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Featured Resource: Ancestry Library Edition
October is National Family History Month and the library has the perfect resource for exploring your family's history. Ancestry.com Library Edition contains millions of records (census, vital, military, etc.) from all over the world that can be used to trace your family's history. Try it today using one of the library's computers or your own computer (inside the library only). Please ask a staff member for assistance if you need help getting started!
- Explora for Children - Explora for children (grades k-5) is a research tool that enables a quick search of articles, essays, and primary source documents including journals, abstracts, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, dictionaries, books, biographies, and historical essays.
- Explora for Teens - This resource for teens (grades 6-12) includes full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, reference books and encyclopedias, biographies, country reports, primary documents, TV and radio news transcripts, and a dictionary.
- NewsBank - (NewsBank has updated their website! Try the new version). Search current and archived coverage of issues, events, people, government, sports and more from 2,400 U.S. newspapers (includes the Concord Monitor and Union Leader).
- EbscoHost - Children's / YA - Students are able to access full text magazine articles from more than 700 popular magazines, pamphlets, reference books, and primary documents. There is an image collection of more than 200,000 photographs, maps, and flags. This resource is composed of Primary Search, for elementary grades; Middle Search for middle school students; and MAS Ultra for high school students.
- ALA Great Websites for Kids - A collection of helpful websites for homework in all subject areas.
- Transparent Language - Interactive, self-study language activities for over 60 languages. When registering for the first time from home, enter your barcode number. You will then need to create your own username and password.
- TumbleBooks - Features over over 550 titles which include animated talking picture books, books in English, French and Spanish, read-alongs, non-fiction books and National Geographic Videos.
- Readalongs - eBooks in the NHDB-Overdrive collection that combine text and spoken word to help Children learn how to read.
- eBooks & eAudiobooks - Our NHDB-Overdrive service and Hoopla service offer downloadable books for all ages.
- Novelist K-8 - Novelist is a resource for fiction books for children, to help find books by reading level and interests. It contains book lists by age and topic, recommended titles, award winners, and teacher resources.
- eMagazines - RB Digital (formerly Zinio) is a free digital magazine service for CPL card holders (view a slideshow about the service). There are no checkout periods, no holds, and no limit to the number of magazines that you can download! Read magazines on your laptop, tablet or phone. Sign up for an account, give it a try and start reading today!
- Library of Congress - Offers a wealth of information about American History and more including incredible digital collections.
- ALA Great Websites for Kids (Biography & History) - The American Library Association's collection of helpful websites for homework.
- Explora for Children - Explora for children (grades k-5) is a research tool that enables a quick search of articles, essays, and primary source documents including journals, abstracts, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, dictionaries, books, biographies, and historical essays.
- Explora for Teens - This resource for teens (grades 6-12) includes full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, reference books and encyclopedias, biographies, country reports, primary documents, TV and radio news transcripts, and a dictionary.
- EbscoHost - Children's / YA - Students are able to access full text magazine articles from more than 700 popular magazines, pamphlets, reference books, and primary documents. There is an image collection of more than 200,000 photographs, maps, and flags. This resource is composed of Primary Search, for elementary grades; Middle Search for middle school students; and MAS Ultra for high school students.
- ALA Great Websites for Kids (Math & Computers) - The American Library Association's collection of helpful websites for homework.
- ALA Great Websites for Kids (Sciences) - The American Library Association's collection of helpful websites for homework.
- GreenFILE - A collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
- Khan Academy - Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more.
- Explora for Children - Explora for children (grades k-5) is a research tool that enables a quick search of articles, essays, and primary source documents including journals, abstracts, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, dictionaries, books, biographies, and historical essays.
- Explora for Teens - This resource for teens (grades 6-12) includes full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, reference books and encyclopedias, biographies, country reports, primary documents, TV and radio news transcripts, and a dictionary.
- EbscoHost - Children's / YA - Students are able to access full text magazine articles from more than 700 popular magazines, pamphlets, reference books, and primary documents. There is an image collection of more than 200,000 photographs, maps, and flags. This resource is composed of Primary Search, for elementary grades; Middle Search for middle school students; and MAS Ultra for high school students.