CPS+Databases

Various databases are provided by the Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries and are free for your use. The databases greatly expand the school library's resources and in many cases will provide you with the correct bibliographic citations. Online databases are often superior sources of Internet-based information because they are: The databases are password protected. Please see the librarians for the user name and password to access them.
 * Authoritative
 * Relevant
 * Accurate
 * Often viewable in full-text
 * Usually available remotely from home and school

|| || Millions of articles on as many topics. Includes Internet links, magazine articles, teacher resources, timelines and more. Select the appropriate grade level. Includes Britannica’s Spanish language version. ||
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 * = [[image:http://www.gale.cengage.com/images/database_icons/src_junior_lg.gif caption="Student Resource Center: Junior " link="@http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/start.do?prodId=SRC-4&userGroupName=cps8330"]] || Offers middle schools students primary source documents from the American Journey series; a wealth of award­-winning references including overviews and critical essays; biographies, multimedia features and much more. ||
 * = [[image:Kids Info Bits.png caption="Kids Info Bits"]] || Offers K­-5 students an easy to use graphic interface including a topic tree search and age­-appropriate, curriculum-­related magazine, newspaper and reference content. ||
 * = [[image:Student Resources in Context Icon.png caption="Student Resources in Context" link="http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/?p=SUIC&u=cps8330"]] || Offers contextual information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events. Includes authoritative reference content, full­ text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites. ||
 * = [[image:Gale Virtual Reference Library.png]] ||= 
 * = [[image:http://info.eb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/School_btn.jpg width="210" height="76" link="@http://school.eb.com/"]]
 * = [[image:http://static.nbclearn.com/files/nbcarchives/LearnAssets/toolkit/nbcLearn_logo_k12_hz_pos.jpg width="210" height="46" link="@http://cps.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12"]] || NBC Learn: Access thousands of high-quality archival, original, and currents events videos for use in classroom instruction, student projects, and homework ||
 * = [[image:http://www.teachingbooks.net/images/tb_logoc.gif width="206" height="58" link="@http://www.teachingbooks.net/home/"]] || Provides original, in ­studio movies of authors and illustrators; a wealth of multimedia resources on K­​-12 books that generate enthusiasm for books and reading. ||
 * = [[image:News Bank.jpg]] || Offers Chicago Sun Times (1986 to present) and America's News Magazines, major news magazines covering current events in science, politics, foreign policy and more. ||