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Biography in Context Grades 6-12
An easy-to-use database with biographies of people from around the world and across all disciplines. Search by name, nationality, ethnicity, time period, or occupation. |
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BookFLIX Grades pre-K-3
An interactive literacy resource from Scholastic that builds a love of reading and learning – online! BookFLIX pairs classic fictional video storybooks from Weston Woods with nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to reinforce reading skills and develop essential real-world knowledge and understanding. It’s accessible to early readers, reluctant readers, and English language learners. |
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General OneFile All Reading Levels
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and more. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily. |
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Global Issues in Context Grades 6-12
Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Issue and country portals bring together specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Each of these gateway pages includes an overview, "perspectives" articles written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary source and statistical information. Rich multimedia - including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs - enhance each portal. |
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LearningExpress Test Preparation Grades 4-12
Online practice tests and tutorial courses for GED, SAT, GRE, reading, writing, math, U.S. citizenship, civil service, military and much more. |
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Literature Resource Center Grades 6-12
A comprehensive and reliable online resource for research on literary topics, authors, and their works. Covers all genres, time periods, and regions of the world. Includes full-text of Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select and Dictionary of Literary Biography. |
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Mango Languages Grades 6-12
This online language learning tool features a one-of-a-kind teaching approach. Offers a range of language courses including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, English, and more. |
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Newsbank (Long Beach Press Telegram, 1/1/90 - present) Grades 6-12
Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of Long Beach Press-Telegram. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements and other sections. |
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Newsstand Grades 6-12
This innovative full-text newspaper database allows users to search articles by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other assigned fields. Finally, a one-stop source for the day's news and searchable archives. Search a collection of more than 1,000 newspapers, then select your own screen appearance, search options and results format.
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context Grades 6-12
An online library of current events. Pro and con arguments for each topic, articles, overviews, statistics, primary source documents, and links to reviewed websites. |
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Oxford African American Studies Center Grades 6-12
An online collection of research on the lives and events which have shaped African Amercian and African history and culture. Search full text articles, primary sources, images, and timelines. |
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ProQuest Newspapers (Los Angeles Times Only) Grades 6-12
Search for full-text articles in Los Angeles Times Historical (1881-1987) and Los Angeles Times Full-Text (1985 - present). |
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TumbleBook Library Grades PreK-5
An online collection of animated picture books to teach children the joys of reading in a format they'll love. Colorful and fun!
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Virtual Reference Library
A custom collection of full-text e-reference books available 24/7 online. No special readers or hardware required.
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World Book Online All Ages
This online encyclopedia includes articles, multimedia, editor-approved websites, and primary source documents. Search World Book Kids, Student, Advanced, or Spanish.
World Book Online (Outside the Library)
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