Teen Homework Databases
Biographies
Biography Resource Center [in the library] [outside the library]
For History/Social Studies/English Assignments
Books and Authors
Literary Reference Center [in the library] [outside the library]
Awesome help--plot summaries; author biographies and interviews; full text criticism; book reviews; poems and short stories; classic novels to read online.
NovelistPlus [in the library] [outside the library]
Language Arts help for author biographies...click on the "School Resources" tab to find the link!
Encyclopedias
Britannica Online for Kids [in the library] [outside the library]
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 [in the library] [outside the library]
Same stuff as "Britannica Online for Kids"...only for upper middle and high school students.
Grolier Online [in the library] [outside the library]
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 [in the library] [outside the library]
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 [in the library] [outside the library]
Designed for students in junior high and middle school-magazines, newspapers and reference books, most are full-text, on all subjects.
Student Edition [in the library] [outside the library]
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 [in the library] [outside the 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)
[in the library] [outside the library]
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 [in the library] [outside the library]
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 [in the library] [outside the library]
How to get free full-text articles for…yes…newspapers; but, also, popular magazines…including Teen People!
Practice Tests
Learning Express Library [in the library] [outside the library]
Practice tests and skill-building exercises for college and the workplace.
Science
Access Science [in the library] [outside the library]
For Science and Technology Assignments: latest Science news, lots of pictures, and biographies of techies.
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