Student Resources

A source for all grades (Pre-K-12) and all reading abilities. Available at three levels--elementary, middle, and high.

By examining the details of daily life in past eras, what is often perceived as dry historical information is transformed into engaging material that reveals the true nature of what life was like before.

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Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.

Provides access to articles, essays, and videos pertaining to a wide range of topics including animals, art and music, biography, geography, language arts, health, math, science, and social studies.

Our website is dedicated to helping teens find jobs.  Getting a job is tough, but getting a job when you have little or no experience makes it even tougher.  We're working to change that.

K-5 students can search books, magazines & newspapers.

Adult learning, career guidance, high school equivalency, computer and internet basics, popular software skills and Career Accelerator, and SAT, GRE, TASC practice exams. 

Created specifically for middle school students, Research In Context combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Categories cover a range of the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, literature, and many more. Research In Context provides engaging reference, periodical, and multimedia content supporting national and state curriculum standards for grades 6 to 12 in language arts, social studies, and science. Middle school students will benefit from an interface that delivers a combination of the highly visual design and navigation preferred by younger users as well as the authoritative content and user-focused tool set needed to support middle school assignments and coursework.

The new Scholastic GO! offers access to America the Beautiful, The New Book of Popular Science, and Lands and Peoples databases in addition to Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and Amazing Animals.

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Collection of over 160 interactive eBook & audiobook titles for children.

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Collection of animated, talking picture books for elementary age students.

Homework help, resume writing, career assistance and test preparation service.

Search scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, books & videos for events and issues in American history.

Designed to meet the curriculum needs of elementary through high-school students.

Search primary documents, articles, maps & books for historical events and topics.