Share this blog: blogs.proquest.com www.proquest.com

College-Prep and Career readiness resources ......... 2

multiple Perspectives forenlightened Students ....................... 4

Primary Sources ................................. 6

targeted instructional resources .............................................. 7

ENGAGE. EXCITE. ENLIGHTEN. ENABLE CONNECTED LEARNING WITH PROQUEST

ProQuest empowers schools and libraries to educate the next generation of information- literate citizens.

ProQuest offers powerful online resources aimed at honing the skills needed for success in the 21st century—connecting students with the tools for research now, and after high school. we help educators capture students’ curiosity, inspiring them to learn through an extraordinary range of college— prep and career readiness resources, and scholarly content. From ebooks to digitized primary sources—such as historical newspapers, literature, journals and periodicals to multicultural and multiple view perspectives—ProQuest introduces students to the information they will need to search and discover, evaluate, and use throughout their academic lives.

PROQUEST RESEARCH COMPANIONProQuest Research Companion is a new cloud-based informationliteracy solution that enables educators and librarians to guide students through research projects efficiently, at every step. designed to be easy, intuitive, and informative, Research Companion helps students develop their critical thinking skills to more effectively find, evaluate, and use information.

Multimedia-based Learning Modules engage students to think more critically and creatively about their research, while the powerful, interactive Tools help students navigate through the research process.

Learning modulesThe material in the Learning Modules unit is presented in visually compelling, creative videos and articles, all written in a conversational style that improves learning outcomes and maximizes retention. An assessment component is also available to measure student progress.

research toolsResearch Companion’s simple Tools feature automates thebasic parts of the research process by leveraging the power of ProQuest data sources, including Ulrich’s™ and Books in Print®. •Source evaluation aid: These tools make evaluating all types

of resources simple—just copy and paste a URL, or type in the title of a periodical or book, and information about that source is returned. •Search aid: helps students develop more effective

search queries.•topic aid: Connects students to topic overviews and helps

them choose a topic they’re really interested in. •revision aid: helps students write persuasively and more clearly.

Customization Customization features provide greater flexibility for educators to incorporate learning modules into their classrooms, workflow, and learning management systems. All videos are embeddable and customized content can be added to Research Companion for a truly classroom-tailored experience.

no matter the project, ProQuest Research Companion can helpyour students to efficiently navigate the path to successful research. visit http://www.proquest.com/go/researchcompanion for a free trial today.

ENGAGE COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER READINESS RESOURCES

2 PROQUEST k12 RESOURCES

“(PROQUEST RESEARCH COMPANION) DESERvES A CLOSE LOOk FROM MOST HIGH SCHOOLS... MEANT TO PREPARE HIGH-SCHOOL... STUDENTS FOR UNIvERSITy LEvEL RESEARCH... THIS TOOL wILL BE wELCOMED By STUDENTS AT EvERy LEvEL OF LEARNING.” — Booklist Reviews

Sign UP FOR FREE TRiALS AT www.PROQUEST.COM 3

EBOOkSEbooks offer a cost-effective way to give students anytime, anywhere access to vast amounts of authoritative information. The Schools and Educators Complete™ Collection from ebrary is especially suited to support research needs of high school students as well as teachers and educators. it features simultaneous, multi-user access to a growing selection of more than 10,000 titles in subject areas such as education, history, language and literature, political science, psychology, religion, sciences, social sciences, and study guides.

Many college preparatory academies and schools looking to build digital ebook collections subscribe to Academic Complete™. with more than 100,000 titles, this award-winning e-book database provides an instant digital library in all academic subject areas. dASh!™ is a complimentary feature of Academic Complete that enables libraries to upload and integrate their own digital materials, extending their value. in addition to hundreds of thousands of ebooks that can be purchased individually, ebrary also offers discounted Starter Packs™ of essential titles in 25 subject areas, including: career guides, language and literature, mathematics, computers and iT, physical sciences, and more.

with flexible acquisition and usage models, we make it easier to access and purchase the most relevant ebook content for your school and students. From customizable subject set packages, to the Academic Complete subscription, we’ll work with you to develop a tailored ebook collection. Learn about other acquisition models, such as short-term loans, at http://www.proquest.com/products-services/ebrary-eBL-Solutions-for-Schools.html.

ELIBRARy® CURRICULUM EDITION eLibrary® Curriculum Edition—the ultimate easy-to-use curriculum and reference resource—delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for k-12 schools and libraries of all kinds, as well as two distinct subject-based collections:

•ProQuest Learning Literature offers a comprehensive integrated literary reference resource for original full-text works, author biographies, literary criticism, and more.•History Study Center delivers thousands of primary and

secondary sources covering ancient to modern U.S. and world history.

