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in the barcode number from your Verona Public Library card for
complete access to the following databases:
* If you have a new card with a 14-digit barcode,
just type in the first 12 digits.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Encyclopaedia
Britannica for Kids
This database provides the full content of the current Encyclopaedia
Britannica as well as the Merriam-Webster Collegiate
Dictionary and Thesaurus. Also featured are video clips, quotations,
atlases, timelines, and links to
more than 130,000 websites. For additional homework help,
the Student Center
even offers advice on how to write a research paper or prepare for an
oral presentation. Start your homework assignment here!
Provided by the Friends of the Verona Public Library
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NoveList
K-8 provides hundreds of hand-crafted
"Recommended Reads" reading lists created for teens and
kids covering both fiction genres and topics. Designed with
a bright, appealing layout, designed especially for elementary and
middle school kids.
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Searchasaurus
is for users in elementary or middle schools.
Complete with erupting volcanoes, dinosaur guide and compass,
Searchasaurus is an exciting and easy way for young researchers to
experience online searching. It is an animated interface that
encourages young researchers to enhance and develop basic search
methodologies.
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Kids
Search is specifically for
elementary/middle school students. The Kids Search
interface combines a state-of-the-art search engine with a
child-friendly, graphically-rich design that is both powerful and
fun to use.
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Student
Research Center is designed for
secondary school students. Users can easily designate
which types of sources to search (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers,
Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video). They can
also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an
online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of
the day, and even limit their search according to appropriate
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Points
of View Reference Center™ is a
full-text database designed to provide students with a series of
essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The
database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective
background / description), point (argument), counterpoint
(opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. |
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Many thanks to the
New Jersey State Library for funding the EBSCO databases.
To search all
of these databases at once, visit JerseyClicks. |
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