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Education Databases
- A multi-disciplinary, full-text, academic journals database.
- Comprehensive, a great 1st choice for college-level research
- The more you know, the more you know!
- Short videos featuring animated characters help introduce new topics and illustrate complex concepts from Science and Technology to music and more!
- Checkout the new GameUp feature for great educational games.
- BrainPOP supports individual, team, and whole-class learning.
- To request a password in Alaska, call 1-800-440-2919
- Where learning gets animated!
- Same great BrainPop educational content but targeted at K-3 students.
- BrainPOP supports individual, team, and whole-class learning.
- To request a password in Alaska, call 1-800-440-2919
- Educational Resource Information Center.
- Access to education literature.
- Professional development for educators.
- A free world-class education for anyone anywhere.
- Students can make use of an extensive video library, interactive challenges, and assessments from any computer with access to the web.
- Videos cover K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even reaches into the humanities with playlists on finance and history. Each video is a digestible chunk, approximately 10 minutes long, and especially purposed for viewing on the computer.
- Powerful search, kid-friendly design, fun to use.
- Great for elementary school research and reports.
- Live Tutors available seven days a week from 1 PM to Midnight Alaska Time, other resources available 24/7.
- Available as a service to Alaskan students in grades K-12 and intro-level college students.
- Requires a PC or Mac and internet access.
- Compatible with a variety of browsers Check here for details.
- Requires Flash on your computer with pop-up blockers turned off.
Professional Development Collection 
- Professional and academic education resources.
- Searchasaurus is a colorful, easy-to-use search interface for elementary and middle school students.
- Accesses three popular elementary and middle school databases (Primary Search, Middle Search Plus and Book Collection: Nonfiction).
- Especially for grades 6-12, searches multiple databases (Health Source – Consumer Edition, Image Collection, MAS Ultra – School Edition, Middle Search Plus, Newspaper Source, TOPICSearch, the American Heritage Dictionary and Columbia Encyclopedia).
- The Teachers Resources section covers Academic Search Premier, ERIC, and the Professional Development Collection.
- Abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
Testing and Education Reference Center
- Find colleges, graduate schools, specialty and career programs, and test prep materials.
- Test prep and practice tests for ACT, SAT, GRE, GMAT, PRAXIS, ASVAB, TOEFL, ASE, U.S. Citizenship and more.
- Get help with your resume, prepare for an interview and more in the Virtual Career Library section.
