Middle School Library: Databases

Britannica is a fact-checked online encyclopedia with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and images.
School Access ID: dubaiamac
Passcode: leopards
then sign in with your Google account.

World Book is an online encyclopedia with information on many subject pictures, facts, and videos covering many subject areas. Be sure to use the ‘Student’ interface, as it is for middle school students. (dubai/leopards)

Ebsco is a provider of research databases, e-journals, magazine subscriptions, E-books on all topics and curricular areas. (dubai/leopards21!)

Explora is designed to meet the unique needs of its users, Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.
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Newsela is an online news platform that offers current event articles at differentiated reading levels for students from elementary to high school. Sign in using Google account.

The New York Times offers breaking news, multimedia, reviews & opinion on Washington, business, sports, movies, travel, books, education, and more.
*Copy this link to create an account https://myaccount.nytimes.com/verification/edupass**

This site allows you to look critically at news articles published online. It gives the same topic under three different lenses, left, center, and right.

A group of world wide scientists sort fact from from fiction in climate change media coverage.

This nonpartisan website where Internet users can quickly and easily get information about eRumors, fake news, disinformation, warnings, offers, requests for help, myths, hoaxes, virus warnings, and humorous or inspirational stories that are circulated by email

Politicfact features the Truth-O-Meter that rates statements as “True,” “Mostly True,” “Half True,” “False,” and “Pants on Fire.”

Researches urban legends and other rumors. It is often the first to set the facts straight on wild fake news claims.

Fact check are excellent and sourced.