Online Resources

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  • Access NewspaperARCHIVE: contains millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s, presented in a PDF format that preserves the original context and format of content.
  • Encyclopædia Britannica: English and Spanish language encyclopedias for K12 students and teachers. Resources include articles, images, videos, “how to” guides, maps as well as lesson plans and activities. Access is organized by curriculum standards, reading level, and subject.
  • EBSCO: provides access to 36 databases of magazines, journals, newspapers, images and reference resources covering education, health, business and general areas of interest. Includes:
  • LitFINDER: contains a wealth of primary literature content, including citations and full text of hundreds of thousands of poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays.
  • TeachingBooks: provides original, in studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of book readings, guides to thousands of titles and multimedia resources on children’s and young adult literature.

EbscoHost Find full text magazine and journal articles in this online index. Over 4100 Titles.

Heritage Quest Find ancestors and relatives in the complete set of US Federal Cenus Records 1790-1930. Also, find information on people and places described in over 25,000 family and local histories.
HeritageQuest Online Barcode Authentication

Ancestry With more than 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases, Ancestry Library Edition includes records from the United States Census; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; and passenger lists. (In Library Use Only)

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  • Is current and complete so you can find the newest title by your favorite author or spot a title that you may have missed
  • Lists the most popular series so you can discover a new author or rediscover an enjoyable series of years past
  • Indexes character, location, and subject as well as author and title so you can identify a series that you may recall only vaguely
  • Lists the novels in the correct reading sequence so you can begin at the beginning rather than blunder into the middle of act III

NoveList Plus NoveList Plus is an easy to use database with a single search bar that makes finding books quick and simple. It includes over 200,000 fiction and nonfiction titles with subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as

  • Author Read-alikes
  • What We’re Reading
  • Book Discussion Guides
  • BookTalks
  • Annotated Book Lists
  • Lists of award-winning books

NoveList K-8 Plus NoveList K-8 Plus allows you to discover the fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in your classroom. The NoveList Learning Center provides a complete introduction to the product and shows you how to use NoveList to meet the reading needs of your students. You can access the Learning Center by clicking on its link in the left hand column of your screen.