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A comprehensive three-level encyclopedia, plus streaming video and the Web's Best Sites. Includes a Spanish version.
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An online Reference Center that includes a student encyclopedia plus atlas, dictionary, and Explore Virginia. |
Includes multi-level encyclopedia plus Cumbre, Popular Science, America the Beautiful, and Lands & Peoples
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An interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that branch to related words.
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A cross-curricular resource including biographies, reference, periodicals, and images.
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 The best dictionary in the English language provides definitions, histories, and pronunciations of words old and new, and traces the evolution of language over the last millennium. |
| Periodical Databases |
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Ready reference, tv/radio transcripts, multimedia, magazines, and newspapers, including the full-text Washington Post.
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The full New York Times from 1851 to 1980. HOME ACCESS LINK
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| Specialized Reference |
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In-depth coverage of current issues, including background, current situation, future outlook, & pro/con.
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In-depth coverage of global affairs via topic reports on world issues from a number of international viewpoints. |
Millions of historical and contemporary images related to current events, entertainment, sports, and history from the Associated Press archive. |
Pro and con essays by experts on controversial issues, plus statistics, periodical articles, multimedia, and websites. |
A collection of books, magazine articles, primary sources, and multimedia covering all aspects of world history .
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A collection of books, magazine articles, primary sources, images, and videos covering all aspects of U.S. history. |
Comprehensive collection of reference books, periodicals, multimedia and websites on all aspects of science. |
A Readers' Guide to thousands of fiction & readable nonfiction titles, providing author bios, booktalks, discussion guides, genre lists, and more.
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Cultural atlas of nations and states, including geography, culture, politics, maps, flags, statistics, and recipes. |
A cross-curricular suite of databases, including Health & Wellness, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Biography Resource Center, and Business Resource |
Contains over 20 online reference ebooks including encyclopedias of medicine, fashion, popular culture, endangered species, and more. Click on Title List to see complete contents.
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| Instructional Resources |
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Plagiarism Prevention Service
Student Training Video
Instructor Training Video
Renaissance Place reading software includes AR Reading Practice, Vocabulary, and Literacy Skills quizzes on thousands of books.
Take an AR Quiz
Look up AR book points & levels
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Discovery Streaming
educational video programs divided into short clips for downloading.
Lesson plans & reviewed websites from partners Nat'l Geographic, NCTE, NCTM, AAAS, Nat'l Council of Economics, Nat'l Museum of Amer. History, Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities, & the Kennedy Center. No password required.
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Google Book Search
contains searchable online texts of thousands of books scanned in from college and university libraries across the world.
All-purpose search engine
Searches only academic and scholarly resources.
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