Databases

We offer over 100 PK-12 robust educational databases. Better yet, your students can complete a comprehensive search for all content using our deep discovery search tool inside our FREE digital resource management solution, MackinVIA. Search all of your databases with a single click inside MackinVIA! You can even sign up for some free trials from some of our database partners!

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Award-winning content that’s authoritative, vetted and trusted for accuracy; is continually

updated and reviewed by subject-specific experts; that builds college and career readiness skills; and has access to over 200,000 primary and secondary sources.

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Use ABDO Digital’s databases for: curricular support, interactive games, stunning photos,

leveled text, primary sources, linked glossary terms, easy keyword searching, access anytime from school or home, and simultaneous multi-user access.

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Order SUMMA News Literacy Curriculum and Interactive Media Bias Chart® Educator Pro from

Mackin.com today!

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Order AV2 EyeDiscover, World Languages, Fiction, and Nonfiction databases from

Mackin.com today!

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Based on award-winning print resources with standards-based content, these databases

support a full spectrum of content areas for Social Studies, Science and Biographies for the Upper Elementary to High School student. Through a new and improved interface—updated, more attractive, and easier to use—content is more discoverable and helps to support visual learners. Special features include downloadable images, integrated searching, instant translation into 100+ different languages and more!

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With LibraryPass’ Comics Plus, your students can have access to thousands of age-appropriate

digital comics, graphic novels, and manga—including popular titles for readers of all interests, like Avatar: The Last Airbender & The Legend of Korra, Big Nate, Bone, Disney Princesses, Geronimo Stilton, Stranger Things, Locke & Key, American Gods and timely, award-winning nonfiction like March and They Called Us Enemy.

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Established in 1997 and entirely online, CountryReports offers more than 35,000 pages

of unique, culturally rich content on the countries of the world. Its cultural, historical and statistical information has proven to be valuable to students, parents, teachers and researchers alike. Explore customs and cultures, photos, history, geography, national symbols, economy, population demographics, government, and current events for each country.

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DOGOnews Library Edition is a bilingual – English and Spanish – Literacy and New Database

for elementary, middle, and high school learners and educators.

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Gale, a Cengage company, has partnered with Mackin to make its database content available

on the MackinVIA digital content management platform. Now MackinVIA customers can search Gale databases using MackinVIA’s new Deep Discovery™ tool to quickly find authoritative content, delivering better research outcomes for student success.

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Covering a wide range of topics—including Literature, Philosophy, History, Geography,

and Science—HistoryLab is an expansive historical database. Perfect for K-12 classrooms, HistoryLab presents an abundance of primary source multimedia content in a curated, user-friendly, and interactive environment.

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A subscription to the Journey Back in Time database brings history to life with access to valuable

primary source materials online without limitations. Original scanned materials and reformatted text versions available in English or Spanish. You can: browse 30,000+ original articles, journals and diaries in the vault of Chronicle Resources; read chapters from old volumes in the Rare Book Room; watch Video Time Capsules about the people and events that have shaped our world; create your own lesson plans using the Educators Resource; use the Dictionary of Historical Terms to find helpful definitions; and play educational games.

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Kyte Learning provides personalized professional development around the use of technology

tools in the classroom. Expert teachers across the nation create experience-based training courses that teach both technical skills and classroom application strategies. Content is vetted and aligned to ISTE’s Teacher Standards and broken into bite-sized video modules. Administrators can assign, track, and evaluate training data to understand what teachers are learning to help them obtain the tech skills needed to meet school objectives.

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Database of 100+ biographies of superstars from the world of sports. Updated quarterly

with revised accomplishments. Utilizes a high-interest topic of sports to convey research skills and promote digital literacy.

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Lightbox is a student-centered learning experience you can use on any device. Each Lightbox

digital title comes packed with unique, fully integrated multimedia features, including embedded videos, slideshows, curated weblinks, contextual key word definitions, and high-quality audio narration. Students can “virtually” visit locations around the world with Google Maps and discover all subjects in depth with layered transparencies of maps, diagrams, charts, and timelines. With Lightbox, you can easily cover curriculum topics in language arts, math, sports, social studies, and science in an engaging, interactive environment!

