information and tools that equip students to think critically about global controversies.
- American History Online - biographies, primary sources, images and videos, maps and charts, and timelines of information on American History. It includes a Pro/Con section on controversies in American History.
Academic Sources & Science Primary Research Databases
- Academic OneFile
- Academic OneFile Select
- Gale OneFile: Science
- Gale in Context - contains magazines, newspapers, primary sources, and videos for students in grades 6-8.
Newspapers & Archival Research Databases
- American History Online - biographies, primary sources, images and videos, maps and charts, and timelines of information on American History. It includes a Pro/Con section on controversies in American History.
- Archives Unbound - digital collections of historical documents
- Gale OneFile: News - This full-text newspaper database has several New York Newspapers including the New York Times from 1995 on, and over 1,000 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers.
- NYS Historical Newspapers - free online access to a wide range of historical newspapers from every County in New York State.
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context - contains a range of perspectives on many important issues, with over 21,000 pro/con viewpoints. Includes a variety of resource types: reference, news, primary sources, multimedia and more.
- Gale in Context - contains magazines, newspapers, primary sources, and videos for students in grades 6-8.
- Smithsonian Primary Sources in U.S. History - Smithsonian Primary Sources in U.S. History brings the past to life with a curated collection of images and documents directly from the Smithsonian archives and Gale’s leading digital collections. Selected to meet the rigor of U.S. History curriculum, this unique resource brings together critical and hard–to–find materials into a single experience. Primary source overviews authored by Gale contextualize the artifacts, while critical thinking questions allow for easy addition to any lesson plan.