| General Reference |
A comprehensive three-level encyclopedia, plus streaming video and the Web's Best Sites. Includes a Spanish version. | 
An online Reference Center that includes a student encyclopedia plus atlas, dictionary, and Explore Virginia. | 
A cross-curricular resource including biographies, reference, periodicals, and images. |
Ready reference, tv/radio transcripts, multimedia, magazines, and newspapers, including the full-text Washington Post. | 
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. | 
Thousands of biographies of important people, both historical and popular. |
| Periodical Databases |
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Search over 1,000 newspapers and newswires, including the New York Times, Boston Herald, and San Francisco Chronicle. | 
The full New York Times from 1851 to 1980. HOME ACCESS LINK |
| Specialized Reference |
Comprehensive collection of reference books, periodicals, multimedia and websites on all aspects of science. | 
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. |
In-depth coverage of current issues, including background, current situation, future outlook, & pro/con.
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Pro and con essays by experts on controversial issues, plus statistics, periodical articles, multimedia, and websites. | 
Medical reference with in-depth information on diseases, medications, and alternative remedies. |
Info and images on popular culture of the 20th and 21st centuries. | 
Britannica's Compton Encyclopedia in Spanish. | 
Cultural atlas of nations and states, including geography, culture, politics, maps, flags, statistics, and recipes. |
Wondering what to read next? Try this for expert title recommendations, online reading rooms, and favorite lists for both classics and current bestsellers. | 
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Provides critical analysis of novels and poetry by living authors.
|  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. |
| Instructional Resources |
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.
| 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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