Download Teen eBooks and eAudiobooks to your phone or device with Overdrive. Overdrive has tens of thousands of eBooks and eAudiobooks from popular contemporary authors to classics. They can be accessed via the Overdrive website, Libby app for mobile devices, or on a Kindle. If you need help getting started, Overdrive has instructions on their Help Page.
eBook subscription database features more than 12,000 titles and supports multiple subject areas, including English Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Studies, Health, Physical Education, Information Literacy, and Technology. If you need help getting started, ProQuest has instruction videos (Grades 9+). The first time you access this eBook collection you must do it at the library and establish a personal login. Thereafter you can use your personal login to access the eBooks remotely from anywhere.
Alexander Street Video is a diverse collection of streaming Music, Dance, and Theatre content, covering hundreds of genres and a wide range of content types, from documentary to live performance. Leading content providers include the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Qwest TV, Smithsonian, L.A. Theatre Works, Broadway On-Demand, and many more. Videos can be clipped and used in classroom instruction or presentations. (Grades 3-12).
CultureGrams provides concise cultural information on countries around the world (Grades 3-12).
Single search research tool for middle and high school students aggregates periodical (newspaper and magazine) and digital media (audio and video) content with editorial guidance for novice researchers (Grades 6+).
Discoverer is a research tool for younger grades that provides selected content for novice researchers, especially elementary and middle school students and educators (Grades 3-9).
Encyclopedia Britannica has been a trusted resource for students and researchers for 250 years. The online Britannica School edition is constantly updated and has easier-to-read entries for elementary and middle school students as well as explainer videos.
Gale Interactive: Science is a virtual lab that gives students in middle and high school grades the ability to view and interact with 3D models of objects in the natural worlds from chemistry, earth science, biology, and anatomy. (Grades 6+)
Environmental Studies in Context provides middle and High school students with comprehensive information on environmental issues and the people they impact.
(Grades 6+)
SIRS Issue Researcher provides curriculum-aligned database of content organized by complex issues, ideally for middle and high school students and educators (Grades 6+).
Research Companion provides information literacy tools and tutorials to help develop critical thinking skills, create citations, and understand research based writing and composition (Grades 8+).
This website will help you study for the California Driver's License Exam. There are practice tests and official California DMV manuals.
