ONLINE SPECIALIZED DATABASES AND WEBSITES X means content area is covered in database or website ↓
DATABASE OR WEBSITE NAME AND DESCRIPTION Sources below labeled as ‘Geneseo subscription’ may also be available to you in many school and public libraries.	CURRICULAR AREA Art and Music	CURRICULAR AREA Language and Literature	CURRICULAR AREA Math and Science	CURRICULAR AREA Social Sciences	TEACHING MODELS/ STRATEGIES OR ACTIVITIES
American Memory Contains primary source materials including pictures, audio, video and text documents on American history and culture. Free to all	Some	Some	May include biographical information on some scientists in American history.	X	X
AP Images Contains current and historical pictures, audio, text and graphics from the Associated Press news service.. Geneseo subscription	Some	Some biographical information on authors	Biographical information on scientists and mathematicians Developments in the news Graphics	X
Annenberg videos Includes videos for teachers about learning and teaching; also videos and interactive animations for high school and college students on academic topics.	X	X	X	X	X
Archive of Early American Images "A database of pictures of the colonial Americas from Hudson Bay to Tierra del Fuego, based entirely on primary sources printed ro created between 1492 and ca. 1825." Website.	X			X
ARTstor Register so that you can create groupings of excellent quality images of pottery, sculptures, paintings, drawings, etc. that. you find of interest and organize these in ARTstor for an online presentation. You may search for a specific culture, e.g. Iroquois, or a topic or artist, etc. Geneseo subscription	X	may be some	may be some	X
Children'sLiterature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) [includes Young Adult literature] Identifies and provides reviews of fiction and non-fiction books, audios and films for children and young adults. Searchable by title, subject, age level, etc. To see if we own a title you find in this database, look up title in our library catalog. If not available, you may borrow book items via our Information Delivery Services. Geneseo subscription	X	X	X	X	X Includes some teacher guides and links to other teaching resources
Discovery Education Streaming A digital video-streaming service that includes still images related to K-12 curricula. Important: Quality of titles varies. Social Studies titles should be carefully evaluated for balanced and up-to-date coverage of a topic. Geneseo subscription
EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals also see Science Reference Center below Geneseo subscription			X
EBSCO's Science Reference Center text, images and video for grades 5-12 Geneseo subscription			X
Encarta Online Contains pictures and some audio including national anthems around the world.	X	X	X	X
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia	X	X	X	X
Gale Virtual Reference Library	X	X	X	X
Global Gateway: World Cultures and Resources Especially see the Centers for International Research links Free to all	Some	Some	Maybe	X
Literature Resource Center Provides literary criticism, biographical information and more for all genres of literature. Use Author by Type feature to identify an author or list of authors by themes, genre, literary movement/time period, nationality, ethnicity, gender, date of birth and/or death. Provides full text for most references and links to related websites.		Covers some works for children but most works are for older readers (middle/high school through adult) X
Marco Polo Partnership between MCI Corporation and seven leading educational organizations representing major academic subject areas in K-12 curriculum. More about this site Free to all.	X	X	X	X	X
Miscellaneous recommended educational web sites including national subject area organizations such as the National Council for the Social Studies	X	X	X	X	X
Monroe County Library Virtual Reference Desk	X	X	X	X	X
Music and songs for children and young adults related to all school subjects	X	X	X	X
PBS EducationalServices	X	X	X	X	PBS website includes several sections of interest to teachers.
Periodicals for children and young adults Geneseo subscription	X	X	X	X	Databases include some teacher materials
Periodicals for teachers					X
Rochester Images Rochester History Free to all	X	X	X	X	X
Science Reference Center text, images and video for grades 5-12 Geneseo subscription			X
Searchasaurusfor elementary grades. Young child interface for Primary Search dababase above. Geneseo subscription
United Nations Photo webpage.	X Perhaps some	X Perhaps some	X Perhaps some	X
unitedstreaming A digital video-streaming service provides access to 2,200 videos, 22,000 indexed video clips and 2,000 still images related to K-12 curricula. Important: Quality of titles varies. Social Studies titles should be carefully evaluated for balanced and up-to-date coverage of a topic. Geneseo subscription	X	X	X	X	X Teacher guides and Quiz Center (make and automatically grade quizzes)