Biography In Context A database of current and historic biographies of people from all fields and endeavors. This is a curriculum-aligned resource that offers media-rich content in context that's updated daily to meet your research needs.

Culture Grams Reports on more than 200 countries, each U.S. state and Canada.

Discovering Collection Database for students with content covering national curriculum standards. This resource is easy to search and offers the "whole picture" on a variety of topics: cultures, geography, literature, science, U.S. history, and world history.

Gale Virtual Reference Library A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Subjects include: Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Publishing, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Religion, Science, Social Science, and Travel.

General Reference Center Gold Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.

Internet Public Library for Teens Websites reviewed and selected by librarians; topics include: school & homework help, graphic novels, writing research paper guide, technology resources, finances, health, and more.

Learning Express Library Are you preparing for an important test? Just want some extra help or practice in a particular subject? Here, you'll discover informative eBooks, instantly scored multiple-choice tests, essay practice, exercises, and interactive lessons to help build your skills for classes, assignments, quizzes, and important exams.

Literature Criticism Online Features commentary on favorite books and plays by the scholars of the day. Draw comparisons and see how classic works have fared over the centuries via this resource's easy-searching capabilities.

Literature Resource Center Full-text articles from scholarly journals and literary magazines are combined with critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, biographies, and more to provide a wealth of information on authors, their works, and literary movements.

Newsbank: America's Newspapers A compilation of local, regional, and national newspapers.

NoveList Reading recommendations and lists. Search by subject, age group, bestsellers, or award winners. Includes book discussion guides, award winners, booktalks, and articles.

Opposing Viewpoints Giving you both sides of the issue, this database helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.

ProQuest Newspapers: full text to Historical New York Times (1851- 2007), Current New York Times (1980- Current), Historical Los Angeles Times (1881- 1987), Current Los Angeles Times (1985- Current), Wall Street Journal (1984- Current), & Local & Regional Coverage.

Purdue OWL Writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. For MLA and APA style guides, look for the links on the lower left corner.

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U.S. History In Context Covers U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present.

World History In Context Comprehensive collection of world history sources, full text articles, primary sources, and images, maps and charts.