Online Subscription Sites
Click the icons below to access the online subscriptions offered by Polk County Schools. These sites are for use by all students of Polk County schools. Some require a password. This may be obtained from your school library media specialist.
Comprehensive, current, authoritative, accessible, and aligned, this masterful collection of social studies resources develops students' historical understanding, information literacy, and critical thinking skills.
Searching for Accelerated Reader books is fun and easy with this free online tool.
CountryReports.org is the leader in providing Cultural, Historical and Statistical information for students of all ages. With over 30,000 pages of information, students can gain a unique insight into the everyday life and cultures of the peoples of the world.
Another great source of cultural, historical, and statistical country information. Includes a new Kids section.
Here you will find several databases that will give you access to current information for any subject area. You can search one at a time or search multiple databases with one search.
This is the Product Selection Page for the Gale online resources. From here you can search all the databases below from one search as well as additional databases. This is a great place to start researching.
Premier database covering today’s hottest social issues, from Terrorism to Endangered Species, Stem Cell Research to Gun Control.
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
A collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronological research materials for the study of world history.
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.
Researching science topics has never been easier -- with Science Resource Center, thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations are just a few clicks away and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites.
Connect To over 180,000 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.
TeachingBooks.net is a time-saving portal to thousands of online resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books and their authors.
This industry-leading online information retrieval and organization system brings out the best in H.W. Wilson’s content and your library’s holdings. Its versatile, intuitive, and powerful search and administration functions have been designed and developed with your library, your specialty, and your patrons in mind.
Full featured online encyclopedia and reference center.
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