From Page to Screen: How Video Helps Learners Engage with Classic Literature
Many students encounter classic literature the same way: staring down dense language, unfamiliar social codes, and worlds that feel impossibly distant. Whether it’s the moral ambiguity of Heart of Darkness, the social constraints of Middlemarch, or the shifting narration of The Sound and the Fury, classic texts can feel like locked doors. For many students, […]
Teaching News Literacy to Learners in a Misinformation Age
For decades, librarians have been at the forefront of media and information literacy—guiding learners in source evaluation, research practices, and ethical information use. Today’s news ecosystem has only heightened both the need for that expertise and the range of educators who rely on it. In an era shaped by algorithmic feeds, AI-generated content, polarized commentary, […]
Help Students Master Math with Infobase
We rely on technologies of all sorts every day, whether it’s turning on a light switch, taking life-saving medicine, or making phone calls on computers small enough to fit in our pockets. In fact, we rely on them so regularly, we often take them for granted—and they only seem to get better as time goes […]
Iran Nuclear Program: A Featured Controversy from Issues & Controversies
On June 12, 2025, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, carrying out a series of coordinated air strikes and drone attacks on dozens of targets in Iran, where the regime has defined itself in opposition to the United States, Israel, and the West in general since 1979. The attacks hit Iranian nuclear facilities, military bases, and […]
Do Tariffs Benefit the Economy? A Featured Controversy from Issues & Controversies
On April 2, 2025, a day christened “Liberation Day,” President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on imported goods from dozens of countries around the world, arguing that the move would create jobs in the United States by reversing what he charged had been a decades-long decimation of U.S. manufacturing by free trade policies and unfair […]
Get Students Ready for Life after Graduation
Students have a multitude of opportunities ahead of them post-graduation, but they may not be certain where they want to go or how to get there. Are they considering alternatives to college and exploring apprenticeships? Are higher ed students “career ready”? Are any of them really prepared for the job hunt? Infobase has resources that […]
Looking for Earth Day Content? Start with Infobase
Since 1970, every April 22 has been dedicated to increasing awareness about the environment and the steps we can take to preserve the only home we’ve ever known, including helping clean up pollution, preventing deforestation, preserving precious habitats for our wildlife, and fighting the carbon emissions that contribute to climate change. Infobase has a wide […]
Fun and Easy Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month
How much do we love poetry? Let us count the ways. April is National Poetry Month, and we have lots of fun activity ideas to help you celebrate. Here are suggestions for contests, projects, papers, assignments, and videos that are sure to get students excited and deepen their appreciation of poetry. Engage Students with Bloom’s […]
Explore and Teach Themes from Wicked with These Resources
Is the book, acclaimed Broadway musical, and Oscar-winning movie Wicked pop-uuu-lar among your students? We’ll bet it is, and you can use Infobase products to help use this phenomenon to teach your students about important themes in literature both in Wicked and in the novel it was based on, L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard […]
Honor Women’s History with Infobase
Every year, the month of March is dedicated to the celebration and study of the vital roles that women have played in American history. We at Infobase are celebrating, too, by highlighting some of the women’s history content in our database, streaming video, and eBook products that you, staff, and students can use in your […]
Was the Biden Presidency a Success? A Featured Controversy from Issues & Controversies
On January 20, 2025, President Joe Biden stepped down from office after becoming the first president in more than half a century to decline to seek reelection when eligible for another term. Depending on whom you talk to, Biden’s presidency was either one that reinstated America’s role on the world stage and successfully ushered through […]
Librarians, Fight Misinformation with Infobase
Like it or not, we live in an era where misinformation and disinformation are abundant, and a misinformed public cannot make responsible decisions. As such, information literacy, including news literacy and media literacy, has never been more crucial. The foundational critical-thinking skills that come with information literacy will benefit researchers of all ages, and the […]
