Social Studies
ABC-CLIO covers Social Studies, Geography, Government, History, Issues and Culture. Used for Social Studies textbook.
GALE Global Issues supports global awareness and provides a global perspective while tying together a wealth of authoritative content like news articles, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and much more.
Infobase provides Classroom Video On Demand (CVOD) - an extensive collection of cross-curricular videos covering every subject for basic through AP courses. Thousands of streaming videos can be searched by topic, grade level, and standards. Citations for all videos included and most have transcripts. Like YouTube for homework assignments!
Newsbank provides world news that explores diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as English, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Arts, History and more to foster critical thinking skills. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national, and local sources.
Black Life in America gives a look into the experiences and impact of African Americans as recorded in newspapers.
Hispanic Life in America covers the experiences and impact of Hispanic Americans from 1704 to present.
Newsela gives access to current events with interactive tools for classroom use in all subject areas at all reading levels. Newsela requires you to login to CLEVER with your Office365 student email and computer password.
ProQuest databases include:
SIRS Issues Researcher provides insight into the most studied social issues presented in Pro/Con viewpoints with critical thinking questions and timelines.
CultureGrams which is a comprehensive resource for information from every country, including foods, recreation, holidays, and lifestyles.
Ancestry for Libraries is a genealogy database with access to a wide range of resources for genealogical and historical research. Includes billions of records in census data, historical photos, plus local narratives, oral histories, indexes and other resources in over 30,000 databases that span from the 1500s to the 2000s. Is considered a supplement to their more comprehensive database Ancestry.com. Access provided by the Arizona State Library & Archives.