Middle Years Electronic Library Resources (Grades 7-8)

  • BrainPOP

    Library of videos, quizzes, and activities

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  • BrainPOP ELL

    A English language learning program which includes short animated movies, games, and quizzes

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  • BrainPOP Español

    Library of videos, quizzes, and activities

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  • Britannica Escolar

    Accurate age-appropriate content for Spanish native speakers, bilingual students, and students learning Spanish

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    Password: empirelink

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  • Britannica School

    Available at three levels - elementary, middle, and high. Provides text-to-speech in over 100 languages

    *Click the "Related Tab" for Additional Resources

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    Password: empirelink

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  • Country Watch: Culture Watch, Elections Central and Videos

    *Click on Culture Watch to search cross-curricular data and advanced information on countries

    *Click on Elections Central to search by country or USA Special Election Reports

    *Click on Videos to view short documentaries reviewing the geography, history, politics, and economics of the country

    Username: yonkers 

    Password: yonkers

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  • Follett Destiny Library Catalog, eBooks and Digital Resources

    Yonkers Public Schools Library System Catalog. Search by keyword, title, author, subject, series, reading, interest, or lexile levels. Destiny also includes: Destiny Discover (eBooks), Webpath Express (Websites), Title Peek (Book Summary and Review), One Search (Databases), and Digital Resources (Safari Montage). Available in Spanish

    *Students and staff can browse, access and read eBooks 24/7; 365 days a year 

    Username for Students: student ID#                                             Username for Teachers: initials, followed by clock ID#

    Password for Students: student                                                     Password for Teachers: clock ID#

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  • Novel: New York Online Virtual Electronic Library

    Search periodicals and newspapers at NOVELNY, a statewide virtual library provided free to the public by the New York State Library. 

    Search the following databases:

    *Academic OneFile

    *Agriculture Collection

    *Business Economics and Theory

    *Business Insights:Essentials

    *Communications and Mass Media Collection

    *Computer Database

    *Criminal Justice Collectiom

    *Culinary Arts Collection

    *Diversity Studies Collection

    *Educator's Reference Complete: Full-text journals and reference; Full-test reports 

    *Environmental Studies and Policy Collection

    *Expanded Academic ASAP

    *Fine Arts and Music Collection

    *Gardening, Landscaping and Horticulture Collection

    *Gender Studies Collection

    *General OneFile

    *General Reference Center Gold

    *General Science Collection

    *Health Reference Center Academic

    *Home Improvement Collection

    *Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection

    *Informe Académico: Full-text articles from and about Latin America

    *Information Science and Library Issues Collection

    *Info Trac Newsstand: Serach full-text newspaper articles

    *Insurance and Liability Collection

    *Kids InfoBits: Graphic Interface with full-text content; Audio in 40 languages

    *Military and Intelligence Database

    *Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Perspectives on many issues; Audio in 12 languages

    *New York State Newspapers: Search newspapers published in New York State 

    *Nursing and Allied Health Collection

    *Pop Culture Collection

    *Psychology Collection 

    *Popular Magazines

    *Research in Context: Videos and reference resources; Audio in 40 languages

    *Religion and Philosophy Collection

    *Small Business Collection

    *Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection

    *U.S. History Collection

    *Vocations and Careers Collection

    *World History Collection

    *War and Terrorism Collection

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    Password: empirelink

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  • One More Story

    An online library of the best classic and contemporary picture books narrated and set to music. Features I can read it mode for emerging readers, with a click-to-hear option for unknown words. Browse the library by bookshelves, keyword, reading or lexile level

    *For mobile devices in School, download the Android or Kindle App.

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    Password: none

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  • Opposing Viewpoints in Context

    Contains a range of perspectives on many important issues, with over 13,000 pro/con viewpoints. Includes a variety of reference types. Provides text-to-speech capabilities in 12 languages

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    Password: empirelink

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  • Research in Context

    Includes reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Provides text-to-speech capabilities in 40 languages

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    Password: empirelink

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  • Teaching Books

    Includes thousands of multimedia resources to support author studies for children's and young adult books and their authors. Includes: movies, interviews, book discussions with prepared questions, background information, and teaching materials

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    Password: yonkers

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  • Westchester Library System

    Listen, read, and watch eBooks, audiobooks, and music

    Username: a public library card from any municipality within Westchester County

    Password: a public library card from any municipality within Westchester County

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  • Yonkers Public Library

    Includes: Biography in Context, Biographical Dictionary, Chilton Library, Freegal, Freading, Learning Express, Membean, Mango Languages, OverDrive, and more

    Username: Yonkers Public Library card is needed to access some of the databases

    Password: Yonkers Public Library card is needed to access some of the databases

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