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*** Accelerated Reading (Keyed to Read) List for Holmes Junior High

FirstSearch  use at home    use in library

A collection of electronic databases, including WorldCat, the world's largest bibliographic database with over 40 million records.

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center    use at home    use in library
Provides detailed profiles of more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable advice on career skills, more than 48,000 resource entries, and much more!

Gale Virtual Reference Library   use at home    use in library

Search more than 330 full text reference sources on a wide range of topics.

General OneFile (formerly known as Infotrac)    use at home    use in library

1980 to present
A periodical database with access to more than 9,200 journal, magazine and newspaper titles, many full-text. Includes full-text access to the New York Times from 1995 to present. General OneFile Title List

Illinois Clicks    use at home    use in library

Citizens Library of Illinois Comprehensive Knowledge Service (CLICKS), an anywhere, anytime information portal created and maintained by librarians statewide.

Issues and Controversies (FACTS.com)    use at home    use in library

1995 to present
Provides detailed articles about issues in today’s headlines, arranged by topic. Useful for debates and reports on current events and issues.

La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre (Grolier) use at home    use in library

Comprehensive research tool for Spanish speakers and beginning/intermediate students of Spanish. For Middle School and Beyond, Also Good for Adults.

Learning Express Library    use at home    use in library

Take practice tests in a variety of subject areas, including ACT, GED, Civil Service and Citizenship exams. Also includes school skills improvement tutorials for specific grade levels.

LexisNexis Library Express    use at home    use in library

Access over 1,000 national, regional and international news publications, information on over 44 million U.S. and international companies, legal information including case law, statues and regulations, and biographical information. (Access outside Library excludes Legal infomation.)

Literature Resource Center (Infotrac)    use at home    use in library

Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

Mango Languages   Click here to use

Mango Languages is a FREE online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. Languages include: Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, French, Japanese, English for Spanish and Polish speakers and many more..

New Book of Knowledge (Grolier)   use at home    use in library

Fun, easy-to-use, general reference resource helps students gain access to a wide range of topics.  For Elementary School and Beyond, also good for English Language Learners.

Novelist Plus     Click Here to use

A reader’s advisory tool for all ages that helps readers find new books based on books they’ve read or topics in which they are interested.

Novelist K-8 Plus    Click Here to use

Enter a title or author you like, or describe a book you would like to read, and NoveList finds books for you

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale/Cengage)      Click here to use
This full-text resource covers today’s hottest social issues, from Terrorism to Endangered Species, Stem Cell Research to Gun Control, bringing together all the information that’s needed to fully understand an issue: pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, full-text magazines, academic journals, and newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, multimedia, including images and podcasts, links to hand-selected web sites, and more!

Salem Health use at home    use in library
Provides access to Magill's Medical Guide, including information about diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues.

Salem History use at home    use in library
Includes historical information, primary source documents, biographies and information about 20th century decades.

Salem Literature use at home    use in library
An online collection of classical and current literary criticism of the world’s most-studied literature from Salem Literature’s popular reference series

Salem Science use at home    use in library
Salem Science presents two online versions of their print resources, The Solar System and The Encyclopedia of Global Warming.

Science Online (Facts on File)    use at home    use in library
Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.

World Book Online Reference Center use at home    use in library

Includes encyclopedia articles, maps, timelines and multimedia content. Also available in Spanish.

 

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