BriarcliffMiddle School

Digital Magazines

Flipster
Access our magazines from anywhere!  Cross platform – download Flipster smart phone App or use desktop browser.

Title List:  Ask, Brain Space, Cicada, Cobblestone, Click, Discover, Faces, Girls Life, How it Works, J-14, MacWorld, National Geographic, National Geographic History, National Geographic Kids, PC World, Popular Science, Readers Digest, Sports Illustrated Kids, and The Week

Databases

Credo - SOURCE
Source is a one-stop research platform combining citable reference content with instructional videos and tutorials, as well as access to your other subscription databases. Source is a great
starting point for research.

ABC-CLIO is an award-winning publisher with a fifty-year tradition of quality and integrity. All content in their online resources is reviewed and approved by subject experts, scholars and elite educators.

Access to individual databases: 

Daily Life through History

In Daily Life through History discover details about past eras that make historical accounts relevant and meaningful from their modern-day perspectives. A truly unique reference resource, DLtH explores ordinary life through time and across the globe, bringing the past to life through details and insights that turn flat descriptions of historical characters into real, "just like me" human beings. Supports American history classes and literature as well as cross-disciplinary resources for examining historical topics like food and cooking, celebrations, clothes, romance, work, religion, housing, language and social customs. 

World History: Ancient and Medieval

World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras explores ancient civilizations, dynasties, and empires and profiles city-states, countries, and regions of the ancient and medieval world. It encompasses intellectual developments, wars, religion, cultural practices, and more from prehistory through to the beginning of the Renaissance.

World History: The Modern Era

This resource will cover a broad range of topics in depth - the evolution of modern Europe since the Renaissance; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world; the global impact of the Industrial Revolution; and the last 100 years of conflicts and international cooperation.

Britannica School

Britannica School is the go-to site for learning more about any subject-for all grades and all reading abilities-offering 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, or High.

EBSCO Host Research Databases

Gain access to Journals, Magazine, Newspapers, Encyclopedias, General Reference, Novel List, Literary Reference Center, Points of View, Salud en Espanol and Non-Fiction collection.

Facts on File

Available Databases: American History Online, American Women's History Online, African-American History Online, American Indian History Online, Modern World History Online, Ancient and Medieval History Online, World Atlas, Science Online, Health Reference Center, Curriculum Resource Center, Curriculum Resource Center: Junior Edition, Literary Reference Online, Ferguson's Career Guidance Center, Personal & Business Forms Online, High School / Middle School ebook collection, and Issues and Controversies

Gale Databases

• Gale Virtual Reference Library - Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.

World History Encyclopedia 
A non-profit educational company that publishes and maintains articles, images, videos, podcasts and interactive educational tools related to history. Curated resource on history, with short, user-friendly articles on a vast array of topics.

Tools

Noodle Tools

Noodle Tools provides innovative software that teaches students and supports teachers and librarians throughout the entire research process.

• Search intelligently
• Assess the quality of results
• Record, organize and synthesize information using online notecards
• Format your bibliography in MLA, APA, or Chicago/Turabian style

Canvas

Mountain Lakes Learning Management System for students

Other Libraries

Mountain Lakes High School Library Catalog & Databases
Access MLHS Library catalog and databases.

Mountain Lakes Public Library

Access from school to the Mountain Lakes Public Library catalog and databases. May need library card number to use some features and databases.