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English as a New Language

The Gale, ProQuest, eLibrary and Grolier databases are provided at no cost via the federal Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered  by the New York State Library, This program is called NOVELny.  Teachingbooks.net is provided via your local School Library System.

BRITANNICA ESCOLAR

Spanish encyclopedia with elementary and secondary levels; also ANIMAL KINGDOM and DID YOU KNOW?

BRITANNICA SCHOOL

Three separate databases: Elem., Middle, and High searchable through one interface. Articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites.

INFORME ACADEMICO

Spanish interface with access to Spanish and Portugese language scholarly journals both from and about Latin America.

TeachingBooks.net

TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books.

HEALTH RESOURCES IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES - Authoritative health databases and websites curated by the National Library of Medicine in many languages.

SPANISH LANGUAGE HEALTH INFORMATION RESOURCES - Authoritative health databases and websites curated by the National Library of Medicine in Spanish.

PBS Learning Media

Free video and audio clips, and computer interactives. @1,000 resources in Spanish. Anyone can create free account.

PUBMed Health

Health and consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine

Diversity Studies (Gale OneFile)

Articles that explore cultural differences, influences in society, and more

BRAIN POP ESL

Animated streaming video with interactive features.

Overdrive

One of the most popular ebook and audiobook sites. Users must have an account to checkout items.

Overdrive ENL Currated Lists

Suggested ebooks of books LOE, ebooks for learning languages, bilingual and more.

Teen Health & Wellness

Articles and self-help information. Information available in 103 languages.

Mango

Contains 17 ESL courses; use for conversation practice, streaming video; 60+ languages.

WORLD BOOK KIDS

Online encyclopedia, articles, pictures and more. Translatable into 102 languages.

WORLD BOOK EARLY WORLD OF LEARNING

Database with songs, nursery rhymes and ebooks; translatable into Spanish.

WORLD BOOK ADVANCED

High school level online encyclopedia with articles, pictures, web links; 102 languages.

WORLD BOOK eLEARN

WORLD BOOK KIDS database in Arabic.

ENCYCLOPEDIE DECOUVERTE

French encyclopedia.

135 ebooks in Spanish & English, 40 in Chinese; usable on any computer

PUBMed Health

Health and consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine

Spanish language encyclopedia with a Latin-American perspective. Includes articles, photographs, links and more....