Student

Student Quick Links

CAREER AND COLLEGE INFORMATION

ONLINE RESOURCES

Online Tools
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Typing.com
Nitro Type
Microsoft Mathematics
Desmos (graphing)
Khan Academy
Khan Academy for Kids
Epic! (Books for students to read; includes read-alouds.)
IXL for Elementary Students
Beyond the Basics: Creativity and Enrichment
Amplify Science

Dictionaries & Thesauri

Collins Dictionary  Thesaurus, dictionary, phrases, & translations
Longman Dictionary  Dictionary and phrases with audio playback
howJsay  Pronunciations
Dictionary.com  Dictionary, thesaurus, and audio playback
Visuwords  Dictionary/thesaurus made visual

Ebsco

EbscoHost -- Research Databases, Biography Reference Bank, OmniFile Full Text Select and a lot more (P) 
Biography Reference Center  Comprehensive collection of 450,000+ biographical profiles. (P) 

Encyclopedias
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World Book Encyclopedia (P)  The classic online Encyclopedia 
Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia  Student-friendly online encyclopedia covering more than 25,000 topics.

Research Databases
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Kids InfoBits  (P) Features a Kindergarten through 5th grade full-text,  curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.  
Research in Context   (P) Middle School appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more for core subjects including literature, science, social studies, and history. 
Primary Schools Explora   Browse or search across Primary Search, Biography Reference Center, and Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia.  Full text popular magazine articles, encyclopedia entries, and other resources.
Primary Search   Find popular magazine articles, encyclopedia entries, and images. Help
Points of View Reference Center   Find critical essays on current events with an overview and two sides of each issue. 
MasterFILE  Search popular magazines, journals, and other sources for information on a variety of topics. Help
Nebraska Access (P) Magazines, newspapers, government publications -- free to Nebraska Libraries
Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection  (P)  Search full text journal articles covering psychology, behavior, and more. Help
Consumer Health Complete  (P)  Access full text information and videos on health and wellness. Help
Health and Wellness   (P)  Find alternative medicine-focused magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, videos, & reference information.  
Newsstand  (P) Provides access to full-text newspapers and allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section, or other fields.  
Student Resources in Context   (P) Contextual information on a wide array of subjects containing full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites. Help
Science and Technology Collection    Search full text scholarly journals covering science and technology. 
Google Scholar  Scholarly literature search for papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles.)
Google Books and Magazines  Full & partial text for fiction, non-fiction, and magazines.

All school libraries are available during school days and during the school hours of the particular day.

BUILDING RESOURCES

David City Public Library (Hruska)