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Keystone Middle School Language & Literature Databases

BrainPOP
BrainPOP is an educational website with over 1,000 short animated movies, together with quizzes and related materials, covering the subjects of science, social studies, English, mathematics, engineering and technology, health, and arts and music.
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Britannica ImageQuest
Imagery and clip art materials (infographics, signs and symbols, graphic concepts, and cool vector illustrations) all are rights-cleared for educational, non-commercial use.
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(off campus only)

Britannica School
Britannica School provides general encyclopedia information. It is good for finding information about a topic when you begin research. It includes up-to-date information sources and allows you to move easily to material of higher or lower reading levels as needed.
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(off campus only)

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the solution features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
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Gale in Context: World History
Gale In Context: World History is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. World History merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
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Gale Power Search
Use Gale Power Search to search all the Gale databases at once. Discover a collection of authoritative periodicals, scholarly journals, newspapers, and reference content.
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Newsela
Newsela is a reading tool that provides news articles designed to match a student's reading level.
Only for Faculty and students.
Sign in with your E-mail address and password.

WebPath Express
Access 85,000+ trustworthy and relevant PreK-12 websites. Provides website content and age-appropriate results separated by grade level.
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World Book Online
World Book is a general information encyclopedia database with an American slant. Use this source to find out about your topic when you begin research.
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中国知网
中国国家知识基础设施（China National Knowledge Infrastructure，CNKI）由清华大学、清华同方发起，始建于1999年6月。旨在为全社会知识资源高效共享提供最丰富的知识信息资源和最有效的知识传播与数字化学习平台。
Username and password shared with teachers only. 仅供教师使用。

读秀 Duxiu
读秀是由海量全文数据及资料基本信息组成的超大型数据库。其以430多万种中文图书、10亿页全文资料为基础，为用户提供深入内容的章节和全文检索，部分文献的原文试读，以及高效查找、获取各种类型学术文献资料的一站式检索，周到的参考咨询服务，是一个真正意义上的学术搜索引擎及文献资料服务平台。

Websites about Language & Literature

DOAJ
The Directory of Open Access Journals. This database contains over 15,000 peer-reviewed open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities from all countries and in all languages.
eBooks and Texts
The Internet Archive offers over 20,000,000 freely downloadable books and texts.
JURN
Search millions of free academic articles, chapters and theses in the Arts, Humanities, Business, Law, Nature, Science and Medical fields.
Lexile Framework for Reading
Matching Readers with Texts
Literary devices
Literary devices or literary techniques are specific structures that writers often use to add meaning or create more compelling stories for the reader.
Online Newspaper Directory for the World
Thousands of Newspapers Listed by Country & Region
Poets.org
Poets.org is produced by the Academy of American Poets. The site was launched in 1996, becoming the original online resource for poems, poets' biographies, essays about poetry, and resources for K-12 teachers.
Q-files
Q-files is an online library of knowledge specially designed for children. It includes books in the subjects of Science, History, Culture, Geography, Space, Technology, Life and Earth.
Suggested Reading for Middle School Students (Grades 6–8)
The following titles are recommended as summer reading both to maintain fluency and reading level and to encourage independent reading.
World Digital Library
The WDL make it possible to discover, study, and enjoy cultural treasures and significant historical documents including books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, journals, prints and photographs, sound recordings, and films. Books, manuscripts, maps, and other primary materials on the site are presented in their original languages. More than 100 languages are represented in the WDL collection, including many lesser known and endangered languages.

NoodleTools

NoodleTools
NoodleTools is an online tool designed to help you plan, complete, and collaborate on projects. One of the most popular features is its citation creation application. This feature helps you create a bibliography in MLA or APA format. lt also helps you take notes and organize your paper. Log in with your school Google email address.