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Urbana Middle School Library Media Center

UMS Media Center

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Online Public Access Catalog
Classic OPAC
LS2 Book River OPAC Classic OPAC
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But read below first!!!
(You will need to log in to place holds and create lists, tags, or reviews. Go to "My Account." Your ID is your student number. Your password is the last four digits. If you have overdue books or a fine you may not be able to renew or place holds.)

Click HERE for detailed directions on logging in.

Surf Our Subscription Online Databases for all your research needs! (Even photos!)

Ask your library media specialist for the login and password to access these databases from home. This info is also in your student agenda.

 Ancient History Ancient and Medieval History  Online explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
BrainPOP Brain POP is available from UMS school computers only, and during school hours only. BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students.
 Bridges Bridges career and educational planning system offers test prep, career information, and planning tools. Create your personal portfolio.
 Cobblestone
Access the entire collection of articles from Cobblestone magazines. Subject areas: American history, contemporary world cultures, geography, world history, physical science, astronomy, earth science, archaeology, African American history, and general social studies and science topics.
 CultureGram logo Culturegrams offers cultural, historical, and geographical information on countries around the world and the 50 states. Also includes photographs, timelines, short biographies of famous people from each location, maps, and audio files of state songs.
  From this Discovery Streaming Student page, you will be able to access the video clips for assignments, quizzes, and writing prompts that your teacher has created for your class.
 Virtual Reference Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of many of our UMS print encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible in the media center, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.
 InfoTrack Junior Infotrack Junior Edition periodical database is designed for students in middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more.
 Issues & Controversies logo Issues & Controversies helps researchers understand the crucial issues we face today, exploring more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, with links to a 12-year back-file, Issues & Controversies offers in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates.
Salem History Salem History provides online access in eBook form to our Great Lives and Great Events from History Reference Resources. Access to the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the 17th Century and the 18th Century.
Science Resource Center Science Resource Center offers the latest scientific developments as covered in over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality websites. An in-depth, curriculum-oriented science database that provides a one-stop resource for earth science, science history, life science, physical science, science and technology, space, and much more.
SIRS Discoverer logo SIRS Discoverer is a general reference database for grades 1-9 with full-text articles and images. Features include activities such as science experiments, craft projects, writing activities, biographies of every U.S. President and other notable people, fiction articles, and country facts. Discoverer WebFind is a database of carefully chosen Internet resources on almost any subject appropriate for researchers in grades 1-9. Online tutorial available.
SIRS Knowledge logo SIRS Knowledge Source is a collection of 6 databases for students in grade 6-12. Full-text articles, graphics, photographs, government documents, primary sources, ebooks, and previewed websites.
Student Resource Center Student Resource Center provides a fully-integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 300 magazines, newspapers ovver 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips.
 Teaching Books Teaching Books provides original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of professional book readings, guides to thousands of titles, and a wealth of multimedia resources.
Today's Science Today’s Science bridges the gap between the science that students learn in the classroom and the discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today. Updated weekly!
 
World Almanac Search The World Almanac reference database for facts, figures and other statistical information on topics of general interest. Please note: World Almanac is now incorporated within Facts on File's Issues & Controversies. Click on the "Almanac" tab in Issues and Controversies. Includes an encyclopedia as well.
World Book World Book Online  (4 Editions: Kids, Student, Advances,Spanish) provides full-text of print version plus additional articles, an atlas, multimedia content, and "Behind the Headlines" (current events) as well as an intermediate-level Spanish Encyclopedia. It also contains a vast collection of primary source documents.