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Britannica Library

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Britannica Library provides access to three sites in one: Children, Young Adults, and Reference Center. Users can choose the age-appropriate level that best suits their needs.
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Drama for Students Gale eBooks

Drama for Students Gale eBooks

Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.

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Driving-Tests.org

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Introductory DMV tests, including sign identification and a brush up course for seniors featuring some of the changes to fines, limits, and regulations over the years. You can also prep for your motorcycle license, look over handbooks, and get a step-by-step checklist of what you need when headed into your written test.
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Explora High Schools

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An interface for schools and public libraries that supports both student research and classroom instruction with reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.
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Gale eBooks

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Collection of e-books that covers a multitude of subjects including early learning, history, education, business, science, arts, and more.
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Gale In Context | Middle School

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Provides middle school students with access to age-appropriate documents for research.
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Gale Literature Resource Center

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Provides researchers with literary resources to support their literary responses, literary analysis, and thesis statements through a diversity of scholars and critics that ensure all views and interpretations are represented.

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Gale Literature | Contemporary Authors

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Provides access to biographical information on over 149,000 modern novelists, poets, writers, and more.

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Gale Literature | LitFinder

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Provides access to a wealth of literary works and secondary-source materials covering world literature and authors throughout history. Including full-text poems and poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.

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Gale Literature | Twayne’s Authors Series

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Offers full-text, in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres.

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HomeworkAlabama.org

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Students in grades K-12, entry level college and adult learners receive specialized one-to-one professional tutoring in the areas of math, science, English, social studies and writing.

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LearningExpress Library

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Resources to help improve math and reading skills, take practice tests for jobs, prepare for the GED, ACT or SAT, download ebooks and more.
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Novels for Students

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Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance. Vol. 1-41, 1998-1913

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Oxford English Dictionary

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Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.

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Oxford Reference

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Provides access to Oxford University Press's Encyclopedias and Companions, and a selection of partner publishers’ scholarly works.

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Pronunciator

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Online language learning platform that allows users to learn 163 languages with personalized courses, movies, and more

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Universal Class

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Learn on your own time. Video-based courses for people interested in professional or personal growth. Get feedback from professional instructors and connect with other students. Courses available 24/7

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