Explora for Middle Schools

Search interface for middle school students that provides access to information on many topics from magazines, newspapers, books, biographies, country reports, primary sources, video and more

More than 170 popular full-text middle school magazines, including Billboard, Dance Spirit, Ebony, Horse & Rider, Scholastic News, Sports Illustrated Kids, and dozens more

Includes Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, Encyclopedia of Animals, Essential Documents in American History and others

More than 1.2 million images of relevant photos, maps, flags, and more

Text-to-speech for HTML articles to assist struggling readers or those learning English

Lexile reading levels assigned to full-text articles