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Gale OneFile: Informe Académico provee una gran gama de revistas académicas y de entretenimiento en español y portugués editadas en América Latina y con contenidos sobre esta región.

Gale OneFile: Informe Académico provides a wide range of full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America.

Miss Humblebee’s Academy is an interactive learning program aligned with preschool and elementary standards for children ages three to six.

It offers hundreds of lessons spanning all major academic subjects, including social and emotional learning,for kindergarten readiness.

Gale Presents: National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-2020 provides full-page magazines from its start in 1888 to 2020.

KidSpeak™ is a fun, age-appropriate online language course designed for children ages 6 and up. Accessible through Transparent Language Online, KidSpeak introduces your children to English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Mandarin Chinese. The program teaches words and phrases suitable for learners’ age, needs, and interests. More than 40 activities, puzzles, and songs guide young learners through the basics, along with a cartoon “friend” who speaks the language.

KidSpeak™ can be used through a web browser on computers.

Life Magazine Archive, 1936-2000 provides full-text articles and photos from Life Magazine's start in 1936 to 2000.

Newsweek Archive, 1933-2012 provides full-text articles from Newsweek's start in 1933 to its final print issue in 2012.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: El Paso Herald/El Paso Times provides full-text articles from the El Paso Times (1881-2009) and El Paso Herald Post (1896-1996).

Statista provides statistics and reports for business, nonprofits and general research. 

Statista includes:

• More than one million statistics on over 80,000 topics across 170 industries
• 22,500 sources
• 7,000+ topic dossiers
• 41,000+ studies
• 330+ industry reports
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• Market forecasts and business evaluation tools

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Time Magazine Archive, 1923-2000 provides full-text articles from Time Magazine's start in 1923 to 2000.

Transparent Language Online provides courses in over 110 world languages, American Sign Language, English for speakers of over 30 languages, and KidSpeak courses for children. The instruction is for learners of all levels looking to build their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a foreign language.

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