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Accessible online 24 hours / 7 days-a-week using the
username and password available to students at the
Parkview Middle School Library Media Center

Iowa AEA Online -- The following databases are provided to central Iowa schools through an agreement with Heartland Area Education Agency, Johnston, Iowa.

  • Atomic Learning - software help and training tutorials...

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  • Clipart.com - licensed database provided here with permission to use clip art, photos, imates, fonts, and sounds in school-related projects. The only requirement is citing the source!

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  • EBSCO - index to magazines, biographies, primary source documents, newspapers, and education journals.

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  • Multimedia Archive - Allows viewing and printing rights to photos, audio clips, etc. from Associated Press...

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  • SIRS Researcher - Social Issues Research Service articles of social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.

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  • Discovery Education Streaming - digital video content for streaming...

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  • World Book Online - Online version of the full set of World Book print encyclopedia, enhanced with videos, sounds, and more...

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  • TeachingBooks.net - resources on children's and young adult literature, and more...

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  • eLibrary Science  - Science biographies, science news, and more...
  • ProQuest Literature - Author biographies, literature journals, full-text literary works, literary criticism, literary reference sources, and more...

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  • Newsbank.com - full text, electronic edition of the Des Moines Register newspaper, many news magazines including Time, Newsweek, US News & World Report, maps, and more...

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  • NetTrekker - Connect to over 300,000 of the best online resources, aligned with state standards and organized by readability and grade level. Each resource is carefully selected by educators to ensure it is safe, age-appropriate and 100% academically relevant.
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  • SoundzAbound - royalty free music library which meets the licensing and technology requirements needed for education.
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  • Teen Health & Wellness: Real life, Real Answers - provides students with comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.

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The following online databases are paid subscriptions by the Parkview Middle School Library Media Center. User name and password access is available for students and staff upon request.

  • CobblestoneOnline.net is a unique database of thousands of articles from the award-winning magazines of Cobblestone Publishing. Now you can access an entire collection of articles from Cobblestone, Faces, Calliope, Classical Calliope, Odyssey, AppleSeeds, Dig, Footsteps, and California Chronicles magazines.

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  • CultureGrams Online links all CultureGrams editions, including World, Kids, and States. Exclusive online features include: photo gallery, maps, biographies, videos and slideshows, and a unique recipe collection that offers five authentic recipes for every country in the database.
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Parkview Middle School Library Media Center
105 NW Pleasant Street
Ankeny, IA 50023
(515) 965-9640
mike.nieland@ankenyschools.org