Student Resources

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CollegeSource® Online is a database containing over 186,000 digital college catalogs, institution profiles, transcript keys, and other resources.

Explora Primary Schools edition is a student interface designed for use in Kindergarten through grade 5 with a focus on the Arts, Literature, Biography, Current Events, Geography and Culture, Health, History, Math, Science, and more.

Designed for high school students, Explora Secondary Schools allows students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects, or homework from the world’s leading magazines and reference books.

Search thousands of college and graduate schools, identify scholarships, take practice tests, create resumes, and explore careers.

LearningExpress Library helps libraries improve the lives of their patrons every day through a highly-acclaimed eLearning solution that provides support to students and professionals for academic skill-building, standardized test prep, career certification test prep and more.

Targeted Learning Centers Include:

• College admissions and placement exams (ACT, SAT, AP, and TOEFL)
• Academic skills-improvement for 4th grade skills-level through college (reading, writing, math, science)
• Graduate School Admissions exams (GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MAT and MCAT)
• Adult learning (reading, writing, math, science and more)
• High school equivalency (GED, HiSET, and TASC) test prep
• U.S. citizenship test prep in English and Spanish
• Spanish content available for the GED test and academic skills improvement
• Career occupational certification exam prep

Features Include:

• Easy-to-use website navigation
• Responsive design for mobile devices
• Guidance pages and personalized learning roadmap
• Individualized study plans
• Secure personal portfolio

Designed specifically for high school libraries, MAS Ultra – School Edition is a full-text database of popular magazines, reference books, and primary sources covering many subjects, including history, science, and health. It also includes over a million photos, maps, and flags.

Content Includes:

• More than 470 full-text magazines
• More than 340 full-text reference books
• More than 100,000 full-text biographies
• More than 55,000 primary source documents
• An image collection of more than 1.8 million photos, maps, flags, and color PDFs

MAS Reference eBook Collection

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Designed for middle school libraries, Middle Search Plus is a full-text database providing popular middle school magazines and reference books. Covering subjects such as history, current events, science, and sports, it also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps, and flags.

Content Includes:

• More than 180 full-text magazines
• More than 100,000 full-text biographies
• More than 55,000 full-text primary source documents
• An image collection of more than 1.8 million photos, maps, and flags

Middle Search Reference eBook Collection
En Español

NoveList K-8 is an online readers' advisory tool aimed at elementary and middle school students. NoveList K-8 helps readers find new books based on books they've read or on topics in which they are interested. It also includes book talks, picture book extenders, and Curricular Connections articles that will guide faculty to new titles and new ways for translating curriculum standards into classroom action.

Novelist Plus is an electronic reader's advisory resource that assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles. Novelist allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a template to locate other authors and titles of interest. It contains materials for all ages.

• Oxford's most comprehensive dictionaries and thesauruses of current English including more than 350,000 words and phrases, and more than 1.9 million example sentences
• Access to eight unabridged bilingual language dictionaries: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Arabic, Russian, Chinese, and Portuguese
• Language learning support, and additional English grammar resources including New Hart's Rules and New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors

Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, Points of View Reference Source provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.

En Español

Designed for elementary school libraries, Primary Search is a full-text database providing popular children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedic entries, and a vast image collection. Students can learn about a variety of topics, including endangered species, famous musicians, fitness and space exploration.

Content Includes:

• More than 180,000 full-text articles (many in color PDF) from 100 popular children's magazines
• Easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids
• An image collection of more than 1.8 million relevant photos, maps, and flags

Primary Search Reference eBook Collection
En Español

Tutor.com combines online tutoring, homework help, test preparation, and career support with a variety of self-study resources to provide a well-balanced and flexible educational environment designed to meet the individual needs of all learners.

Access provided by the Coalition of Independent Libraries of South Jersey (COIL).

The World Almanac® for Kids is the ideal one-stop reference resource for intermediate-level students. Erasing the line between homework support and fun exploration, it contains excellent resources for student reports and research, including extensive, up-to-date articles; videos; interactive games; science projects; and Homework Help; plus Teacher Resources with lesson plans. Kids can explore age-appropriate subjects while developing online research skills with a trusted source.

Emergent learners will engage in an interactive and playful environment that encourages reading comprehension and mastery of phonetic skills. Early World of Learning is full of stories, videos, songs, and games to provide a firm foundation for 21st-century learning and digital citizenship