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Free Live Tutors! | Tutor.com Homework help (K-12); live professional tutors online 12:00pm–12:00am daily; Share your computer screen to work through problems together, or drop-off your math or writing assignment for review; ACT/SAT and AP Exam practice tests; college application advice. Spanish-speaking tutors available. |
| Encyclopedias and Textbooks | |
| World Book Student Encyclopedia content designed for students’ homework and research needs. Features multimedia on a variety of topics, science fair projects, biography, links to world newspapers, atlas, dictionary and more. | |
| Gale eBooks Encyclopedias, almanacs, and textbooks for multiple academic subjects, including Art, Biography, Environment, History, Literature, Medicine, Science, Social Studies, Coding & Computers, S.T.E.A.M., more. | |
| EBSCO eBook Collection Mostly non-fiction texts on academic topics, including Literary Criticism, Art, Business, History, Math, Science, more. | |
| Newspaper and Journal Articles | |
| Academic OneFile Easily search over 17,000 publications from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources covering biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental sciences, history, marketing, political sciences, and psychology. Access articles from Nature, the Economist, the New York Times, and thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning. | |
| Gale OneFile - High School Edition Mostly full-text magazine and journal articles, along with reference, newspaper, and audio content. | |
| Gale in Context: Middle School Research; includes magazines, newspapers, and reference books geared toward Grades 6 - 8. | |
| History | |
| U.S. History Reference and multimedia content, plus primary sources, about key events and people in U.S. history. Includes scholarly journals and magazines useful to both students and advanced academic researchers. | |
| History Textbooks eBook collection covering ancient and modern world history, U.S. history, Primary Sources, Pop Culture, and more. | |
| World History Information on the most significant people, events and topics in World History. Includes authoritative content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites. | |
| Social Issues and Debate Topics | |
| Opposing Viewpoints Find full-text articles and essays on today’s hottest social issues and current event topics - the facts as well as the arguments. Great for debate class and pros and cons assignments. | |
| Biography | |
| Biography in Context Biographical information about contemporary and historical people from magazine and journal articles, Primary Sources, videos, audio podcasts and images. | |
| Test Prep and Career Guidance | |
| Learning Express Library Practice for over a dozen AP subject exams, ACT, SAT, PSAT, TOEFL, and GED (Spanish language available.) Get help writing a college admissions essay, or with middle and high school math and reading skills. Learn about different careers and take practice entrance exams. | |
| Test Prep Center from: | Tutor.com Test Prep Center The Test Prep Center’s Live Tutor service is open from noon to midnight, seven days a week, and offers one-on-one, online assistance in English and en Español. Available topics for assistance are SAT, ACT, PSAT, AP Tests, GED, or U.S. Citizenship Test. In addition, the Skills Center is open 24/7 and offers resources on the SAT, ACT, Florida standardized tests, graduate schools entrance tests, and more. Test Prep Center is available on iOS and Android. |
| Books, Reading and Literary Criticism | |
| Novelist Discover books based on your mood, interests and reading level, get book reviews, lists of books in a series, and read-alikes. | |
| Lit Finder Provides access to literary works and authors throughout history and includes more than 130,000 full-text poems and 650,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. | |
| Twayne’s Authors Online Features in-depth introductions to the lives of writers and critiques of their works, the history and influence of literary movements and the development of literary genres. Ideal starting point for research papers on literary works and figures. | |
| OverDrive's Teen Reading Room A collection of fiction and non-fiction eBooks and audiobooks curated for teen and tween readers. | |
| Science | |
| Science Textbooks eBooks covering Forensics, Animal Science, Energy, Chemistry, Genetics, Physical Science, Space Exploration, and other science topics. | |
| Coding and Computer Science | |
| LinkedIn Learning (f/k/a Lynda.com) Take complete video courses or watch individual instructional videos on hundreds of technical topics. Subjects include: graphic design, web development, photography, animation, digital music production, MS Office, computer software, more. See FAQ's. You will need a PIN from the library to create an account. | |
| Coding and Computer Science Textbooks eBooks written for kids and teens on a number of coding and programming languages, including: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, PHP, C++ and more. | |
| S.T.E.A.M. | |