Powered by our MediaSeek knowledge base of educational standards, educators can even search for resources that correlate to state and national standards, including Common Core State Standards.

eLibrary Curriculum Edition users find the answers they need from more than 2,500 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts—plus more than 7 million pictures, maps, weblinks, and audio/video clips. Titles include: The Economist, History Today, Jet, The Lancet, Library Journal, Newsweek (Global Edition), The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and Wall Street Journal.

Educators and librarians can use our state and national standards search to locate standard-aligned articles and other resources, which saves teachers time in the lesson planning process, and ensures that library resources are correlated directly to learning benchmarks.

CONNECTED wORLDMULTIPLE PERSPECTIvES FOR ENLIGHTENED STUDENTS

4 PROQUEST k12 RESOURCES

CULTUREGRAMS™

Named ‘Best for Reports” by Library JournalCulturegrams™ is a leading reference for concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world. with global events increasingly affecting our lives, it’s more important than ever to educate students about the world around them, and to prepare them for college and the world beyond. Culturegrams provides country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world’s people.

individual reports covering 200+ countries, all 50 United States, and the Canadian provinces, are written and reviewed by in-country experts and are updated as new information becomes available, so you can be sure you’re offering only the very best, most current information to staff and students.

now available with text-to-speech and mobile capabilities, sign up for a free trial to see and hear how Culturegrams can make a world of difference for your students today at http://www.proquest.com/products-services/culturegrams.html.

whEThER yOU nEEd TO hELP yOUR STUdEnTS ExPLORE ThE viEwPOinTS OF PEOPLE Living in diFFEREnT COUnTRiES And CULTURES, OR ExPLORE ThEiR Own viEwPOinTS On iMPORTAnT iSSUES, PROQUEST hAS yOU COvEREd.

“…(I) AM EvEN MORE IMPRESSED wITH CULTUREGRAMS™ NOw THAT I kNOw HOw THE ARTICLES ARE wRITTEN. IF yOU LOOk AT OUR USAGE STATISTICS, yOU wILL SEE OUR STUDENTS USE CULTUREGRAMS ALL THE TIME…. EvERyONE HERE LOvES IT.” —Ann yawornitsky, Librarian, wilson Southern Middle School

Sign UP FOR FREE TRiALS AT www.PROQUEST.COM 5

PROQUEST SIRS® ISSUE RESEARCHERnearly 350 key social issues are covered in-depth using best-of information compiled from thousands of global full-text and multimedia sources. SiRS® issues Researcher’s Leading issues pro/con framework helps students pick a topic and understand its origins, related issues, global perspectives, and essential questions under debate. Research tools, including the iThink Skills Tutor, the MyAnalysis research guide, and the note Organizer, further help students hone their critical thinking skills and present ideas in an organized, cohesive manner.

new issues are added monthly to ensure your students have access to the issues of today. The most recent social issues added include:

•Energy policy •Energy conservation •keystone pipeline •Cancer•For-profit schools

Meet Common Core Standards with the help of ProQuest SiRS® Common Core guide. The 6-step writing guide correlates 8 Common Core Standards to content, features, and tools in product.

Learn why ProQuest SiRS is everything you need to see the whole story at http://www.proquest.com/products-services/sirs_researcher.html.

PROQUEST CENTRAL k12 ProQuest Central k12 is a multidisciplinary database that includes news, science, tech, health, business, social studies, and general interest resources… it’s like having 9 databases in one place!

ProQuest Central k12 delivers millions of articles from more than 8,000 full-text scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers, all via the award-winning ProQuest search engine. Specifically designed to meet high school and college-prep programs, ProQuest Central k12 includes:

•more full-text: get right to the good stuff, right now with the largest collection of full-text periodicals selected specifically to support high school programs. with more current coverage, don’t let a year go by with too many full-text embargoes. Less than 15% of our titles have restrictions that delay the latest articles from becoming accessible when published. And, RSS feeds and same-day full-text for papers like The New York Times keep research as current as news occurs. •more college-prep coverage: Cover every class in your

program, and then some! More than 160 subjects are represented, across 6,200 full-text titles, including nearly 3,400 full-text scholarly journals. Major subject focus includes business, current events, education, health, literature, sciences, and social sciences.

