Student Resources

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Transparent Language Online

Language learners can build vocabulary, practice skills, and maintain what they have learned with Transparent Language Online, available anytime, anywhere in 110+ languages.

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ABCmouse Early Learning Academy

The award-winning ABCmouse curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2-8+) build a strong foundation for future academic success. ABCmouse is 100% educational, with more than 10,000 learning activities across all major subject areas: reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music—including more than 1,200 of those learning activities in Spanish. Best of all, kids just love it! (From Age of Learning, Inc.)

Learning Express Library

Online courses, tests, tutorials and skill development for all ages.

World Book Timelines

Dive in to history with this unique, interactive view! Timelines offers hundreds of pre-generate timelines across eight broad topics, which cover various time periods in history or span the life of historical public figures. Users can also create their own timelines from scratch, adding events, descriptions, and media.

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EBSCOhost

World Book Online

World Book Student

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World Book Kids

Promotional graphic for What’s the Point? Identifying Flint Artifacts. The image features a dark magenta background with a row of flint tools and projectile points displayed across the top. Large orange and yellow text in the center reads “What’s the Point?” with smaller white text below reading “Identifying Flint Artifacts.” The graphic promotes an educational resource for recognizing and identifying flint artifacts and stone tools.

What’s the Point?

Educational graphic for What Tree Is It? featuring a large green tree with red apples and curved red text reading “What Tree Is It?” above the tree. On the right side, three illustrated identification guides show leaves, fruits, and twigs with labels reading “Identify by Leaf,” “Identify by Fruit,” and “Identify by Name.” The image promotes a resource for identifying tree species using different characteristics.

What Tree Is It?

Promotional graphic for What’s That Snake? featuring a tan background with stylized green snake illustrations and large red text reading “WHAT’S THAT SNAKE?” Curved lettering and snake shapes create a playful design. Smaller white text near the bottom reads, “A guide to the snakes of Ohio.”

What’s That Snake?

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Very Short Introductions

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Science Reference Center

Point of View Reference Center

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Oxford Research Encyclopedias

Literary Reference Center

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INFOhio

Resources and support for each student, educator, and parent in Ohio.

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Proquest: CultureGrams

CultureGrams™ provides country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world’s people

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Explora Secondary

Explora Secondary
Grades 6-12: A far better alternative to websites and search engines for students to look up articles and facts for research papers or homework.

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Explora Primary

Explora Primary A trustworthy environment for students and educators in grades K through 5 to look up facts for class projects or homework. Link for Explora Primary

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World Book Early Learning

Three interactive learning environments for preschoolers and children in early grades.

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Biography Reference Bank

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Full Text Literature Collections

Electronic books of American and English literature: poetry, drama, fiction, and the Bible.