Homework
Elementary and Intermediate School: General
K-12 Student Center
( Suffolk Homework Help)
Live online tutoring. The service is available to help students in grades K-12 in both English and Spanish from 2:00 PM-10:00 PM seven days a week. Students must have a Suffolk library card to use the service. Transcripts of sessions will be available to those entering an e-mail address.
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Searchasaurus
Dictionaries are in this databases , which also includes magazine articles.
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Grolier Online Kids
Encyclopedias can be found by searching in this database where you can look through four encyclopedias at once.
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Kids Search
Makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
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Elementary and Intermediate School: History
America the Beautiful
Includes state by state histories and current events.
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Famous First Facts
Has notable American firsts.
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Elementary and Intermediate School: Magazines
Primary Search
Has articles from popular magazines for elementary school research.
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Searchasaurus
Has magazine articles plus dictionaries.
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Elementary and Intermediate School: Literature
Novelist K-8 Plus
Discover the fiction and non-fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in your classroom. and recommended titles in Best Fiction and Non-Fiction. Many title records have direct links to Web sites with information about the author or with teacher resource materials.
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Middle & High School: General
K-12 Student Center
(Suffolk Homework Help)
Live online tutoring. The service is available to help students in grades K-12 in both English and Spanish from 2:00 PM-10:00 PM seven days a week. Students must have a Suffolk library card to use the service. Transcripts of sessions will be available to those entering an e-mail address.
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Student Research Center
Makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type—magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
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Grolier Online Passport
Searches four encyclopedias, magazines and websites.
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Points of View Reference Center
Is designed to assist in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects. Use as a guide to debate, developing arguments, writing position papers, and for development of critical thinking skills. Each essay includes a series of questions and additional material to generate further thought. Also included are thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top political and societal publications.
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Learning Express
Includes practice exams and courses for students and adults designed to help them achieve their career and academic goals. Plus e-books and computer skills tutorial courses.
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Middle & High School: History
History Reference Center
The database features full text reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers. The database contains historical documents; biographies of historical figures; historical photos and maps; and historical video.
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Famous First Facts
Has notable American firsts.
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New York Times Historical
Includes the entire historical run of the New York Times from 1851-2003. Find out what happened on any date.
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Middle & High School: Literature
Literature Resource Center
Includes information about authors and overviews of their works for high school students, undergraduate and graduate students.
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Twayne’s Author Series
Has information about authors and their works for high school students.
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Literary Reference Center
It is a comprehensive database that combines information from books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. Contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works.
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Novelist Plus
Provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for fiction and non-fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction and non-fiction readers and information for school media specialists and teachers.
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Novelist K-8 Plus
Discover the fiction and non-fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in your classroom. and recommended titles in Best Fiction and Non-Fiction. Many title records have direct links to Web sites with information about the author or with teacher resource materials.
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Middle & High School: Magazines
Middle School Search Plus
Contains full text for a number of popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator. Also available are biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets, primary source documents, reference books and an image collection of maps and flags. The database also includes a new collection of titles on each of the states, commonwealths and territories in the United States.
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MasterFile Premiere
Provides complete articles from magazines and reference books.
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General OneFile
This general periodical database contains newspapers, reference books and multimedia sources, over half of which are full text. The back file extends nearly 30 years. Subjects include humanities, education, environmental issues, technology, health care, politics and more.
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Academic OneFile
This database contains journals and reference sources, many of which are peer-reviewed and full text. It has extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more.
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| Academic Search Premiere
Provides complete articles from scholarly journals/ magazines for the serious researcher.
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Middle & High School: Math & Science
Science Online
Has science biographies, diagrams, essays, science experiments, and timelines.
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Science Resource Center
A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content including: science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
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