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Library Resources
Use ILL for FREE to request any article or book that UM Libraries does not own. Articles are always in PDF form, sent within 24-48 hours. Books (especially print) may take up to 2 weeks.
Join us! Most workshops require registration.
Contact the IDEALab (located on the 1st floor of the library) to set up a 3D print, poster print, borrow a MacBook, make buttons, and more.
Databases Designed for K-12 Students
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Literary Reference Source This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day.
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Primary Search This link opens in a new windowProvides full text for more than 70 popular magazines for elementary school research.
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Middle Search Plus This link opens in a new windowContains full text for 140 popular, middle school magazines.
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CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Contains original, comprehensive reports and analysis on issues in the news. CQ Researcher is part of CQ Collections.
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MAS Ultra This link opens in a new windowContains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines.
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NoveList This link opens in a new windowProvides fiction book reviews and recommendations, appropriate for young children and adults.
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Lexile Reading LevelsThis resource, which is freely available online, identifies books based on lexile ranges. You can search by specific titles, lexile level, or school grade.
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Book Collection: Nonfiction This link opens in a new windowAbstracts and searchable full text for more than 4,000 popular nonfiction books. Includes full text entries on core subject areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills and more.
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Mississippi Digital LibrarySearch the history of Mississippi through this freely available database of digitized materials from Mississippi colleges and universities.
Books
To find books relating to teaching in the social sciences, try using the following Library of Congress Subject Headings, or a combination of keywords and subject terms, when browsing the library CATALOG for print and electronic books, government information, special collections, and other materials owned by the UM Libraries.
- Social Sciences -- Study and teaching
- Social Sciences -- Study and teaching (Preschool)
- Social Sciences -- Study and teaching (Primary)
- Social Sciences -- Study and teaching (Early childhood)
- Social Sciences -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
- Social Sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
- Social Sciences -- Study and teaching -- Research
- Social Sciences -- Study and teaching -- Standards
- Social Science teachers -- Training of
You may also want to browse our curriculum print holdings on the 1st floor of the J.D. Williams Library near the Juvenile Collection: Mississippi Curriculum Textbook Collection