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Coverage for several of the most popular and heavily-researched biographies and genres, including those contained within Biography Today and Biography (both dating back to the first issue published).
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Suite of Britannica School resources at four levels - Britannica Fundamentals, Elementary, Middle, and High. School code is MeL5. Each contains resources at the appropriate learning and skill level including primary sources in subjects such as people, countries, science, animals, current events, and biographies.
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K-8. Fiction and nonfiction books you can read online - for school and for fun.
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Provides hundreds of popular magazines and reference books for high school libraries. Covers subjects such as art, history, sports, and music. Includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents. Also includes photos, maps, and flags.
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Magazines and reference books for middle school students. Includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents. Subjects include history, current events, science, sports, and biographies. Also includes photos, maps, and flags.
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Covers U.S. and world history topics and features historical reference books, magazines and thousands of primary source documents.
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Covers literary, scholarly and creative thought. Ideal for students, researchers, and educators interested in any aspect of the humanities.
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Covers broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Wide range of subjects covered including plot summaries, literary criticism, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, short stories and novels, and author interviews.
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Presents different views on the most talked about social issues of today.
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Coverage includes classic and contemporary poems as well as short stories, biographies and authoritative essays.
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Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.
Regional ebook collection featuring University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University Press titles, in cooperation with the Library of Michigan.
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Finding Reliable Information
Sort Fact from Fiction Online with Lateral Reading (video, 4min) - Stanford History Education Group
Perhaps the most agile and useful skill for evaluating the info you encounter on the web, watch this video for an introduction to Lateral Reading.
Check Yourself with Lateral Reading (video, 14min) - Crash Course Navigating Digital Information series
John Green demonstrates how to read laterally, using multiple tabs in your browser to look stuff up and fact check as you read online.
Evaluating Internet Sources - Lydia M. Olsen Library (Northern Michigan University)
Category checklist and questions to consider when evaluating websites.
Information Literacy - Top 3 Basics (infographic) - Michigan eLibrary
Infographic introduction to fact checking basics.
How eResources Help You (infographic) - Michigan eLibrary
Compares subscription eResources (like those freely available to all Michigan residents through the Michigan eLibrary) to search engine results (such as Google) so you can determine which is most beneficial in a given situation.
Databases vs. Websites (video, 5min) - Hennepin County Library, Minnesota
Introduces two types of information resources: databases and websites. Learn the difference between the two resources and when it is best to use one instead of the other.
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