Teen Homework Databases
Biographies
Biography Resource Center
For History/Social Studies/English Assignments
Books and Authors
Literary Reference Center
Awesome help--plot summaries; author biographies and interviews; full text criticism; book reviews; poems and short stories; classic novels to read online.
NovelistPlus
Language Arts help for author biographies...click on the "School Resources" tab to find the link!
What Do I Read Next?
More language arts help...plot summaries, lists of award winners, series information...and, of course, suggestions for what you might want to read next!
Encyclopedias
Britannica Online for Kids
One stop shopping for Middle school assignments...short articles/videos on all subjects (language arts, science, social studies, math), current events/news, biographies, atlas, dictionary, writing help for reports and research papers, and tips for oral presentations.
Britannica Online Reference Center
Same stuff as "Britannica Online for Kids"...only for upper middle and high school students.
Grolier Online
Grolier Online contains America the Beautiful (everything about the states and territories of the U.S.), The Encyclopedia Americana, The New Book of Knowledge, The American Heritage Dictionary, and the Grolier Online Atlas.
General Searching for Articles and Information
eLibrary
Real, actual, books, popular magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers, television and radio transcripts, reference/historical sources that you can read online at home or in the library for fun or research.
Junior Edition
Designed for students in junior high and middle school-magazines, newspapers and reference books, most are full-text, on all subjects.
Student Edition
Designed for high school students, with access to a variety of full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books on all subjects.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Real, actual encyclopedias and pictures you can search and read online at home or at the library...cool subjects from science to pop culture.
Magazines and Newspaper Articles
Gale General OneFile (Formerly InfoTrac OneFile)
Unlike the “GaleGroup Databases” below, which are pretty heavy-duty…this fast, google-like search will give you reliable articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals in a time-friendly way.
GaleGroup Databases
Great sources here but verrry comprehensive…therefore it’s important to click the “select all” button first and check only the sources that you really want—this narrows your search and saves time.
Richmond Times Dispatch, Washington Post & other Virginia Newspapers
How to get free full-text articles for…yes…newspapers; but, also, popular magazines…including Teen People!
Practice Tests
Learning Express Library
Practice tests and skill-building exercises for college and the workplace.
Science
Access Science
For Science and Technology Assignments: latest Science news, lots of pictures, and biographies of techies.
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