Help for Students
Don't Know Where to Start? Try one of these:
- Funk and Wagnall's New Encyclopedia - 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
- Gale Power Search - searches all Gale Databases
- World Book Discover - Reference tool for advanced researchers and information seekers.
Explora for Elementary/Primary - Simple search that quickly delivers relevant results including articles, essays and primary source documents to help students feel successful in their research.
Explora for High School - Simple search that quickly delivers relevant results including articles, essays and primary source documents to help students feel successful in their research.
Gale In Context: College - Access a wide array of multidisciplinary content by searching scholarly journals, newspapers, periodicals, images, and videos.
Gale In Context: Elementary - Introduce elementary students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content.
Gale In Context: High School - Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues using different sources.
Gale In Context: Middle School - Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more.
Gale OneFile: High School Edition - Search magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference on a range of topics. Best for middle- and high-school students.
Gale Power Search - searches all Gale Databases
MAS Complete - Full-text database providing hundreds of popular high school magazines and reference books covering various subjects, such as history, sports, art, music and biographies.
Middle Search Plus - Full-text for more than 140 popular middle school magazines.
National Geographic Kids - Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context - A premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana.
Primary Search - Full-text for nearly 70 popular elementary school magazines.
ProQuest Database Search - Search across all ProQuest Databases that the library subscribes to (Access from inside the library only).
World Book Advanced - Powerful reference tool that includes full encyclopedic and multimedia databases for high school students and adults.
World Book Early World of Learning - Resources to help preschoolers and children in the early grades with critical early childhood themes and language skills.
World Book Kids - Easy-to-read articles and a wealth of engaging multimedia, games, science projects, interactive tools and activities.
World Book Student - Content and features designed for school-aged patrons' homework and research needs.
World Book Timelines - Interactive, and customizable timelines of important events throughout history.