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Database/Collection	Description
Boston Public Library eResources - Access with eCard	Available to any Massachusetts resident, eCards provide users with access to magazine and journal articles from BPL's 140+ online databases, as well as downloadable (including iPod compatible) audiobooks, and video and music content.
BrainPOP	BrainPOP features a terrific collection of hundreds of original animated movies about math, English, science, social studies, health and technology, as well as activity pages, timelines, comic strips and other features.
BrainPOP Español	Find Spanish language movies, quizzes, and more here.
BrainPOP Jr.	BrainPOP Jr. features movies, quizzes, games and activities appropriate for students in grades K-3.
CobblestoneOnline.net	This collection includes the full text (from 1980 forward) of Cobblestone, Faces, Calliope, Odyssey, Appleseeds, and other magazines.
CultureGrams	This comprehensive collection features information about the history, culture and daily life of countries and territories around the world, including detailed statistics, maps and much more.
Discovery Education	This marvelous collection includes thousands of curriculum-related video clips, a lesson plan library, an interactive atlas, and much more.
EBSCOHost	EBSCO collections include Middle Search Plus, NoveList Plus (fiction and nonfiction book suggestions, reviews and more), MasterFILE Premier, Newspaper Source, Health Source-Consumer Edition and more.
edHelper.com	This useful site offers curriculum-related content, special education resources and other information and materials for students in grades K-12.
Enchanted Learning	Membership to this resource provides students and teachers with a wealth of information in all areas of the curriculum, as well as additional content available to subscribers only, printable pages, enlargeable print-outs and more.
Gale Virtual Reference Library	This new collection includes full-text encyclopedias about a variety of subject areas. Read, listen to, translate and/or download articles to an iPod or other MP3 player.
SIRS Discoverer and WebFind	This collection includes domestic and international newspapers, magazine articles, reference books, government documents, pictures and recommended web sites.
World Geography	This comprehensive collection from ABC-CLIO features more than 40,000 primary and secondary information sources, including full-text articles, more than 1,500 biographies of important political and cultural figures, maps and images, about countries and regions around the world. CLIOView allows students to compare literacy rates, population growth, natural resources, and other statistical data between and among countries.
World History: Ancient & Medieval	This terrific collection from ABC-CLIO includes coverage of human history from prehistory through the great ancient empires to the start of the Renaissance. The database features more than 6,500 primary and secondary sources, such as full-text articles, 1,200 biographies of important figures, images, maps, and a helpful glossary of terms.