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145,000 maps for homework or pleasure. Outline maps, antique maps, political maps, geologic maps, biologic maps, and more. Also, Flags of the World, crossword puzzles, and other teaching tools.

Important facts about all 50 states and 5 U.S. territories. Flags, maps, history, climate, symbols, crossword puzzles, historic photos, and so much more.

Learn about the customs, culture, food, religion, languages, and points of interest for 175 countries. Lesson plans, history, maps, money, and more.

Organized by themes and time periods and vividly illustrated with thousands of primary sources, these 17 databases cover topics such as world religions, world history, the world at war, US geography, pop culture, modern genocide, daily life through history, the Latino American Experience, African American Experience, world geography, American government and more.

A multi-disciplinary database of more than 4,600 magazines and journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full-text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for 8,470 journals. Search for subjects such as: Business, Health and Medicine, History, Language and Literature, Performing Arts, Dance, Reference, Magazines, Journals and Serials, Social Sciences, Area and Cultural Studies, Women's Studies, Political Science, and Psychology.

Provides access to primary source content on Asian American history and daily life. Explore content related to arts and entertainment, civil rights, activism, religion, science, technology and culture. This online resource contains varied and diverse perspectives on a wide range of subjects.

Continuously supplemented with new biographies and updated versions of preexisting articles. Up-to-date information on featured subjects. Users can search for individuals based on any combination of occupation, activity, gender, place of origin, birthday and lifespan.

The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media from 1704-present.

Job Seekers can easily explore the skilled trades and ultimately connects  with employers. BlueCareer has a robust level of information, assessments, and training materials for over 100 skilled trades specialties in one easy to use platform.

Information on countries and territories including customs, lifestyles and social conditions. Includes a special Kids Version for elementary school students.

Ready-to-use, hands-on activities for kids to do at home or at school. Perfect for homeschooling families or working with students who need extra practice in subjects. The content is created by a team of experienced and passionate educators from across the United States.

Self-paced learn-to-code software for kids ages 8-18. Contains hundreds of coding tutorials and dozens of real-world projects.

Search world class archives for official military records from the Revolutionary War onward. Includes official records, stories, photos and personal documents.

The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.

Covering topics in U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century. Contains full-text journals, magazines, reference books and thousands of primary source documents, plus thousands of historical documents, biographies of historical figures, photos, maps, and videos.

Detailed information about fiction books and authors for students in grades K-8.

Contains more than 115,000 articles covering every core-curriculum subject. The articles and their illustrations are derived from the content of seven Scholastic encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, Amazing Animals of the World, and The New Book of Popular Science.

Thousands of searchable and printable educational materials for Pre-K through 8th grade, including skills and activity sheets, mini-books and lesson plans by topics.