Databases and other Electronic Resources
These online resources are available 24 hours a day. Visit the AHS Media Center for usernames and passwords.
Many of these databases are provided to our school through an agreement with Heartland Area Education Agency.
| ABC-Clio -Collection of social studies resources that help to develop historical understanding, information literacy, and critical thinking skills. |
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| AP Images - The AP Multimedia Archive is a collection of photos, text files, graphics and audio clips. The content goes back prior to the Civil War and is updated daily. All the media files may be used in the classroom for assignments, research, and multimedia presentations. |  |
| AccuWeather.com - A data source of worldwide weather information. The site contains real-time data, as well as 10 years of past weather data, plus local and national forecasts. |
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| Atomic Learning - Web-based software training and curriculum resources for more than 110 applications students and educators use every day. Our just-in-time approach focuses on answering the common questions people have when learning popular software packages. |
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| Discovery Streaming -This site allows students and teachers to download video segments for use in the classroom. |
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| EBSCO Host - Index to magazines, biographies, primary source documents, newspapers, and education journals. |
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| EBSCO - Advanced Placement Source - Designed to meet the needs of students in AP courses. More than 5,500 full-text academic journals and magazines and over 440,000 photos, maps, and flags. | |
| EBSCO - History Reference Center - 170 history periodicals, 112,000 historical documents; more than 119,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 113,000 historical photos and maps; and more than 80 hours of historical video. | |
| EBSCO - Newspaper Source Plus - contains 1,520 full-text newspapers, providing more than 28 million full-text articles; and more than 601,300 TV and radio news transcripts, videos & podcasts. | |
| iCLIPART - http://schools.iclipart.com/iowa |  |
| Literary Reference Center - Full-text for more than 31,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; 100,000 articles/essays of literary journals, 630,000 book reviews, 68,000 classic and contemporary poems, 18,000 classic and contemporary short stories, 5,600 author interviews, 8,200 classic texts, and more! |  |
| Learn360 - Includes streaming media. Content from PBS, National Geographic, Standard Deviants, Sunburst Media and dozens of other educational video producers. |  |
| NoveList - This EBSCOhost database is designed to help users find fiction books. Readers can search for books by title, author, or by simply describing a book they would like to read. |
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GALE: Opposing Viewpoints -Based on the social issues series published by Greenhaven Press and using other reference material, Opposing Viewpoints provides comprehensive information on social issues. |
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| NetTrekker - Connect to over 300,000 of the best online resources, aligned with state standards and organized by readability and grade level. Each resource is carefully selected by educators to ensure it is safe, age-appropriate and 100% academically relevant. |  |
| Points of View Reference - a series of essays tha present multiple sides of a current issue. Each topic includes an overview, point, counterpoint and critical thinking guide. Hosted by EBSCO |  |
| Science Reference Center - contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources | |
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-SIRS Researcher Educator-selected resources help you explore social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues. -SIRS Government Reporter is a comprehensivere source for the study of all aspects of the U.S. federal government. |
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| Soundzabound - Royalty free music library which meets all the licensing and technology requirements needed for education. |
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| Teen Health & Wellness: Real life, Real Answers - provides students with comprehensive curricul |  |
| WILBOR - Thousands of audiobooks are available for download. This is a consortium with public libraries and users must have a library card with Kirkendall or another local library to download. | .gif) |
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World Book Online - Includes all the articles from print set plus primary source databases, Inventions and Discoveries Digital Library, Living Green Digital Library, and French and Spanish Encyclopedias. |
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