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Academic Search Complete

Explore a range of topics. Includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, social sciences, and humanities.

AtoZdatabases.com

Search this database for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, and more, with 30 million businesses and 220 million resident lists.

Britannica Fundamentals

Play and read to learn letters, numbers, shapes, animals, and more.

Britannica School

K-12 students and educators can search for reading-level appropriate nonfiction content with over 132,000 encyclopedia articles, 103,000 images, 7,500 multimedia elements, more than 27,000 eBooks, novels and essays, a translation tool for 50+ languages and read-aloud functionality.

Consumer Reports

Search for information about cars, appliances, electronics, home & gardening supplies, products for babies & kids, shopping, health, money, and more.

eBooks K-8 Collection

Read eBooks for K-8 students covering all subjects taught in elementary and middle schools. The collection also features a selection of teacher resources to support educators and administrators.

eBooks Public Library Collection

General reference collection featuring titles for both adults and kids. Covers topics ranging from self-help and fitness to cooking and personal finance

Explora for Public Libraries

Gale Courses

Register for a range of online, highly interactive, instructor-led courses. Courses run for six weeks and new sessions begin every month.

Gale Databases

Review a complete list of Gale Research databases made available through RHPL.

Gale eBooks

Read full-text books and reference works on topics including health, science, careers, travel, and history.

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints

Learn more about today's hottest social issues covered in viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines and journal articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, and audio files.