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Access Science - In the Library Access Science - From Home (Library Bar Code Required)		Includes AP study guides...More...
Biography Resource Center		Search by name or occupation...More...
Discovering Collection		Includes a Multimedia Gallery for images...More...
Electric Library		Reliable electronic resources for K-12; Includes articles in Spanish...More...
Facts.Com		World News, Current Issues...More...
Gale Virtual Reference Library		Includes 327 authoritative reference sources...a good place to start for any research project...More...
General Reference Center Gold		Latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more....
Grolier Online Passport		A one-stop resource for elementary, middle, high school, and adults....More...
Junior Edition K-12		School topics for Middle School and Junior High...More...
Literature Resource Center		Authors' lives, criticism, reviews...More...
Opposing Viewpoints		Social issues and current events for debates...More...
ProQuest		Articles from professional journals, good for academic research...More...
TopicSearch		Topics discussed in today's classrooms can be searched by grade level....More...
Twayne's Author Series		Authors' lives and criticism...More...
Help Information
	Try: Access Science-	Log in using your library barcode. Search the science dictionary, choose a topic, or find a scientist. Study guides for advanced placement are included for biology, chemistry, and physics.
	Try: Biography Resource Center	Click through the Infotrac screen. Find famous people by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity and sex
	Try: Discovering Collection	Log in using your library barcode. Search by Subject, Keyword or Full-text in all sources or choose an area Geography & Cultures; Multimedia; History; Person; Literature; Science & Health
	Try: Electric Library	Login using your library barcode Search with Keywords or Boolean Operators (and, or, not) or use the Topics Tab. Using Advanced Search, you may limit the results Restrict reading level to elementary, middle, high school, & beyond. Emphasize Business, Health, Peer-Reviewed (Research) or Spanish language content. Click on Publications, then select picture icons to view newspapers, magazines, books used as sources, such as Game Developer, In Style, Newsday, Teen People.
	Try: Facts.Com	Login using your library barcode Search World News Digest, Issues & Controversies, Today's Science, World Almanac. You may also enter a date to find the important events of that day. (Check your birthday!)
	Try: Gale Virtual Reference Library	Login using your library barcode. Use basic or advanced searches, or view publication titles by clicking next to the subject areas (eg., arts, education, law, medicine, religion, etc). Familiar titles include: Encyclopaedia Judaica;New Catholic Encyclopedia; Countries and Their Cultures;Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia; Middle Ages Reference Library;Encyclopedia of World Biography; Capital Punishment: Cruel and Unusual; Encyclopedia of Surgery.
	Try: General Reference Center Gold	Login using your library barcode. This general interest database may be searched separately or as part of the Thomson Gale "power search" that searches multiple research sources at once. Try the subject guide or publication search.
	Try: Grolier Online Passport	Login using your library barcode. Great resource for homework and fun. Use Find it Fast or browse topics in:Encyclopedia America - for older students and adults. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia for middle school and up. New Book of Popular Science for middle and high school. Lands and Peoples for middle and high school. America the Beautiful for elementary and middle school.
	Try: Junior Edition-K-12	Login using your library barcode. School-related topics for Middle & Junior High Scroll down the list of titles to find Junior Edition-K-12 and click on the title Use the menu on the side to select different ways to search: Subject (you may restrict your sources) Keyword Advanced Search Merriam-Webster's Dictionary is available from the Homepage
	Try: Literature Resource Center	Login using your library barcode. Search by author name or other searches. Authors by type lets you find Female Hispanic American authors (by gender and ethnicity) Indian authors who write about social change (by nationality and theme) Authors on the Highway gives book reviews by Publishers Weekly
	Try: Opposing Viewpoints	Includes primary documents, statistics, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles
	Try: ProQuest	Get articles from current magazines, newspapers, and professional journals. A separate option allows you to search the Historical New York Times archives.
	Try: TopicSearch	Covers social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. (Supported by the NOVEL project.)
	Try: Twayne's Author Series	Login using your library barcode. Search by Genre, Time Period, Nationality for information on the author’s life, works written, and criticism.