California K-12 Digital Resources

These digital resources are provided for all California students from the California State Library .

ProQuest

The icons above and main links below use your school gmail account to login while on school campus.

Use the “Off-Campus Access” links from home or other locations. Username: SEMHSLibrary Password: Eagles#1

• CultureGrams — Concise social, cultural, and political information on countries, U.S. states, and provinces. (Grades 3–12)

CultureGrams Off-Campus Access

• SIRS Discoverer — Safe, reliable, curriculum-aligned content for students and educators. (Grades 3–9)

SIRS Discoverer Off-Campus Access

• SIRS Issues Researcher — Pros and cons on 360+ complex social issues with credible, balanced coverage. (Grades 6+)

SIRS Issues Researcher Off-Campus Access

• eLibrary — Guided Research Edition with a large general reference collection and 11,000+ Research Topics. (Grades 6+)

eLibrary Guided Research Off-Campus Access

• eLibrary — Database Edition with aggregation and editorial guidance for novice researchers. (Grades 6+)

eLibrary Database Edition Off-Campus Access

• ProQuest Central Student — Journals, magazines, newspapers, videos, reports, and more across key subject areas. (Grades 9+, IB, AP, College Prep)

Central Student Off-Campus Access

• ProQuest Research Companion — Self-guided instruction for information literacy, writing, and research skills. (Grades 8+)

Research Companion Off-Campus Access

• Schools & Educators Complete — 13,000+ eBooks supporting ELA, Science, Math, Social Studies, Health/PE, Info Lit, and Tech. (Grades 9+; PD for faculty)

Gale

Gale STEAM resources provide essential, curriculum-aligned digital content for California K-12 learners.

• Gale In Context: Environmental Studies — Understand global environmental issues through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia.
• Gale Interactive: Science — Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.
• Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids — Explore adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.

Encyclopaedia Britannica

A comprehensive interactive resource for research and learning for grades K-12.

Includes correlations to California Content Standards and other valuable teacher resources.

TeachingBooks

Resources for books you are reading and teaching: author/illustrator interviews, lesson plans, and enrichment content.