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Biography In Context (Login required - click here)
       Biographical information on thousands of famous people. (Gale)

CultureGrams (Login required - click here)
    Cultural information on countries around the world. Includes recipes from each featured country. (ProQuest) New!

Gale Virtual Reference Library - eBooks (Login required - click here)
       Library-selected collection of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. (Gale/Thomson)

History In Context: U.S. (Login required - click here)
       Articles and timelines for United States history. (Gale)

History In Context: World (Login required - click here)
       Articles and timelines for World history. (Gale) New!

Junior High e-books (GVRL) (Login required - click here)


Kid’s Search (Login required - click here)
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LearningExpress Library (Login required - click here)


Marshall Cavendish (Login required - click here)


Novelist Plus K-8 (Login required - click here)
       Search recommended reads for favorite fiction and nonfiction titles to find the next good book for elementary and middle school students.

Online Homework Help (Login required - click here)


Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Login required - click here)
       Selected articles and essays on controversial social issues. (Gale)

ProQuest (Login required - click here)
        Full-text Articles from magazines, journals, major US and local newspapers - including The News Tribune, and ABI/INFORM index. (ProQuest)

ProQuest Learning: Literature (Login required - click here)
    180,000 full-text works of poetry, prose, and drama from around the world, from medieval times to the present. Also author biographies, and literary criticisms, essays, reviews, and interviews drawn from 100+ full-text literary magazines and journals. (ProQuest)

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Searchasaurus (Login required - click here)
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SIRS Discoverer (Login required - click here)
    A research tool for middle and elementary students incorporating articles from 1,400+ publications, and selected topic web sites. (ProQuest).

Student Research Center (Login required - click here)
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TumbleBookLibrary
    A collection of animated, talking, picture books for kids to view online