Outstanding research support with nearly a million biographical entries spanning history and geography. A curriculum-aligned resource with media-rich content updated daily.
From ProQuest, a free website focused on Black Freedom featuring primary source documents related to key events and people in Black American history.
Access to a selection of online Reference eBooks from Gale.
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics.
Offers cross-curricular content aligned to Common Core State Standards and provides stellar support for papers, projects, and presentations.
Created specifically for middle school students, this resource combines reference content, videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and more. Categories cover a range of the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, and literature.
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Tacoma Public Library's eBook, eAudiobook, and eMagazine all-in-one app called Libby, opens a new window, by OverDrive. Libby is a streamlined reading app experience and is available for Android and iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch), and Kindle Tablets.
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Full-text articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and thousands of full-text poems and short stories published in contemporary journals and magazines.
The complete archive of National Geographic Magazine 1888-2015. Articles, legendary photos, and over one hundred years of history through the pages of this iconic magazine.
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Find new books to read! Search for a favorite author or title, browse booklists, award lists, or find the next book in a series. Fiction and Nonfiction books for all ages are included.
(Grades 7 and up) All about today's hottest social issues. Research, analyze and organize a variety of data for writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.
Popular eBooks, eAudiobooks, and eMagazines available on your computer, mobile device, or eReader. Up to 20 checkouts and 20 holds.
Libby is the only available app for OverDrive eMaterials.
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Authoritative, curriculum-oriented information for assignments and projects on earth science and life science, to space, technology, mathematics and science history.
A complete overview of U.S. history covering the most-studied events, issues and current information combining documents from primary sources, periodicals and reference materials.
Multicultural, global content supporting history research.
