Homework — Grades K-8
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America the Beautiful is a comprehensive source
about the states and territories of the United States of America with
lots of pictures, maps and statistics.

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

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Junior Edition offers magazines, newspapers and
reference books on current events, the arts, science, popular culture,
health, people, government, history, sports and more. Merriam-Webster's
Biographical Dictionary is one of the reference books included.

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Kid's InfoBits is for the research needs of students in
Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a graphic interface, a subject
search, and full-text, age-appropriate magazines and newspapers on
current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history,
sports and more.
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Lands and Peoples Online provides information on
cultures, geography, languages, and news and history of every independent
country and continent in the world with maps, flags, photos, and Web
links.

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Literati includes a host of resources, such as
educational content for K-12 students and adults, informational videos
and tutorials, and interactive discovery tools. Literati Public has been
specifically customized for Virginia Libraries. Online tutoring help from
certified teacher is offered through the "Homework Help" tab
Monday through Thursday from 3pm-9pm and Saturdays from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
This service is offered to all students in Virginia (Grades 3-12) needing
help in Math, Reading or Writing.

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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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New Book of Knowledge has features of the print version
plus Wonder Questions, facts and figures, projects and experiments,
literary selections, and more.
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New Book of Popular Science contains hundreds of
articles in the print version plus science games, puzzles, and brain
teasers. Top-of-the-news science stories are updated weekly.
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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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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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