Our CPS Databases The Login (username and password) to all CPS databases for Cuffe students, teachers and staff is Cuffe's four digit unit number.
Student Resource Center - Junior
The middle school version of Student Resource Center-Gold.
Content: Language Arts, Math and Science, Social Studies, Arts
Grade Level: Middle School
 Kids InfoBits
For K-5 students. Features a visually graphic interface, a topic tree search and age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content.
Content: Language Arts, Math and Science, Social Studies, Arts
Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergaden, Elementary
 LitFINDER
Full-text of 126,500 poems, 5,000 short stories, 2,800 essays, 1,800 speeches, and 1,000 plays.
Content: Language Arts, Social Studies, Arts
Grade Level: Middle School, High School
 Gale Virtual Reference Library
CPS resources in the Gale Virtual Reference Library include Africa : An Encyclopedia for Students; Countries and their Cultures; Encyclopedia of World Biography; Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy; Modern American Literature and more!
Content: Language Arts, Math and Science, Social Studies, Arts
Grade Level: Middle School, High School
Student Resource Center - Health Module
Over 1,400 essays on medical and health-related topics including diseases, treatments, and major historical figures in the medical and science fields. Full-text medical and health periodicals, pamphlets, a timeline, photographs and diagrams. Fully integrated into Student Resource Center Gold.
Content: Math and Science
Grade Level: Middle School, High School
 NewsBank
Chicago Tribune Historical Archive (1845 to 1984), Chicago Tribune (1985 to present), Chicago Sun-Times (1986 to present). Includes the Big6 Resource Center.
Content: Language Arts, Math and Science, Social Studies, Arts
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School
 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Search a wide variety of media with the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia-the powerful database that contains both resources for students and activities for teachers and librarians to use with their students.
Content: Language Arts, Math and Science, Social Studies, Arts
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School
Grolier - America the Beautiful
This online database for state research reports allows searches of over 1,400 colorful, easy-to-read, highly interactive articles with over 2,300 of the most useful Web links.
Content: Social Studies
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School
 ABC CLIO
World History
World Geography
American History
State Geography
American Government
Rich reference resources for social studies, history, geography, current events, with teacher resources and links to textbooks. Great for biographies! Includes essays, maps, images, eBooks, primary documents, activities and more.
Content: Social Studies
Grade Level: Middle School, High School
 Britannica
In addition to millions of articles on as many topics, this online encyclopedia includes Internet links, journal and magazine articles, teacher resources, timelines, dictionary and atlas resources. Select the appropriate grade level.
Content: Language Arts, Math and Science, Social Studies, Arts
Grade Level: Pre-K/K, Elementary, Middle School, High School
 Maps 101
4,000+ maps, current events materials, handouts, quizzes, games, lesson plans.
Content: Math and Science, Social Studies
Grade Level: Pre-K/K, Elementary, Middle School, High School
PBS VIDEOdatabase
Online database and library of 345 videos at the Professional Library.
Content: Language Arts, Math and Science, Social Studies, Arts
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School
 TeachingBooks.net
TeachingBooks.net provides original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators and a wealth of multimedia resources on K-12 books that generate enthusiasm for books and reading.
Content: Language Arts, Social Studies, Arts
Grade Level: Pre-K/K, Elementary, Middle School, High School |