Hello all, A popular assignment for elementary grades through high school students is learning about countries throughout the world. MeL databases Britannica School Elementary<http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-brit.php?database=BRELEM>, Middle<http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-brit.php?database=BRMDDL>, and High<http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-brit.php?database=BRHIGH> offer a wealth of information for students at each of these levels. Students can select from World Atlas, Compare Countries, Tour the U.S.A. and at the Elementary level, Geography Explorer. Need stats, articles, details on geography, people, history, economy, or plants and animals? All of these topics are covered at grade appropriate levels. Want to compare two different countries? That feature is available too and provides statistics, flag image, and articles and media for the selected countries. And, after joining the Britannica Community, educators/library staff have free access to lesson plans and saved content (the Educators link is in the upper right corner of each level opening page). Learning about other countries is exciting. Britannica School can help bring places near and far right to a student's computer. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only. MeL Minutes are brought to you by the Library of Michigan. Want more information on MeL? Stay tuned for next week's MeL Minute available on many Michigan library listservs, email us at contact@mel.org<mailto:contact@mel.org> or visit mel.org<http://mel.org/>. We encourage you to share MeL Minutes with your public service colleagues. Registration<http://mcls.org/training-events/training-events-list/training-event/?ref_cID=198&bID=0&dd_asId=1856> is now open for the next MCLS MeL Databases Training webinar to be presented October 28, 2015 at 9:30am. MeL Genealogy Resources is the topic of this free event. Eunice Eunice C. Borrelli Michigan eLibrary Internet Librarian, Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517-241-4996 Toll Free: 877-479-0021 Fax: 517-373-5700 [Follow MeL on Twitter]<https://twitter.com/meldotorg> [MeL - Michigan eLibrary Logo] <http://mel.org/> [Like MeL on Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/mel.org> [cid:image003.png@01D0EC76.E81F3600]Customer Service is a priority at the Michigan Department of Education - helping Michigan schools, families, and communities improve the achievement and well-being of ALL our children.