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Literal makes books as engaging as social media. Turn reluctant readers into avid bookworms.

Meet the only reading engagement platform with fully integrated text scaffolding. Hundreds of classic and contemporary titles from the world’s best authors. Use it in the classroom or remotely and witness reluctant readers turn into engaged bookworms with Literal.

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An innovative Animated Map database that combines history and geography using narration and multimedia

technology to bring history to life on your screen. Discover our videos, then sign up for a free trial.

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Q-Files is an online encyclopedia, specially designed for children aged 8 to 13, and ideal

for K-12 schools and public libraries. Containing more than 1,400 pages, all of them carefully vetted by academic experts, this superlative educational resource has in-depth coverage of science, nature, prehistory, astronomy, technology, history, geography, and the arts. Every page is brimming with information, including bite-sized facts (“Q-facts”), top-quality illustrations, diagrams, photos, and videos. Great for homework help, class exercises, and for building lesson plans.

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Exploring Issues is a new, cost-effective, and accessible digital resource that provides

focused coverage and clear analysis of timely, complex, and controversial issues. Every topic is covered with an unbiased overview, thorough and clear pro/con presentations, critical-thinking questions, color infographics and statistics that support positions, cited primary and secondary source quotes, and an annotated list of related organizations for further research.

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Report Builder’s interactive question-and-answer approach helps emerging

researchers find the information they need to write reports. Curriculum-based
topics are concise and supported by eye-catching visuals.

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Rosen Digital offers 3 powerful collections including Core Concepts (Chemistry, Biology and

Periodic Table), Real Life Literacy (Digital Literacy, Financial Literacy and Teen Health & Wellness) and the PowerKnowledge Science Suite (Physical Science, Earth & Space Science and Life Science).

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Rosen LevelUp is a robust adaptive reading platform that brings PreK–2+ educators and students to

one engaging resource to foster students’ literacy growth. Supporting small group and whole class instruction as well as individualized practice, Rosen LevelUp provides a personalized experience for every student!

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Soundzabound Music Library offers a wide variety of music, audio themes and sound effects

for grades K-12 that ensures your copyright safety. Soundzabound is the only royalty-free music library who understands the growing technology requirements and licensing needs for education, having been created by educators for education.

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Story Cove immerses children in highly engaging, animated folktales and read-along audio from

the world’s great oral traditions. Each animated story is leveled and includes differentiated lesson plans to supplement any reading curriculum from K-2nd grade. The easy to use, award-winning platform was developed with classroom teachers to help emerging readers strengthen their core reading skills.

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Instant, unlimited and simultaneous access to over 10,000 high-interest audiobooks from leading

publishers. Tales2go is a subscription audiobook service designed for K12 schools. Tales2go can be accessed on any desktop, laptop, and most mobile devices, both at school and at home.

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Award-winning online resources that deepen literacy instruction. Experience why 30,000+ schools

use TeachingBooks.net to bring literacy to life. Excite students about reading, integrate technology into inspired ELA instruction, make text complexity meaningful and manageable, and host an author, anytime!

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TumbleBooks offers three online database collections of eBooks and educator resources perfect for

K-12 schools and public libraries. These collections contain animated picture books, read-alongs, eBooks, graphic novels, audiobooks, and educational videos. The collection is available around the clock. No downloads, no waiting! If you can access the internet, you can be reading, watching, or listening to fantastic content.

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Vooks is the world’s first streaming platform bringing storybooks to life through animation. With an

expansive library of titles, the Vooks storybook experience adds slight animation, sound and narration to classic and award-winning books that are loved by parents and educators alike. The kid-safe and ad-free streaming library of read-aloud animated storybooks transforms the reading experience by bringing words to life in order to spark every child’s imagination. Vooks combines the love, trust and safety of children’s books with the convenience of online streaming, for a whole new way to experience stories.

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