| VITAL is provided by PBS and is free instructional multimedia for NYS educators. BK teachers can access the instructional videos to integrate into curriculum. They videos are aligned to standards and there are usually other supporting resources such as lesson plans, etc. Many of the videos are chaptered so there are ways to not eat up a lot of class time and show only the snippets that apply to curriculum.
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The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. (Click for link) The principal objectives of the WDL are to: - Promote international and intercultural understanding;
- Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet;
- Provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences;
- Build capacity in partner institutions to narrow the digital divide within and between countries
Access these databases for your research: General Information Databases Ebscohost
Magazines, journal, images, newspapers and reference materials on a variety of topics - full text included
Proquest
Source for newspapers and magazines - full text included
Gale Group
Contains many full-text databases on a number of different subjects from Academic Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, New York State newspapers, Health Reference, Business and Company Resources
Grolier's Online Encyclopedia
General information on a wide variety of subjects. Also provides links to authoritative web sites and related journal articles
Directory of Open Access Journals
Full-text quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals
Art and Music Databases
Oxford Art Online
In depth art information, with a wide range of search options, and extensive links to images from galleries and museums around
Oxford Music Online
In depth music information and an ever increasing network of web-lin
History Databases
CQ Researcher CQ Supreme Court Collection
The definitive source for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs.
World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras
Explore historical eras or analyze historical dilemmas
Literary Databases
Bloom's Literary Reference
Resource for literary needs, includes classic through contemporary materials
Twayne's Author Series
Contains full text of information about 600 World, American and English authors and their work.
Science Database
GreenFILE
Explores the relationship between human beings and the environment, with topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond.
Education Databases
LISTA
This world-class bibliographic database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
Teacher Reference Center (TRC)
Coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more for K-12 Teachers & Librarians
Find Additional Materials with These Resources
Monroe County Library
Find more options at your local library. Remember your library card.
Five Systems
This site shares materials between member libraries in the Greater Rochester Area by providing a single-search portal to the almost three million resources in school libraries throughout the area. To access items found in this catalog, please check with your librarian.
WorldCat
Search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world. | Library Links Search the Library in THE OPAC!  Links for the P.I.G. Project
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