Rhode Island Library Information Network for Kids: Proquest

RILINK has a group subscription to CultureGrams.

Subscribing to other databases:

Schools renewing or new subscribers will need to issue their own POs directly to ProQuest. RILINK does not bill members for renewals or new subscriptions.  ProQuest is offering RILINK members a 20% discount.

If you are interested in subscribing, please contact Javier Reyes.  Current subscribers will receive renewal notices directly from ProQuest and can contact Javier regarding renewal pricing.

• ProQuest Research Companion
• Academic Video Online (AVON) provides unlimited remote access to more than 63,000* (and growing) videos all cross-searchable from a single platform. 
• CultureGrams Online (RILINK has a group subscription to this database)
• SIRS Discoverer - designed for elementary and middle school learners, researchers, and educators covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. All newspaper, magazine, and reference content is 100% full text, editorially-selected and indexed from over 2,200 sources. The collection includes integrated educational Websites and reference materials such as the Compton’s by Britannica encyclopedia and DK Eyewitness books. (video overview)
• eLibrary - Mobile optimized for a variety of devices, students can find answers they need searching content from eight different media types, including more than 2,500 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcript titles, and a collection exceeding seven million maps, pictures, web links, and audio/video files.

  Responding to the broad spectrum of student learning behaviors, eLibrary now includesText-to-speech functionality and direct export to EasyBib. 

• Literature Online (LION)
• ProQuest News & Newspapers
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Boston Globe  (pdf overview)
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index (pdf overview)
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Wall Street Journal  (pdf overview)
• Research Library Prep - 2016+
• SIRS Issues Researcher (pdf overview)
• STEM Database

Click here to find out more about Research Companion.