This will take you to the full list of MeL databases on a wide variety of topics.
This link will take you to the New York Times. You can login with your Google account.
Research/Academic Databases/Online Encyclopedias
Multi-disciplinary source of research. Covers a wide range of topics.
Information on complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to healthcare and wellness.
Research in the applied sciences and computing disciplines.
Repair information and schedules, diagrams, parts and labor estimates, service alerts, and recalls. Covers thousands of domestic and imported vehicles.
Encyclopedia Britannica for High School.
Encyclopedia Britannica for Middle School.
Health and wellness information including complementary and holistic medicine for patients.
Information in environmental areas such as ecology, agriculture, and energy.
Index of journal articles, books, theses, curriculi, conference papers, standards, and guidelines on a wide range of education topics.
Explora for High School. Provides hundreds of magazines and reference books.
Explora for Middle School. Provides hundreds of magazine and reference books.
A great website that provides different views on current issues to help with research and promoting critical thinking.
Reference Centers
Resource with more than 450,000 biographies.
History information including biographies, maps, videos, photos, and documents.
Subject areas include arts & crafts; games & electronics; models; needlework; outdoors & nature; and scrapbooking & paper craft.
Includes over 14,000 short stories and 54,000+ poems. Covers information on thousands of authors and their works. Topics include: plot summaries, literary criticism, book reviews, novels, and author interviews.
Hundreds of thousands of poems, as well as short stories, biographies, and essays. Topics include the poetic forms, movements, and techniques.
Presents multiple sides of over 400 issues. Helps students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.
Contains material from science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. More than 4,000 full text, full-length biographies. Includes: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, the environment, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, and wildlife.
Citing Your Work
This site from Purdue University features excellent information and examples of how to correctly format papers and cite sources using a variety of styles such as APA and MLA.
This article from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology talks about how to avoid plagiarism and gives examples.
College and Scholarship Information
Learn about careers, build your workplace skills, prepare for WorkKeys® Assessments, and more.
Explore a variety of careers, prepare for career exams, build a resume, etc.
Practice tests and tutorials for the major college entrance exams such as SAT, ACT, 12 AP subjects, PSAT, etc.
School and Scholarship finder from Learning Express Library.
Information of finding scholarships. Also has college search information.