Young Adult

AtoZ The USA
Great for school projects, AtoZ The USA provides the user with detailed maps and information (including climate information, local government, plant life, history, education, population, crime, etc) about each US state, territory, and federal district.

America the Beautiful (To access from home click HERE)
America the Beautiful is an interactive database for state-by-state history and current events for elementary and middle school students.  This database also includes timelines, profiles, games, and almanacs.

Ancient and Medieval History Online
With a coverage spanning from prehistory to the 1500s, this database provides thorough coverage of nine civilizations (ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Islamic Empire) through the use of timelines, primary resources, biographies, and images.

Career Cruising
Career Cruising is an interactive reference guide which provides in-depth profiles of hundreds of different careers. In addition to job profiles, users will find multimedia interviews with real people in each career, search tools which can link the user's interest with a career, and a comprehensive database of colleges and universities which specialize in educating students interested in specific careers.

Discovering Collection
Discovering Collection offers easy access to award-winning content based on national curriculum standards and covers core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies. This database also includes a selection of primary sources, creative works, and multimedia as well as an integrated national and state curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources covering a wide range of topics including the arts, business, education, history, law, literature, medicine, religion, science, and social science.

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (To access from home click HERE)
Aimed at junior high and high school students, this encyclopedia includes articles, images, sounds, and movies about numerous subjects. Also included are quizzes and games, time lines, and research ideas.

History Reference Center
This full-text history reference database is perfect for high school students studying world and U.S. history. History Reference Center provides access to nearly 57,000 historical documents; more than 79,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 37,000 historical photos and maps; and more than 80 hours of historical videos.

Infotrac Junior Edition: K-12
This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school and provides access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Kids Search
This database meets the research needs of students in K-8th grade containing articles on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, and sports.  This database also includes an encyclopedia and dictionary.

Lands and People (To access from home click HERE)
Through the use of maps, images, and links, this database serves as a principal resource on countries, cultures, and current events for the classroom and for the library.

LearningExpress Library
This database offers the practice tests, exercises, and skill-building courses needed to achieve the results needed for school, work, and life. Receive extra help in elementary, middle, and high school subject matters (including SAT and AP subject tests). Learn how to use computer programs (Adobe and Microsoft) and brush up on important workplace skills (resumes and business writing). Prepare for the GED, US Citizenship Test, and other licensing, certification, and aptitude tests for a wide range of occupations. Use the Job & Career Accelerator to conduct a successful job search from helpful occupation suggestions to up to the minute job postings.

Literature Criticism Online
This database provides full-text online access to the following literary criticism titles: Contemporary Literary Criticism, Short Story Criticism, and Twentieth Century Literary Criticism.

New Book of Popular Science (To access from home click HERE)
Science encyclopedia for elementary, middle, and high school students. 

NoveList
NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interests to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction.

NoveList K-8
NoveList K-8 is a database of young adult, children's, and easy titles designed for children in pre-K, elementary, and middle schools utilizing the same search techniques and content of interests as the adult version.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Opposing Viewpoints is a one-stop source for information on today’s hottest social issues and features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary sources documents, statistics, images and links to websites.

Science in Context
Supporting high school and university coursework, this database features authoritative information for subjects including earth and life science, astronomy, technology, mathematics and science history and biography.

Science Journals (To access from home click HERE)
This database is designed for students studying both the applied and general sciences and includes such subjects as aerospace, physics, telecommunications, and computers.

Science Online
This database allows the user to search a wide variety of science disciplines including chemistry, earth science, forensic science, and mathematics for articles, biographies, images, videos and timelines. A wide selection of science fair projects are also available via Science Online.

Scribner Writer Series
This database provides critical essays on the works of noted world authors as well as biographies and research topics.  Information is drawn from the acclaimed Scribner print series.

Spanish Reference Center (To access from home click HERE)
This online Spanish encyclopedia, associated with Encyclopedia Britannica, provides comprehensive articles for high school (Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol) and elementary (Enciclopedia Juvenil) students.

Student Resources in Context
Student Resources in Context acts as a general reference database for students in middle and high school and offers easy access to award-winning content based on national curriculum standards. Covering all core curriculum areas including history, literature, science, and social studies, this database provides a premium selection of full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia including video and audio clips.

Testing and Education Reference Center
This database helps users prepare for higher education and the working world by delivering downloadable practice tests for high school, college and graduate schools, as well as civil service, certification, professional license exams and study guides. It also provides information on private high schools, undergraduate and graduate programs, vocational schools, and executive programs, searchable by location, major, tuition, sports, and more.

TumbleReadables
This database provides an online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students. Great for emergent, struggling, and reluctant readers, this database features adjustable online text, complete audio narration, sentences that are highlighted as they are read, and pages that turn automatically. Chapter books, early readers, YA novels, high interest/low level books for middle and high school students, and classic American and English literature are available.

TumbleTalkingBooks
TumbleTalkingBooks is a database of online audio book available from any computer with an Internet connection at any time. Listeners are not restricted to a check out period—books are always available and can be bookmarked by the listener and returned to at a later date. This database includes unabridged audio versions of classic American and world literature, non-fiction, fiction, YA, and children’s books.

Tutor.com
Live one-on-one help for elementary school, middle school, high school, and beginner college students as well as adult education students and those looking for career help (i.e. writing resumes and preparing for interviews)--available everyday from 2pm to 10pm. Homework, test prep, and career resources are available 24/7.

Twayne Authors Series
Comprises of over 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, including Twayne World, U.S. Authors, and English Authors.

U.S. History Collection
Perfect for the academic researcher, U.S. History Collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in U.S. history as well as scholarly work being established in the field.

World Book
The World Book is a premier online reference source containing every article from the 22-volume print set plus primary documents and images from many major subject areas.  A wide selection of games, activities, and crafts (available in Word Book for Kids) provide highly entertaining and educational learning experiences for children. Also included in this database is Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos —a Spanish language encyclopedia for elementary and middle school students.