Online Resources - Students

Academic institutions worldwide depend on this database as their core resource of scholarly information. Academic Search Elite contains full text for more than 2,100 journals, nearly 150 journals have PDF images dating back to 1985.

 

Rich research database for school and public libraries. Contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 1,290+ popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on animals, weather, holidays, Native Americans, United States, Canada, biographies, civics and more.

 

Rich research database for school and public libraries. Contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 2,440+ popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on careers, health, ethnicity, disabilities, technology, biographies, music, science, history, civics and more.

 

Rich research database for school and public libraries. Contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 3,100+ popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on careers, health, ethnicity, disabilities, technology, biographies, history, science, women, civics and more.

 

Book Connections is an online database of thousands of multimedia resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books and their authors.

 

 
Computer Skills Center

Video courses are the fastest and easiest way to learn how to use a computer. Learn the basics of computers, from searching the Internet to using popular programs for word processing, creating spreadsheets and databases, implementing design, and more. Skill level from basic to advanced.

 

Designed specifically for elementary school students according to their needs and search abilities. Graphically rich and provides access to age-appropriate materials. Includes topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research and 60,000 top videos from the Associated Press.

 

Designed specifically for high school students according to their needs and search abilities. Graphically rich and provides access to age-appropriate materials. Includes topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research and 60,000 top videos from the Associated Press.

 

Designed specifically for middle school students according to their needs and search abilities. Graphically rich and provides access to age-appropriate materials. Includes topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research and 60,000 top videos from the Associated Press.

 

This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

 

Interactive online practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help users succeed on academic and licensing tests. Offers immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of results. Career, School, High School Equivalency, & College Prep. Resume and Cover letter builders and templates.

 
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PhD-created and linguist-approved software teaches real conversations in over 60 languages and makes it fun.With free mobile apps, learning through film, and the coolest promotional materials around, it's no wonder Mango is the most popular language-learning resource in public libraries.

 

Designed for high school, full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. Provides more than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, over 510,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.

 

Full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, full text for nearly 500 reference books and 164,400+ primary source documents, as well as an image collection of 592,000+ photos, maps & flags.

 

Full text for 140+ popular, middle school magazines. Database articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and photos, maps and flags.

 

Global information on business, education, environment, health, international issues, careers, government, social issues, sports, STEM and more including newspapers, videos and web-only content featuring the Kansas City Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, USA Today, and international sources.

 

A database about books specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.

 

Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.

 

Designed for middle and high school students and adults who have a basic foundation in English grammar and reading, but need adapted reading material for a variety of subjects. It offers resources to help build background knowledge, conduct research and improve study skills. 

 

Easy access to multitudes of full text science content. Nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, & periodicals. Biology, chemistry, earth & space, environmental, health & medicine, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

 

Providing the most affordable and highest quality continuing education online with a catalog of 500+ online classes. Videos, avatars, insightful instructional content, helpful tutors, and a social networking experience, Universal Class helps master and document educational goals.