“Middle” Search® Plus Targets “Middle” School Needs

The Middle Search® Plus database is a division of EBSCOhost that targets middle school students, grades 6-9. This database provides quality journal and reference resources, including full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a Lexile reading level. Middle school students are at that stage where materials can be too elementary or too advanced. Lexile levels will allow students, teachers, and parents to choose readings that are best suited for a student’s needs.

Middle Search® Plus contains:

1. ✴ 105,786 primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History a database of over 1,000 original historical documents including The Bill of Rights, The Constitution, The Federalists Papers, and the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
   

2. ✴ 84,774 full text biographies
   

3. ✴ Reference books including the Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia and American Heritage® Dictionary, 4th Edition from Houghton Mifflin,
   

4. ✴ The Encyclopedia of Animals™ - a database with over 2,200 entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and dinosaurs
   

5. ✴ Abstract coverage of USA Today
   

6. ✴ Coverage of the CIA World Factbook (and maps)
   

7. ✴ And an image collection of 400,972 photos, maps and flags.
   

Click on the Comprehensive Lists links on the right to see a full listing of the resources and titles available.