•helicopter parents•virtual classrooms •Syria • iran

PRIMARy SOURCES

6 PROQUEST k12 RESOURCES

PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEwSPAPERSProQuest historical newspapers provides definitive coverage of historical events from significant newspapers dating back to the 18th century. it reproduces every issue in full-page digital images, from front pages, news stories, and editorials to graphics, political cartoons, and advertisements. Using these original sources, students put historical events into perspective and gain insight beyond textbooks. Experience centuries of history firsthand—the Revolutionary war to the war in iraq, industrialization to globalization, social movements, scientific discoveries, and more. Popular U.S. newspapers include The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times, as well as Black historical newspapers, international news titles such as The Guardian, and Jerusalem Post, and Civil war-era papers.

TRENCH JOURNALS AND UNIT MAGAZINES OF THE FIRST wORLD wARProQuest Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First world war is the largest digitized collection of trench journals available, and allows students to explore the real history of the people’s war. This exceptional collection provides invaluable insights into the experience of those serving in the First world war by giving you access to more than 1,500 unit magazines published between 1914 and the end of 1919.

These unique, though little-known, magazines provide an essential counterpoint to the official histories of the First world war. indeed, the unit magazines constitute a library of “lost voices” from the early 20th century, touching all aspects of life and culture in the pre-1919 period. The full-image pages include poems, stories, songs, sketches, jokes, plays, articles, and even advertisements. The magazines are scanned cover-to-cover, in full color or grayscale, with granular indexing of all articles, specialist indexing of publications, and full-text searching. Learn more at http://www.proquest.com/go/trench.

PROQUEST k12 RESOURCES 7

ELIBRARy® SCIENCETake students beyond textbooks with enriching multimedia experiences. eLibrary® Science delivers the online discovery tools students need to excel in the sciences—interactive experiments, up-to-date resources, real-life connections, and engaging activities. it brings together the best and most current science content, with over 400 full-text science periodicals and tens of thousands unique videos, images, websites, and interactive simulations found in no other online science reference resource.

SIRS DISCOvERER® For safe, kid-friendly online learning resources specifically designed for elementary and middle school students, look no further. SiRS discoverer® offers articles, nonfiction books, images, activities, and websites, all thoughtfully curated for their educational relevance, age appropriateness, and readability.

new features include:

•Selected leading issues: Age-appropriate pro/con coverage of leading social issues.• animal facts reports: More than 50 fact pages, great for

beginning researchers.• nonfiction books: More than 500 titles from popular

publishers such as dk and Rourke Publishing.

with robust functionality that includes mobile capability, text-to-speech options, easy citation exports, and a colorful, intuitive interface, SiRS discoverer helps even the youngest students develop their research, writing, language, and computer skills.

PROQUEST’S TARgETEd inSTRUCTiOnAL RESOURCES nOT OnLy MEET yOUR SChOOL’S EdUCATiOnAL STAndARdS, ThEy ALSO hELP yOU EngAgE LEARnERS AT ALL LEvELS—in ThE CLASSROOM And BEyOnd.

TARGETED INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES

Share this blog: blogs.proquest.com www.proquest.com

D4015/CH-BL/6-14

PROQUEST.COM

PARTNERSHIP FOR BETTER LEARNING

For more inFormation, to read our blog, or to sign up for a free trial, visit www.proquest.com/contact.

As one of the largest providers of digital text and multimedia, we are the perfect partner for enhancing your digital and online learning environment. Core strengths include:

•age-appropriate content that has been reviewed by our editors to ensure delivery of safe high-quality online resources for your learners.• information accessibility that gives students the chance

to assess and apply the best information for their needs via resources from around the world.•multimedia-rich delivery that provides filter-friendly, web-

enabled, mobile-ready, media-rich content (maps, pictures, websites, videos, slideshow makers, etc.), adaptable to any mobile, laptop, or other learning devices.

• intuitive technology that includes personalization features, social bookmarking, custom digital content creators, and workspaces that help students organize, create, and present course work—from traditional reports to collaborative projects.• instructional connectivity via intuitive tools that help

integrate resources directly into instruction and align content to state and provincial standards and learning outcomes.•Support for multiple learning needs and styles, with

adaptable reading levels and Lexile measurements, read-aloud, text-to-speech, and language translations, multimedia, and more.

PROQUEST SERvES MORE ThAn 35,000 SChOOLS ThAT SEEk TO EngAgE, ExCiTE, And EnLighTEn TOdAy’S LEARnERS wiTh ThE inTERACTivE MEdiA STUdEnTS wAnT, ThE inSTRUCTiOnAL QUALiTy EdUCATORS wAnT, And ThE EASy inTEgRATiOn TEChnOLOgiSTS wAnT.