Research African American history and culture, including primary sources, timelines, audio clips, photographs, maps, and images.
Category: Social Studies, Research
Surveys American history from the colonial era and American Revolution up until the Civil War, analyzing American political conflict, economic development and changing culture.
Category: Social Studies, Research
Reference materials include hundreds of primary documents and thousands of images from the Inuit of Alaska to the Seminole of Florida covering precontact to the colonial era into the 21st century.
Category: Social Studies, Research
Provides world-class vocal, instrumental, and artistic instruction through self-paced video lessons from Grammy Award-winning musicians and artistic professionals.
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Category: Music, Videos
Discover favorite books and apps, matched to your age and interests.
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Category: Books
Biographies with related full-text articles from books, interviews, magazines and newspapers. Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, and birth/death dates.
Category: Social Studies, Research, Books
Find book recommendations by topic, genre, author and more.
Category: Books
Live tutoring (including in Spanish) available 2pm to 11:55pm EST. Use SkillSurfer to practice long division, improve reading comprehension, and learn other key skills. Submit a writing sample to the Writing Lab and get feedback on structure, grammar, style and content to help you better organize and present your thoughts and information.
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Category: Tutoring, Research, Languages
Step-by-step guidance to discovering your interests, choosing a career, preparing a resume, finding schools and programs, searching job openings and more.
Category: Research, Tutoring
The Chicago Tribune keeps readers informed of the latest news from the Chicago area, the nation and the world every day.
Category: Magazines & Newspapers
Enjoy unlimited access to thousands of digital graphic novels and comics. Browse by genre, publisher, or title; checkouts are for seven days with unlimited renewals.
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Category: Entertainment, Books
Over 1,000 art & craft video classes covering art & design, sewing, quilting, paper, knitting, crochet, food & home, jewelry, holiday & party, and kids.
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Category: Videos, Entertainment
Explores the daily lives of ordinary people through time and across the globe. This resource provides details about family life, work, food, clothing, sports, language, social customs and more.
Category: Social Studies, Research
Access eBooks in the STEM field covering a wide range of subjects including agriculture, computer science, engineering, environmental studies, mathematics and science.
Category: Books, Science, Social Studies, Research
Access millions of images from the best collections in the world.
Category: Research, Social Studies, Science
Search encyclopedia articles as well as magazines, web sites and videos.
Category: Research, Social Studies, Science
Download five free songs per week and listen to three hours of music per day.
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Category: Entertainment, Music
Find subject overviews, critical essays, biographies, multimedia and articles from reliable reference sources.
Category: Social Studies, Research, Science
Reliable reference content covering the most studied middle school topics.
Category: Social Studies, Research, Science
Reliable reference content for high school students including magazines, newspapers and journals.
Category: Social Studies, Research, Science
Watch over 150 of the most popular courses taught by the world’s top professors. Subjects include photography, physics, astronomy, art, history, health and everything in between.
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Category: Videos, Social Studies, Research, Science
E-reference books on topics including biography, business, the environment, medicine and more.
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Category: Research, Social Studies, Science, Books
Stream or temporarily download popular movies, television shows and music on your smartphone, tablet or computer. Every user gets six checkouts per month.
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Category: Entertainment, Music, Videos
Covers diverse views on important issues in today's world, highlighting the complete historical background, contemporary status and global view of each.
Category: Social Studies, Research
Kanopy is an online video streaming platform with 26,000 movies, documentaries, indie and foreign films from hundreds of producers including The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, Kino Lorber, PBS and more. Users may stream up to 10 videos per month.
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Category: Entertainment, VideosEntertainment,
Dedicated to the rich heritage and current culture of Hispanic groups in the United States. Stories are detailed through a robust collection of primary and secondary sources, beginning with pre-16th century Mayan, Incan and Aztec empires and continuing through to the present day.
Category: Social Studies, Research
Practice tests for college entrance, employment, and citizenship. Tutorials in basic skills for math, reading, and writing.
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Category: Tutoring, Research, Languages
The Los Angeles Times is one of the largest metropolitan newspapers in the U.S. It has won numerous journalism awards including 37 Pulitzer prizes, five of which are gold medals for public service.
Category: Magazines & Newspapers
Learn a new language from home or on-the-go with Mango! Every learner’s experience is unique: Mango adjusts to your learning pace, teaching until you feel confident with new words and phrases, creating a learning solution centered around you.
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Category: Languages
The New York Times is considered the official U.S. newspaper because it publishes the complete text of important documents, speeches and presidential press conferences.
Category: Magazines & Newspapers
For fiction lovers, this resource includes searchable fiction reviews, read-alike lists, award winners, and reading group guides.
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Category: Books
Covers some of today's social issues like offshore drilling, climate change, health care and immigration. Includes over 19,000 pro/con viewpoint essays.
Category: Social Studies, Research
Overdrive offers thousands of downloadable audiobooks and eBooks, all free with your library card. There is a limit of 10 items per customer, checked out at any time. Try this out with the Libby app for the best experience possible.
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Category: Books
Discover quotes from over 3,000 authors or search over 600 subjects to find an appropriate quotation for any occasion.
Category: Research, Books
Stream Spanish-language telenovelas and translated movies.
Category: Languages, Videos, Entertainment
Watch over 1,500 full-length concerts and music documentaries. Qello spans over 30 genres, including classical, rock, reggae and country. Enjoy music from the 1920s to today’s hottest artists, including Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen and Aerosmith.
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Category: Entertainment, Videos, Music
Search, check out and listen to the best in audiobooks on your computer or mobile device.
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Category: Books
Search, check out and read the best in magazines with RBdigital. Page through popular magazines on your mobile device. There is no time limit; once you check out a magazine, it will remain in your account until you delete it!
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Category: Magazines & Newspapers
The Wall Street Journal is considered the preeminent publication for business news and information on financial markets worldwide.
Category: Magazines & Newspapers
An easy-to-use interface that integrates real-life language use by native speakers. With over 100 languages to choose from, every language learner will find something of interest.
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Category: Languages
Contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
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Category: Science, Research
Browse and search complete issues; view articles, photos, ads, marriage announcements, obituaries and cartoons. Print, download and share articles and images.
Category: Magazines & Newspapers
Focusing on the geographic, political, social, economic, environmental, and cultural forces that are increasingly important in our globalized world. Contains country profiles and primary and secondary sources including flags, speeches, recipes and facts and figures.
Category: Social Studies, Research
Explores ancient civilizations, dynasties, and empires and profiles city-states, countries, and regions of the ancient and medieval world, providing a dynamic learning experience that encompasses intellectual developments, wars and cooperation, religion, cultural practices, and more from prehistory through to the beginning of the Renaissance.
Category: Social Studies, Research
Covering the history of the world from 1500 to the present: the evolution of modern Europe since the Renaissance; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world; the global impact of the Industrial Revolution; revolutions in France and Latin America; imperialism; nationalism; World Wars I and II; growing global powers and more. Includes era explorations, primary sources and resources to strengthen critical thinking.
Category: Social Studies, Research
