Electronic Resources

Instructional Resource Center Electronic Resources

Members of the Media Cooperative have free access to the following electronic resources:

Learn360 - An online streaming video service with a growing collection of videos, video clips, audio and newsreel footage extend learning in all content areas in an online environment. Each user has their own Username and Password

Click here for a Quick Start Guide
Click here for the video tutorials on Learn360

ProQuest Online - Offers comprehensive publication collections, in both full-text and full page image, that meets a wide range of research demands, from general reference to advanced subject matter. Each school has their own Username and Password.

Click here for a Quick Start Guide
Click here for a short video overview
Click here for the full video tutorial (30 min.)

eLibrary - Offers more than 1,500 full-text sources, with an easy-to-use search interface. Includes magazines, newspapers, books, television/radio transcripts, maps, pictures, and audio/video clips. Each school has their own Username and Password.

Click here for a Quick Start Guide
Click here for a video tutorial

eLibrary Elementary - This young, learner-tested design makes research fun! Stocked with age-appropriate articles, videos, sounds, pictures, and much more. Each school has their own Username and Password.

Click here for a Quick Start Guide
Click here for a video tutorial (30 min)

CultureGrams - Goes beyond facts and figures to deliver an insider's perspective on daily life and culture in 182 countries and territories. Includes the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. Includes maps, statistics, a glossary and in depth information in 25 categories. Each school has their own Username and Password.

Click here for a Quick Start Guide
Click here for a video tutorial (30 min.)
Click here for a short video overview (4:22 min)

World Conflicts Today - Presents research resources relating to current events around the globe. Students are able to search the history, culture, resources, statistics, and regional & Global implications of recent events. Social Studies CBA resource recommended. Use World Conflicts Today to relate current events to your students.

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Click here for a video overview demo

World Book Student – Offers more than 25,000 carefully edited encyclopedia articles to suit the educational level of the users most likely to use them, from grades 4 through 12 and adults. Includes World Book Kids Edition, and World Book Advanced. Also includes the Spanish Language Encyclopedia. Each school or district chooses their own method of access – IP Authentication or Username and Password.

Click here for the Customer Training Guide
Click here for a video tutorial on World Book Student
Click here for a video tutorial on World Book Kids
Click here for a video tutorial on World Book Advanced
Click here for a video tutorial on the Spanish World Book

THINKFINITY - contains more than 55,000 authoritative educational and literacy resources for teachers, students and community programs including standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive tools and web sites. Thinkfinity also includes best-in-class evidence-based literacy resources such as the Life Span Literacy Matrix from the Verizon Literacy Network. No username or password is required.