American Spaces: eLibraryUSA

INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19

The Office of American Spaces has compiled free resources on COVID-19 from eLibraryUSA vendors for use by American Spaces staff and patrons.

NEWS AND MAGAZINES

PressReader
Read popular newspapers from around the world and U.S. magazines in an easy-to-read and browse format.

Magazines on Flipster
Access the latest issue of popular magazines in the U.S. including National Geographic, Entrepreneur, Wired, Fast Company and Popular Science.

 

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH RESOURCES

Gale Academic OneFile
A great resource for students and teachers for research and study. Search your topic in 8,000 academic journals.

JSTOR
A searchable database with journal articles focusing on the social sciences, economics, and history.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
Contains 1.5 million dissertations and theses written by graduate students from over 700 universities.

Gale In Context: Middle School
Read and research any topic in over 1000 journals, newspapers and magazines. Geared to 11-13 year old students.

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Learn the view of experts on controversial and debated topics, and read articles on these topics in thousands of newspapers and magazines.

 

INFORMATION LITERACY AND ONLINE SAFETY

Digital Literacy
A database on digital literacy including how to create a podcast, social media campaign, multimedia presentation and other digital projects.

 

STREAMING VIDEO RESOURCES

Kanopy
Stream from a selection of over 100 documentaries exploring the most inspirational and interesting contemporary topics in the United States.