Showing posts with label homework. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homework. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Don't Forget About Our Online Resources!

School is back in full swing!  Do you or your children need some homework help?  We have the following resources to help :


MAGNOLIA - An online database of scholarly journals, newspaper archives, and literary critiques.  Ask at the Reference Desk for the address and password to access this extensive collection.



World Book Online - The online version of the popular encyclopedia and more.  Ask at the Reference Desk for the ID and password to access.


Gage Cengage - Online reference books, including the Contemporary Black Biography series.  Patrons with a Google account can sign in and be able to save articles and citations to Drive as well as print and email (with any email account).  Highlighting, note-taking and audio options are also available.  Ask at the Reference Desk for details on how to access their site (GVRL has free apps for Android and IOS devices called Access My Library).

Salem Press Online - A selection of reference books specifically for high school age and up.  Patrons can set up a free account to save search information, citations, and articles.  There is also a feature to allow you to print and/or email articles and citations.  Ask at the Reference Desk for details on how to access the site.

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Back To School Time - Don't Forget Our Links For Homework Help!

School is back in session!

Don't forget there is plenty of help for homework woes available online to our patrons regardless of the level of class :
  • MAGNOLIA - A database of scholarly journals, newspaper archives and literary critiques.
  • World Book Online - The online version of the popular encyclopedia and more.
  • LearningExpress Library - Offers test prep for high school, college, and adult education.  It alos offers tutorials for some of the popular software.
  • Gale Cengage - A large variety of online reference books including the Contemporary Black Biography series.  Features include allowing users to sign in with their Google account to save articles and citations to Drive, print and email (with any email account), The site also features highlighting, note-taking and audio content.
  • Salem Press Online - Online reference books, specifically for high school age and up.  Users are able to set up a free account to save search information, citations, and articles.  The site also features the ability to print and email articles and citations.
For the reference services listed above, pick up the Digital References handout available at the Reference Desk for the websites, login names and passwords to use to access them.

Also, don't forget to visit our Kids Page on the library website for links to Homework Help, the AR Bookfinder, BJ Pinchback's Homework Helper, Khan Academy and World Book for Kids.

Have a great school year!