Reference & Learning Resources


- Find a Quote from LifeQuotesLib.com
On this website you'll find more than 36,000 quotations from over 6,000 famous people, such as Benjamin Disraeli, Oscar Wilde, Marilyn Monroe, Winston Churchill, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, Confucius, Woody Allen, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr. and other great authors. Read the most brilliant and smartest things ever said.
- Scholastic BookFlix - For Grades Pre-K to 3rd
Inside the Library - Click here
Oustside the Library (Requires Library Card Barcode) - Click here
Scholastic BookFlix is a new online literacy resource that pairs classic video
storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a
love of reading and learning. The engaging way to link fact and fiction, BookFlix
reinforces early reading skills and introduces children to a world of knowledge and
exploration. (Requires Flash Player version 9 or higher.)
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NoveList - A Reader's Advisory
NoveList is a reader's advisory database that allows readers/librarians to search for additional titles that might
be of interest to the reader based on reading level, similar subject, title and/or author. So, if you like a book, use
NoveList to find another book that you might also enjoy.
- Mango Languages
(libraries.mangolanguages.com/blanchard/start)
Mango is an online language-learning system that teaches actual conversation skills for 12 different languages.
It's an easy way to learn a foreign language!
ESL students can use it to learn English.
- Librarian's Index to the Internet (www.ipl.org)
A searchable, annotated directory of Internet sources selected and annotated by librarians covering
a wide range of subjects.
The Librarians' Internet Index (LII) has merged with the Internet Public Library (IPL) to make ipl2.
- Library of Congress. (www.loc.gov)
Makes resources available to the American people with a collection of knowledge and creativity.
- UCSB Library. (www.library.ucsb.edu)
Subject guide to career and job information, educational resources, and journal articles. A library and
reference resource.
- Project Gutenberg - Full Text Literature online.(www.gutenberg.org)
Project Gutenberg is the place where you can download over 30,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPhone, Kindle, Sony
Reader or other portable device.
All books are previously published and out of copyright for the most part in the U.S.
- Shmoop(www.shmoop.com)
Makes learning and writing more fun for students with resources in literature, history, civics, biography and music.
Includes teacher resources.
- ThinkExist.(thinkexist.com)
Help in identifying and finding quotes. See also www.famousquotesandauthors.com.
- Study Guides.(www.studyguidezone.com)
Helps students get free practice tests and study guides for a lot of different tests, including for
teachers, medical, vocational, primary, secondary, and undergrad tests.
- College Life.(www.college.gov)
First person accounts of students who overcame challenges to going to college, such as, peer pressure,
lack of family support, and financial barriers. It gives you information on why to go, how to go, and how to
pay for college.
- Legal Services.(LawHelpCA.org)
Self-help information and referrals about matters, such as, social security, foreclosures, and family law.
- Caregivers.(www.thecaringspace.com)
Helps families find skilled caregivers to help take care of their loved ones.
- College help.(kaarme.com/about)
Free networking and information site to colleges.
- Awesome Stories.(www.awesomestories.com/newsletters)
A gathering place of primary-source information to help educators and individuals find original
sources.
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