The California State Library has purchased online databases for use by K-12 students in the state. To make access to these online resources simple, you can access them through your MCOE Portal account with no additional cost. See below for list of resources and descriptions of each. Vendor agreements and student data privacy
Britannica Fundamentals
Engaging and fun learning experience for students in kindergarten through second grade. Britannica Fundamentals has four unique and engaging paths for learning: Play, Read, Create, Explore. From language and literacy to geography and mathematics, Britannica Fundamentals supports classroom curriculum while also building digital literacy.
Britannica Escolar
Britannica Escolar is a Spanish-Language Resource for Native Speakers, Bilingual Students, and Students Learning Spanish. It provides accurate and age-appropriate encyclopedia content in two distinct levels of unique content—Primaria (Elementary) and Secundaria (Middle School).
Britannica School
Britannica School offers thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites, and three separate databases – elementary, middle, and high school.
ProQuest Central Student
ProQuest Central Student is a multidisciplinary resource that brings together some of ProQuest’s most used databases in education, humanities, psychology, science, social sciences, and news with results from thousands of journals, magazines, newspapers, videos, reports, and other types of content. The database provides students with millions of articles from more than 10,000 full-text scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers needed for academic success from the secondary education level through the university level.
ProQuest CultureGrams
CultureGrams is an online resource of reports on 209 countries, each U.S. state, and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories. Reports contain information on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world’s people, as well as audio, video, images, maps, infographics, and classroom exercises. The content is written at a range of reading levels to support a variety of users.
ProQuest eLibrary
ProQuest eLibrary delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content designed to support every range of users, including middle and high school students, college-prep and college-level researchers, and professional educators. Educators can search for resources that correlate to state and national standards, including Common Core State Standards. eLibrary’s updated interface and features make research easy. Researchers will find the answers they need from more than 1,700 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcript titles, plus a collection of over 7 million maps, pictures, weblinks, and audio/video files.
ProQuest School & Educators Complete (Ebook Central)
Ebook Central (ProQuest School & Educators Complete) includes ebooks from publishers such as ALA Editions, ASCD, Classroom Complete, and the National Science Teacher Association. The collection now includes a growing selection of over 12,000 titles with unlimited, multi-user access and a wealth of information in professional development and training resources. Almost 4,500 titles in the database have relevance to state, national or provincial curriculum standards, with coverage of all Common Core subjects.
ProQuest SIRS Discoverer
SIRS Discoverer is a general reference database providing safe, reliable, curriculum-aligned content and features for use by students and educators in the Primary and early Secondary school market segment. It is the only resource for materials targeted to student research. All content is hand selected and indexed from over 2,100+ reliable high-quality sources. SIRS Discoverer is created with special care to provide for differentiated instruction and information literacy requirements. High interest, relevant non-fiction newspaper and magazine articles, as well as graphs, tables and political cartoons are all easily accessible through easy-to-follow search and browse options.
ProQuest SIRS Issues Researcher
SIRS Issues Researcher delivers the pros and cons on today’s complex social issues with relevant, credible information that tells the whole story on the major questions of the day. Go in depth into any one of 345+ critical, current, and enduring social issues. Analysis and opinions hand selected from thousands of national and international sources such as newspaper & magazine articles, websites, videos, multimedia graphics, charts, maps, statistics, primary sources and government documents.
TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks is a suite of instructional resources that enrich the fiction and nonfiction books read by children and young adults. Databases include:
- Book guides & lesson plans
- Diverse books
- Literature-based vocabulary lists
- Meet-the-Author videos and book readings
- Resources for award-winning books
PBS Video Collection
Collection of more than 1,500 streaming videos of educational documentaries and series from PBS.
Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids
Suite of content from National Geographic Kids, including full articles from years of the magazine, books published as part of the NatGeo Kids library, and specialized videos.
Gale in Context: Environmental Studies
Specialized suite of content at the middle school and high school levels that specifically addresses issues and topics related to the environment, from the science concepts to manmade impacts to policy.
Gale Interactive: Science
This interactive tool includes 3D modules and interactive components to explore science – anatomy, chemistry, biology, earth science. Guides lead students through terms and concepts, as well as self-assessments to further learning.