Welcome to our online virtual library. Our mission is to make these resources available to all students and the community while at school, work or home. This library is open 24 hours a day and seven days a week to help you find the information you need, when you need it. Above you can select one of the many resources available to everyone. Below you will find other resources which may require a username and password. To access these sites, contact your campus librarian for your username and password.
 Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language.
 Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol The most comprehensive encyclopedia in the Spanish language.
 Facts On File's Online Reference Databases are curriculum-oriented, interactive databases covering a wide range of subjects such as history, science, careers, literature, geography and more.
 NewsBank Inc. is a full-text content of local and regional newspapers. Each newspaper has its own distinctive focus offering a variety of viewpoints on local and world issues. This site also includes links to a variety of national magazines.
 EBSCO Information Services is a worldwide leader in providing information access and management solutions through print and electronic journal subscription services, research database development and production, online access to more than 100 databases, thousands of e-journals and e-commerce book procurement.
 Discovery Education contains documents, articles, images and videos that can be saved or printed for teacher or student use.
 Net Trekker connects students to over 180,000 of the best online resources, aligned with state standards and organized by readability and grade level. Each resource is carefully selected by educators to ensure it is safe, age appropriate and 100% academically relevant.
 World Book On-line Encyclopedia: Includes WORLD BOOK KIDS – The site offers simpler navigation, colorful illustrations, diagrams, maps and activities tied to national curriculum standards. ENCICLOPEDIA ESTUDIANTIL HALLAZGOS: A Spanish – language encyclopedia for elementary and middle grades or beginning Spanish students. WORLD BOOK REFERENCE CENTER: The reference source contains thousands of articles, state of the art multimedia, editor- reviewed Web sites, periodical content and more.
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