Resource Databases
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Available for all SJUSD students!
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California K-12 Resources
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Audience: Grades K-12
Description: Unique cultural information provided by natives and long-term residents on daily life and social customs. Common assignments it supports: Country or state report, cultural research, cultural sensitivity. CultureGrams LibGuide
Description: Unique cultural information provided by natives and long-term residents on daily life and social customs. Common assignments it supports: Country or state report, cultural research, cultural sensitivity. CultureGrams LibGuide
Audience: Grades 6-12
Description: Selected articles and graphics on the enduring and talked-about issues of the day. Common assignments it supports: Persuasive essay, debate topics
SIRS Issues Researcher LibGuide
Description: Selected articles and graphics on the enduring and talked-about issues of the day. Common assignments it supports: Persuasive essay, debate topics
SIRS Issues Researcher LibGuide
Audience: Grades 3-9
Description: Selected age-appropriate content on topics of interest to upper elementary and middle school students
Common assignments it supports: Animal report, persuasive essay in middle school, biography report. SIRS Discoverer LibGuide
Description: Selected age-appropriate content on topics of interest to upper elementary and middle school students
Common assignments it supports: Animal report, persuasive essay in middle school, biography report. SIRS Discoverer LibGuide
Audience: Grades 6-12
Description: Massive collection of digitized newspapers, magazines, and images with editorialized topic pages to aid with navigation
Common assignments it supports: Help narrowing down or finding a topic, general reference research, project requiring multimedia. eLibrary LibGuide
Description: Massive collection of digitized newspapers, magazines, and images with editorialized topic pages to aid with navigation
Common assignments it supports: Help narrowing down or finding a topic, general reference research, project requiring multimedia. eLibrary LibGuide
Audience: Grades 9-12
Description: Scholarly and general interest periodical content available in a sophisticated search platform
Common assignments it supports: Higher education coursework, college-bound student assignments. ProQuest Central Student LibGuide
Description: Scholarly and general interest periodical content available in a sophisticated search platform
Common assignments it supports: Higher education coursework, college-bound student assignments. ProQuest Central Student LibGuide
Audience: Educators
Description: Thousands of eBook titles from leading academic and K-12 publishers offering professional development and training resources and titles to support core curriculum topics across disciplines
Common assignments it supports: American history and social science, science experiment, women in history, professional development for teachers School and Educators Complete LibGuide
Description: Thousands of eBook titles from leading academic and K-12 publishers offering professional development and training resources and titles to support core curriculum topics across disciplines
Common assignments it supports: American history and social science, science experiment, women in history, professional development for teachers School and Educators Complete LibGuide
Audience: Grades 8-12
Description: A tutorial product providing video instruction on the important concepts in information literacy including how to write a research paper
Common assignments it supports: Writing research papers, how to find, evaluate, and use information sources
ProQuest Research Companion LibGuide
Description: A tutorial product providing video instruction on the important concepts in information literacy including how to write a research paper
Common assignments it supports: Writing research papers, how to find, evaluate, and use information sources
ProQuest Research Companion LibGuide
Audience: Grades 6-12
Description: A streaming video collection providing an exceptional range of content with the most valuable video documentaries and series from PBSCommon assignments it supports: In-class use to introduce a topic, engage with students who are visual learners
Description: A streaming video collection providing an exceptional range of content with the most valuable video documentaries and series from PBSCommon assignments it supports: In-class use to introduce a topic, engage with students who are visual learners
- Audience: Grades 9-12
- Description: A collection that features select primary-source documents related to critical people and events in African American history.
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Explore a wealth of videos and performing art resources.
Explore a wealth of videos and performing art resources.
Gale Databases available for the San Jose Unified School District