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Britannica Library: All Ages

Comprehensive reference and learning resource for children and adults.

Britannica Library is a comprehensive reference and learning resource for children and adults. It includes four distinct collections and reading levels in one site: Young Children (PreK-2nd grade), Children (3rd-5th grade), Young Adults (6th-12th grade), and Reference Center (Adults).

 

Points of View Reference Source

Resources presenting multiple sides of an issue to help develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.

Resources presenting multiple sides of an issue to help assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills. Provides a balance of materials from all viewpoints, leading political magazines, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents, reference books, images, and research guides. Includes hundreds of topics, each with an Overview, Point, and Counterpoint and Guide to Critical Analysis:

Gale Peterson's Test and Career Prep

Prepare for standardized tests with eBooks, online courses, and full-length practice tests.

Prepare for standardized tests with eBooks, online courses, and full-length practice tests in Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep. This resource features helpful tools whether you're a student preparing to enter the workforce for the first time or someone who is searching for new opportunities:

Manual del Conductor en Español (Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook) - DMV

El Manual del Conductor proporciona información sobre las normas y prácticas de conducir que le permitirán convertirse en un conductor seguro de automóvil o camioneta (licencia clase D).

El Manual del Conductor​ del Estado de Wisconsin es una versión condensada en español del manual Motorists’ Handbook en inglés. Si no le dificulta leer el Motorists’ Handbook en inglés, se le recomienda estudiar dicho manual también.

Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook and Mobile app - DMV

The Wisconsin Motorists’ Handbook explains driving rules and practices to help you safely drive and prepare for a drivers' test.

The Wisconsin Motorists’ Handbook explains driving rules and practices to help you safely drive a car or light truck (Class D license) and prepare for a drivers' test.

When you click the blue "Connect to Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook and Mobile app - DMV" button, you'll find:

Academic Search Premier

Articles from 4,700+ full-text publications in the fields of biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, and more; includes over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals

Audience

  • Higher Ed Student
  • Educator

Details

  • Articles from 4,700+ full-text publications in the fields of biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, and more; includes over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals

  • Indexing and abstracts included for more than 13,800 journals 

  • PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over 100 journals and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles

Britannica School Edition

Access age-appropriate reference articles, journals, magazines and more. Teacher resources are also available through this school edition of Encyclopedia Britannica for grades PreK-12.

Search the School Edition of Encyclopedia Britannica by age of researcher or topic of interest. Easy links for early elementary (grades PreK-2), elementary school (grades 3-5), middle school (grades 6-8), and high school (grades 9-12) content are provided along with extensive teacher resources and Britannica Fundamentals (grades PreK-2). Articles, graphics, and video make student research fun and interactive. Also includes Merriam Webster Dictionary and World Atlas. Create your own workspace to keep track of your research or to share with students or colleagues.

Khan Academy

A dashboard that enables learners to study subjects such as math, science, art, history, economics, computer programming, and more, outside of the classroom, and at their own pace. Academy partners include NASA, the Museum of Modern Art, the California Academy of Sciences, and MIT.

A dashboard that enables learners to study subjects such as math, science, art, history, economics, computer programming, and more, outside of the classroom, and at their own pace. Academy partners include NASA, the Museum of Modern Art, the California Academy of Sciences, and MIT.