Direct Linking
Select Get Link on the horizontal navigation bar and a new window will open displaying the direct link URL. Tutorials:
Overview
OneFile News provides what researchers expect: instant access to complete, up-to-date content. Put the world’s leading news sources at your users’ fingertips, with easy-to-use features and unique search tools enabling discovery. Students and patrons can delve into current or historical topics with the rich backfile of content. This innovative full-text newspaper resource allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields. OneFile News provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
Target Audience: Grades 9-Adult
Content Connections: All
Access: Username and password information for BCPS staff and students can be found on the BCPS Digital Content Access Page.
⭐Click here to see a list of translation, accommodation, and modification features available for English Language Learners and students with special education needs.⭐
Learning How
GALE Tools video tutorials (tools included in all GALE databases):
Guides:
3. Knowledge Constructor- Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
Features & Learning Supports
Interface available in more than 34 languages
ReadSpeaker technology with 19 text-to-speech languages
Dictionary
Downloadable PDFs allow for offline reading anytime, anywhere
Source citations at the bottom of each article. Export citations to NoodleTools.
Highlight & take notes; Sign In with Microsoft Office to export highlights/notes to OneDrive.
Lexile/Reading Level: Use Advanced Search for a target audience or Lexile range; or after searching, Limit Search Results (on right sidebar) to a reading level or Lexile range.
Use this Reading Level Correlations chart to match Lexile to grade level.