Homework Resources

Primary (Grades K-6)

Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO)
Basic encyclopedia geared for school-age users or beginning researchers. Articles updated regularly.

Kids Search 
Designed especially to help youth in grades K-8. Magazines, newspapers, dictionary, and encyclopedia.

Live Homework Help® 
Free chat tutoring for grades K-12, college intro and adult learners. Every day, 1 – 10 p.m. 24 hour access to Skills Center Resource Library with worksheets, tutorials, study guides, and more.

Primary Search (EBSCO) 
Designed for elementary school students. Includes magazine articles, animal encyclopedia, children’s encyclopedia, and dictionary.

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Secondary (Grades 7-12)

Biography Resource Center
Biographical information on people from throughout history and around the world.

Encyclopædia Britannica Online 
Contains complete encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Britannica's Book of the Year.

LearningExpressLibrary® 
Prepare for entrance exams and certification tests by taking practice tests and tutorials.

Live Homework Help® 
Free chat tutoring for grades K-12, college intro and adult learners. Every day, 1 – 10 p.m. 24 hour access to Skills Center Resource Library with worksheets, tutorials, study guides, and more.

MAS - Ultra School Edition (EBSCO)
Designed specifically for high school students. Comprehensive database includes magazines, curriculum-related primary documents and photographs, and thousands of biographies.

Middle Search Plus (EBSCO)
Geared for middle-school users.  Includes magazines, plus primary documents, biographies, historical essays, and photographs.

Points of View Reference Center 
Provides students with essays and speeches that present multiple sides of current, controversial issues. Focuses on curriculum-related topics.

ProQuest 
Links to articles and blogs from thousands of local and international newspapers.  Search by subject, company names, people’s names and more.  Set up RSS feeds from your favorites.  Includes NY Times..

Student Research Center 
Designed for students in grades 5 – 12.  Includes all types of magazine and newspaper articles plus books, and TV news transcripts.

TOPICsearch (EBSCO)
Current events database provides wide variety of sources for researching curriculum-related topics. Appropriate for middle school and above, includes public opinion polls, government documents and speeches.

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Academic

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Comprehensive database of newspaper, magazine, and journal articles geared for student research in all fields including science. Scholarly.

ERIC: the Education Resource Information Center (EBSCO)
Highly-respected database provides full text access to education journals, literature and resources. Documents go back to 1966.

Health Source Nursing Academic Edition (EBSCO)
Provides full text nursing and allied health materials, emphasizing academic journals. Includes Lexi-PAL Drug Guide with patient education sheets.

LearningExpressLibrary® 
Prepare for entrance exams and certification tests by taking practice tests and tutorials.

Points of View Reference Center 
Provides students with essays and speeches that present multiple sides of current, controversial issues. Focuses on curriculum-related topics.

ProQuest 
Links to articles and blogs from thousands of local and international newspapers.  Search by subject, company names, people’s names and more.  Set up RSS feeds from your favorites.  Includes NY Times.

Professional Development Collection (EBSCO)
Full text education journals and reports, many going back to the 1970s. Designed for educators.

Updated November 2009