West Fargo 9-12th Grade Library
Library
Online Book Catalog
Online Newspaper
Online Databases
- eLibrary Curriculum (Offers a broad range of full-text and multimedia content that supports student inquiry with more than 600 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts, plus thousands of maps and pictures. Includes specialized database links to History & Literature)
- SIRS (Includes pro/con coverage of many issues, resources by and about the US Government, current perspectives on the arts and humanities along with a collection of reliable and credible websites)
- EBSCO MegaFILE (Combines Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier and Regional Business News into a single multi-source full-text database)
- Health & Wellness Resource Center (Includes magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on a variety of health-related topics. Includes links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases.)
- InfoTrac Student Edition (Includes a multi-source full-text database designed for junior high and middle-school students.)
- ProQuest Newspapers (Includes full-text access to hundreds of newspapers from around the country and the world)
- Opposing Viewpoints (Provides full-text, multi-source research on today's hottest social issues including both pro and con viewpoint articles, statistics, government data, images and podcasts, and links to hand-selected web sites.)
- Issues & Controversies (Explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly. Great for research papers and debate prep.)
- Issues & Controversies in American History (Explores how historical events have shared our nation by exploring key players and battles. Delivers dynamic, concise, and balanced reporting that provides the background, outcomes, and contemporary points of view for the major topics in every American history curriculum.)
- Bloom's Literary Reference Online (Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature.)
- Literature Resource Center (Provides comprehensive and reliable online research on literary topics, authors, and their works. Includes all genres and disciplines, all time periods, and all regions of the world.)
- GreenFILE (Offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Includes scholarly, government, and general-interest titles on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations, and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects.)
- Science Reference Center (Provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content. Contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.)
- Polling the Nations (The ultimate survey database)
Online References
- Groliers Online Encyclopedia |In District| |Outside District| (Provides a general reference source for students which includes "Today is…", a featured showcase, NewsNow from the Associated Press, and resources for Educators.)
- CultureGrams (Provides cultural reference and curriculum materials to foster understanding and appreciation of the world's countries and peoples.)
- Maps 101 (Provides a unique and comprehensive geography-centric online resource that makes the teaching of social studies interactive and engaging.)
- Britannica School Edition (Provides teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language.)
- World Almanac (Offers a fundamental reference source for students and teachers.)
Online Tools
- NoodleTools (The Web's most comprehensive and accurate MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian bibliography composer with fully-integrated note-taking.)
- TutorND (Offers FREE online tutoring and academic resources from Tutor.com for North Dakota residents. Get live help from a tutor in major subjects like math, science, social studies, English, or even assistance with your job search.)
- Learning Express (Offers practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want-at school, at work, or in life.)
- Auto Repair Reference Center (Contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945. Database content includes more than 33,100 vehicles covered from 1945 to present)
WFPS E-Mail Option
Images on the Web
Other Libraries
- ODIN Databases (Online Dakota Information Network Libraries)
- NDSU Library
- Library of Congress
- Library of Congress - National Archives
- NetLibrary (NetLibrary eBooks are electronic versions of printed books. They have the same information, are enriched with photos and illustrations, and can be viewed online from any computer connected to the Internet. With NetLibrary's technology, not only can you search titles, authors and keywords, but the entire text of any eBook so that you can instantly pinpoint the exact information you need.)
- West Fargo Public Library
- ipl2 (The merger of the Internet Public Library and the Librarians Index to the Internet)
Professional Resources
- Academic Search Premier (Ideal for college students. Spans virtually every area of scholarly study. More than 8,000 journals - 4,600 are full-text.)
- Professional Collection (Wide variety of topics for educators, administrators, and librarians. More than 300 full-text online journals.)
- Google Scholar
- ERIC
- Ancestry Library (Covers the U.S. and the U.K. and includes census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas. This collection contains more than 4,000 databases and 1.5 billion names. This resource is only available from within a North Dakota library.)
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.)
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