Student Resources

Thematically paired fiction and nonfiction titles are designed to bridge learning-to-read and reading-to-learn. Animated classic storybooks introduce early learners to the delights of reading while sparking curiosity, creating a natural springboard into the paired nonfiction text for deeper discovery.

Includes Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools.

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.

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

HelpNow offers live tutor access for homework help, skills building and test preparation where after taking a quiz, the user can connect directly to a live tutor from the test center without having to return to the main page.

This site is dedicated to helping teens with little or no experience find jobs. It includes information on current job openings as well as tips on resume writing, interviewing, work permits and volunteering opportunities.

The LearningExpress Library offers a variety of tools that can help with your search for a new career. It includes exam prep guidance for a broad range of careers, as well as college admissions exams (ACT, GRE, SAT). It also offers useful information on how to create resumes and cover letters, and provides tutorials for learning basic computer skills.

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.

NoveList K-8 contains information on fiction books for all K-8 grade levels and includes picture books, children’s “chapter” books and young adult titles. Updated weekly, NoveList K-8 is your starting place for learning about the books that you and your students need and will want to read.

Peterson’s Test and Career Prep is an online learning resource that offers a central hub for standardized test prep, college planning, career assessment, job searches, and more.

Test prep resources help users prepare for a variety of standardized exams, including college entry exams like the SAT and ACT, and vocational exams in industries like law enforcement, journeyman, cosmetology, as well as U.S. citizenship. Students can find college planning tools, including a school search and a scholarship search. Job seekers can take advantage of career exploration tools including career assessments, advice, help creating resumés and cover letters, and a job search engine. Plus, learners can find additional materials to brush up on foundational skills in math and science, reading and writing, and computer technology to support their future endeavors.

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.

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

Online reference offers search engine, atlas, encyclopedia, and dictionary.

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