Homework — Grades 9-12

Available only in
library branches.
The American Physical Society (APS) provides free
access to all online APS journals, from the most recent articles back to
the first issue in 1893, to readers and researchers accessing their
collection from inside public library buildings in the United States.
This collection includes over 400,000 scientific research papers.

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Biography in Context provides in-depth coverage of
current and historic people. It provides articles and portraits.
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CQ Researcher offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of
current issues. Topics range from social and teen issues to the
environment, health, education and science and technology. CQ Researcher
explores a single "hot" issue each week.
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Current Biography Illustrated provides profiles and
images of people making news today as well as famous people back to World
War II including celebrities, politicians, sports figures, writers,
actors, scientists, and others.
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eLibrary contains interview transcripts, speeches, and
other primary source materials. It features a "go to the best
part" button to help you browse quickly through your search results.
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Encyclopedia Americana Online includes the full text of
the print Encyclopedia Americana and more.
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Europa World Yearbook contains political and economic
information about more than 250 countries and territories through
background information, statistics, and government and media contacts.

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Expanded Academic ASAP covers every academic discipline
through scholarly journals, news and general interest magazines, and
The New York Times.

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Gale Virtual Reference Library is a collection of eBook
encyclopedias and almanacs.

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General OneFile supplies articles on a wide range of
topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education,
environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature
and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and more.

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General Reference Center Gold provides indexing,
abstracts, and full-text for thousands of magazines and newspapers
including The Washington Post and The Christian Science
Monitor.
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Historical Newspaper Index uniquely provides over one
million records from nine local newspapers covering research on the
history of local buildings, lists of Civil War veterans, past Board of
Supervisors meetings and election statistics, and much more. Information & Tips

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InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy features a selection
of hundreds of magazines and journals covering religion and the related
areas of philosophy, archaeology and anthropology.
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LearningExpress Library provides interactive online
practice tests, eBooks, and tutorial courses series designed to prepare
people to succeed on academic or licensing tests. Immediate scoring,
complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of test
results are given. Coverage spans elementary school skills through adult
job skills and citizenship test preparation.

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Literature Resources lets you search several literature
databases at the same time on a Website designed specifically for
literature research. Find the full texts of literary works, journal
articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information and
overviews.

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LitFinder contains full-text poems, short stories,
speeches and plays including some material in Spanish.
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MasterFILE Premier covers diverse topics including
general information, business issues, health and multicultural materials.
It includes an image collection with photos of people, natural science
photos, photos of places, historical photos, maps, and flags.

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Military and Intelligence Database provides hundreds of
military-related and general magazines.
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Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre was conceived and developed
with the Spanish-speaking peoples of the Americas as its focus. Based on
the print encyclopedia, Cumbre, it contains thousands of articles,
thousands of photographs, and more.
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Oxford English Dictionary Online provides the meaning
and history of the English language. It also contains millions of
quotations.
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National Newspapers covers dozens of newspapers
including The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall
Street Journal, Barron's, and The Washington Post.

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Student Edition focuses on general reference materials
with a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, and
reference books for information on current events, the arts, science,
government, history, and many other topics. It contains audio and video
clips and primary sources.

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Student Resources in Context provides a selection of
original reference material, overviews, critical essays, primary source
documents and full-text magazines and newspapers with audio and video
clips, photographs, maps and graphics.


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