Teen Online Resources
Gale Databases
Complete listing of over 60 Gale Research databases, including Biography, Science, U.S. History, and World History in Context.
Overdrive Teens
Download eBooks & audiobooks to your computer or mobile device. The books return automatically and there are no overdue fines!
Hoopla
Borrow eBooks, eAudiobooks, music, movies, and TV shows with no waiting. Titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later.
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Academic Search Complete
Coverage on a wide range of topics. Includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities.
Kanopy
Stream over 26,000 films (independent, international, classic, or documentary films) from hundreds of popular producers such as The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, and PBS, as well as thousands of independent filmmakers - on every topic imaginable.
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Biography in Context
Biographies, full-text articles, and images for more than 300,000 people, both current and historic, in all fields of endeavor.
Chronicling America: Historica American Newspapers
A site produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program that provides free, public access to select digitized pages from historic American newspapers. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
Digital Michigan Newspapers
Searchable database of local newspapers, digitized by the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University.
EBSCO History Reference Center
Covers U.S. and world history topics and features historical reference books, magazines and thousands of primary source documents.
Encyclopedia Britannica School
Multimedia, reading-level appropriate nonfiction content for K12 students and educators. Content includes encyclopedia articles, images, multimedia elements, eBooks, novels and essays, a translation tool for 50+ languages and read-aloud functionality. Includes lexile ranges and is aligned with MDE Academic Standards across a variety of subjects.
LearningExpress Library
Comprehensive, interactive collection of practice tests and courses for academic, vocational, certification and licensing needs. Offers over 700 courses, practice tests, tutorials, eBooks and flashcards. Practice tests offered include ACT, SAT, PSAT and TOEFL as well as trade certification, civil service, math/reading tests and citizenship.
Opposing Viewpoints
Today's hottest social issues covered in viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines and journal articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files.
World History in Context
Collection of scholarly analysis and award-winning full-text periodicals, reference works and primary documents.