COMPASS Educational eResources

COMPASS (The California Online Media Program for Access and Student Success) is a growing suite of online resources ranging from research tools to homework help that can be accessed at school, at home or at the library by California’s nearly 6 million public school students. These resources emphasize educational content in all subjects, including STEAM subjects, English literacy, and history among many others.

Below is a list of COMPASS-supported databases that card holders for the Beaumont Library District have access to. Please note that some may require the user to be physically present in the library in order to properly function.

Alexander Street

Alexander Street from ProQuest is a curated online collection of audio and video emphasizing a large variety of topics, such as engineering…

Britannica School

Britannica School is a well-known name in education and thanks to the California State Library, we now have access to their digital learning resources…

Britannica Escolar

Para acceder a la Escuela Britannica en espanol para los grados K-12, haga clic en el enlace de arriba.

Gale

Gale is a suite of resources emphasizing science and environmental studies for students K through 12. There are three main branches:

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ProQuest Black Freedom Struggle

A curated database of primary source documents related to pivotal people and moments in African American history.

ProQuest Central

ProQuest Central is a hub for scholarly journals, books, and other in-depth resources for a variety of research topics ideal for detailed research…

ProQuest CultureGrams

One of the most trusted and widely used cultural reference and curriculum products in the education, government, and non-profit arenas, CultureGrams…

ProQuest Homework Central

Through a generous contribution via the California State Library, the library now has access to a series of ProQuest databases aimed at helping…

ProQuest Research Companion

ProQuest Research Companion is a great tool to help you learn the basics of database research and what you can do to help yourself become better at…

ProQuest SIRS and eLibrary

One part encyclopedia and one part news aggregate, the SIRS Discoverer, SIRS Issues Researcher, and eLibrary from ProQuest are a great starting point…

Teaching Books for Libraries

TeachingBooks features a suite of instructional resources that enrich the fiction and nonfiction books read by children and young adults, such as:

Teaching Books for Schools

Teaching Books features a suite of instructional resources that enrich the fiction and nonfiction books read by children and young adults, such as: