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Future Ready Teens

Homework Help & Tools

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Tutor.com

Students (and parents!) can get help in math, science, English, social studies, and writing. Professionally trained and experienced tutors work online with students in grades K-12. The student and tutor communicate in a virtual classroom with chat and two-way whiteboards.

Student Zones: Homework Help for Students in Grades K-12

Student Zone - DRAFT

Student Zones are after-school homework centers in the Library that provide:

  • A quiet, safe place to study
  • Reserved computers and laptops
  • Free basic school supplies and free printing
  • Guidance from trained Student Zone helpers who assist students with homework and technology

(Contact your branch to check Student Zone and Student Zone helper hours)

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Digital Resources

We offer free access to research databases, digital encyclopedias, and more to help you with school assignments.

Browse the Digital Library

A library card is sometimes needed if you are not at the library. 

AccessScience (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology)

Online version of the standard encyclopedia with updated science and technology news, biographies, learning resources, study guides, and links to related websites.

African Americans

Special collection of articles from World Book. Covers history, events, and issues of Black experience.

African American Experience

Over 400 references, scholarly works, primary documents and papers, photographs, audio clips, maps, and over 4,000 slave narratives explore their history and contemporary culture in the United States. Includes a timeline and lesson plans.

American Indian Experience

The American Indian Experience is a digital resource that illuminates the histories and contemporary cultures of the Native peoples of North America. This resource includes references, scholarly works, primary documents and papers, photographs, audio clips, and maps.

Asian American Experience

The Asian American Experience is a digital resource that illuminates the histories and contemporary culture of Asian Americans. This resource includes references, scholarly works, primary documents and papers, photographs, audio clips, and maps.

ATLASerials, Religion Collection

Contains over 211,000 full-text electronic articles and book reviews, from more than 100 journals selected by leading religion scholars in the United States. The database is produced by the American Theological Library Association.

Biography In Context

Covers the world's most influential people, merging reference content with periodicals and multimedia, allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, gender, keyword, and full text.

Contemporary Fashion

Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. Covers over 450 designers, milliners, footwear designers, and fashion houses that have been active throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

CultureGrams

Brief country reports with concise information on the history, people, customs, lifestyle, society, travel information and more for over 175 countries. 

Daily Life Through History

Browse daily life in the ancient world, medieval world, 15th and 16th centuries, 17th and 18th centuries, 19th century, and modern world, and find out what it was like.

Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos

La Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos está organizada de modo que los estudiantes puedan encontrar información rápida y fácilmente.

Encyclopedia of Drugs - Alcohol and Addictive Behavior

Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. Intended for the student and layperson, covers the social, medical, and political issues related to drugs and alcohol, 4 volumes.

Farewell to Manzanar

The Farewell to Manzanar portal accesses the Final Accountability Rosters of Japanese-American Relocation Centers, 1944-1946, Japanese-American Relocation Camp Newspapers, Perspectives on Day-to-Dayde forma rápida y sencilla Life: Personal Justice Denied, and Public Hearings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment, 1981.

Gale In Context: High School

Contains information on core subjects from Science to Literature to History of student-focused subject material. Includes the content of the Discovering Collection database.

Gale In Context: Middle School

Periodical database designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers, and reference books on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, government, sports, and more.

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints

Pro and con arguments with contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues drawn from news articles, journals, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files, and links to vetted websites.

Gale in Context: Science

Information on subjects ranging from earth science and life science, to space, technology, mathematics, science history, and biography for assignments and projects.

Gale In Context: U.S. History

Covers all areas of U.S. history, focusing on the most significant people, events, and topics from pre-colonial times to the present day, seen through primary documents, original reference sources, newspaper/journal articles, images, videos, audio files, and links to vetted websites.

Gale in Context: World History

Contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files, and links to vetted websites

Gale Interactive: Science, High School and College

While supporting high school curricula and university coursework, Gale Interactive: Science helps students better visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science. Students and instructors can manipulate and explore 3D models paired with reference and periodical content for deeper understanding.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (Reference eBooks)

A collection of reference eBooks on a wide variety of topics. Portions of the books can be downloaded onto eReader devices.

Health & Wellness Resource Center

Full-text medical encyclopedias, nearly 400 health and medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 videos, and articles from 2,200 general interest publications.

Informe

Investiga las noticias y eventos más corrientes, la información de negocios del momento, los artículos de salud más importantes, temas de cultura popular y muchas otras materias incluidas en las revistas hispánicas más populares.

Latino American Experience

Over 200 volumes of content, from encyclopedias to biographies, and primary documents dating back to pre-Colonial civilizations, exploring their history and contemporary culture in the United States.

LearningExpress Library

Online interactive practice exams covering adult basic, academic, job-related, civil service, real estate skills, and more. Now includes the ESL Spanish Basic Skills Course.

Literature Resource Center

A broad range of subject content containing criticisms, biographies, primary sources, reviews, and multimedia on writers and works around the world.

Mango Languages

Free, online language-learning in languages that include Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Arabic, Korean, Russian, Tagalog, Greek, Latin, and more. Mango has English language courses for speakers of 6 different languages, including Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, and Russian. Learn on the go with the Mango Mobile app for iPhone and Android.

Marquis Biographies Online

Up-to-the-minute biographies of leaders and achievers from around the world in the areas of business, law, science, medicine, the arts, government, entertainment, and more. Access to all biographies that have appeared in 24 Marquis Who's Who print titles since 1985, and Who Was Who in America volumes from 1607-1985.

NoveList

A fiction reader's advisory database. Find books by the same author, or similar books by another author. Browse by subject, genre, and theme for over 150,000 titles. Reviews, book discussion guides, and annotated book lists are constantly updated.

NoveList K-8

Reader's advisory for selection of fiction titles for children, pre-K through eighth grade, with a student-focused interface. 

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

Online version of the multivolume Oxford English Dictionary, Second and Third Editions, as updated.

Oxford Reference Online - Premium Collection

Quick reference and scholarly articles from a broad range of subjects in over 100 titles that include key titles from the Oxford Companion series and the complete Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Second and Third Editions.

ScienceFlix

ScienceFlix combines curriculum-driven, leveled content, interactive features, and intuitive navigation into a single, highly engaging digital resource for students in grades 4-9. ScienceFlix is available for use on PCs, Macs, and most tablets and mobile devices

Something About the Author

Complete series on the lives and careers of popular and significant authors and illustrators of books for children and teens.

Student Resources in Context

Contains information on core subjects from Science to Literature to History of student-focused subject material. Includes the content of the Discovering Collection database.

Teen Health & Wellness

This teen resource features content to reflect today’s most urgent issues: mental & emotional health, bullying, suicide, opioid abuse, gender identity, school safety, sexual harassment, college & career readiness, and more.

World Book Encyclopedia

Offers information on a range of topics.