Welcome to getting started using the online databases in your classroom. The purpose of this toolkit is to give you an overview of each product as well as important information you will need to know to begin to use these resources effectively in your classroom.

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	The EBSCO bundle includes a wide range of resources targeting primary through secondary students and offering professional development opportunities to teachers. Includes over: 1,750 periodicals 8,300 journals 100,000 primary source documents 300,000 photos, maps and flags 72 full text primary school magazines 60,000 juvenile fiction records 520 full text education journals
	The World Book online is a reference collection comprised of: World Book Web World Book Kids World Book Student World Book Advanced Découverte Estudiantil Hallazgos World Book Atlas World Book Dictionary
	The Canadian Periodical Index from Gale Cengage Learning has Indexing of nearly 1,200 Canadian periodicals (English and French) with full-text articles from 550 Canadian periodicals A bilingual interface (English and French) Current periodical articles integrated with Canadian biographies, company profiles, historical information and many other types of information Coverage of a broad range of subjects related to Canada Indexing from 1980 to present Full-text articles from 1983 to present

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