LibGuides: Electronic Resources Provided by Alabama Virtual Library (AVL): Middle School Resources

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Britannica Middle School
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Encyclopedia geared towards 6th-9th grades
A Britannica database provided by the AVL
Explora Middle Schools
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Journal articles in various subjects and arranged by categories, specifically geared towards grades 7-9.
Gale Literature
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Gale Literary Sources integrates full-text literary content with metadata and subject indexing and provides workflow tools to analyze information. You can research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across your library's Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.
A Gale Cengage database
Elementary in Context
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Introduce elementary students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content.
A Gale Cengage database provided by the AVL
Middle School in Context
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Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more.
A Gale Cengage database

Animal Kingdom
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Encyclopedias, current magazine and journal articles
Part of Britannica School Elementary provided by the AVL

Britannica Middle School
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Encyclopedia geared towards 6th-9th grades
A Britannica database provided by the AVL
Explora Middle Schools
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Journal articles in various subjects and arranged by categories, specifically geared towards grades 7-9.
Middle School in Context
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Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more.
A Gale Cengage database

Explora Middle Schools
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Journal articles in various subjects and arranged by categories, specifically geared towards grades 7-9.

Britannica Elementary School
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Encyclopedia geared towards K-6
A Britannica database provided by the AVL
Explora Elementary Schools
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Journal articles in various subjects and arranged by categories, specifically geared towards grades K-6.
PebbleGo
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K-12 resources for animals and science
Contains more than 200 animal articles, correlated to science standards, educational games, audio and video, and read-aloud capabilities.

Elementary in Context
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Introduce elementary students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content.
A Gale Cengage database provided by the AVL
Tour of the U.S.A.
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Atlas of the US through the World Atlas
A Britannica database provided by the AVL
World Atlas
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World atlas encyclopedia
A Britannica database provided by the AVL