High School Resources
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 | AtoZ World Food AtoZ World Food offers thousands of global recipes, hundreds of fascinating culture and ingredient articles, essential culinary resources, and 174 country cookbooks in one online resource; explore food culture and traditional recipes from around the world. | Health & Wellness, Life Skills & Hobbies, Travel |
 | Biography Reference Center (EBSCOhost) Biography Reference Center (EBSCOhost) offers a comprehensive collection of more than 450,000 full-text biographies, including the complete full-text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine, as well as thousands of narrative biographies that are not available in other databases. Download the mobile app from the: Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference |
 | Black Life In America Black Life In America has comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the earliest times to today. It is sourced from nearly 20,000 American and global newspapers from 1704 to the present, including over 400 African American newspapers. It provides full-text searching as well as access to content by topic, event, and eras in African American History. Not only that, but it is updated daily. | Encyclopedias & Reference, Magazines & Newspapers |
 | Britannica E-Books Britannica E-Books offers hundreds of downloadable full color and black & white non-fiction e-books for preschool through high school. Download the mobile app at the: Apple App Store. | Ebooks & Audiobooks, Encyclopedias & Reference |
 | BookBrowse BookBrowse is an online magazine for booklovers - including reviews, previews, "behind the book" backstories, author interviews, reading guides, and much more. Download the mobile app Watch the tutorial | Ebooks & Audiobooks, Reader Advisory |
 | Columbia Granger's World Of Poetry The Columbia Granger’s World Of Poetry contains over 250,000 poems in full text and 450,000 citations. The poems in full text are the most widely read in the English language, as well as in Spanish, French, German, and Italian. | Encyclopedias & Reference, Poetry |
 | Consumer Health Complete (EBSCOhost) Consumer Health Complete (EBSCOhost) offers convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information from EBSCO. Search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles. Download the mobile app from the: Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference, Health & Wellness |
 | Driving-Tests Driving-Tests is a website for driver safety that offers free OMV practice tests for motorcycle, car, and commercial vehicle permits and licenses, along with online copies of official state or province study guides and more. Download the mobile app | Automotive, Life Skills & Hobbies, Self-Paced Courses |
 | EBSCOhost EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. The comprehensive databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, medical, corporate, and school libraries. Download the mobile app from the: Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference |
 | Financial Ratings Series Financial Ratings Series offers important financial literacy tools from Weiss Ratings & Grey House Publishing such as: independent unbiased financial strength ratings of banks/credit unions/insurance companies, conservative buy-hold-sell ratings of thousands of stocks / mutual funds/exchange-traded funds, personal accounts to create a watchlist with notifications, and a Medicare / Medigap supplement insurance planner. When not accessing this service from the library network, put BPL in front of the card number with no space, for example: BPLB000000 or BPL29962. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference, Finance & Investing |
 | Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost) Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost) is a database that provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. Download the mobile app from the: Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference |
 | Gale Business: DemographicsNow Gale Business: DemographicsNow offers population and Census data to housing expenditures, users of Gale Business: DemographicsNow will have access to demographic information including: income, housing, race, age, education, retail spending, consumer expenditures, businesses, and more. Download the mobile app Watch the Tutorial | Business & Resume Help, Encyclopedias & Reference |
 | Gale eBooks Gale eBooks contains a large collection of e-books on a number of non-fiction topics. Download the mobile app Watch the Tutorial | Business & Resume Help, Ebooks & Audiobooks, Encyclopedias & Reference, Health & Wellness |
 | Global Road Warrior Global Road Warrior has extensive profiles for over 170 countries. The information is perfect for countries of the world reports, but it includes details that are not often found in other places. For example, with Global Road Warrior, a user can find a basic introduction to a country's language, profiles of typical food with recipes, business, and social culture pieces, and more. Watch the tutorial | Foreign Languages, Travel |
 | HeritageHub HeritageHub lets you explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images. Watch the tutorial. | Encyclopedias & Reference, Genealogy |
 | HeritageQuest Online HeritageQuest Online is digitized from the popular UMI Genealogy and Local History collection on microfiche, this online database is an essential collection of unique material for both genealogical hobbyists and professionals. A tutorial is available here. Watch the tutorial. | Encyclopedias & Reference, Genealogy |
 | Hispanic Life In America Hispanic Life In America has comprehensive coverage of the Hispanic American experience from the earliest times to today. It is sourced from nearly 17,500 American and global newspapers, including almost 450 Hispanic American newspapers. It provides full-text searching as well as access to content by topic, event, and eras in Hispanic American History. Not only that, but it is updated daily. | Encyclopedias & Reference, Magazines & Newspapers |
 | History Reference Center (EBSCOhost) History Reference Center (EBSCOhost) offers full text from over 1,620 reference books and encyclopedias and non-fiction books, full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, 57,000 historical documents, over 77,000 biographies of historical figures, over 113,000 historical photos and maps, and over 80 hours of historical video. Download the mobile app from the: Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference, Genealogy |
 | Legal Information Reference Center Legal Information Reference Center provides online full text from EBSCO for many of the top consumer legal reference books and contains more than 310 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. Download the mobile app: Google Play Store or the Apple App Store. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference, Legal |
 | Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCOhost) Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCOhost) offers information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Information Services. Download the mobile app from the: Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference, Reader Advisory |
 | Louisiana Library Connection Databases Louisiana Library Connection Databases was established in 1998, it is a collection of online subscription databases chosen to cover the widest range of informational needs, and is provided to the people of Louisiana by the State Library. It also includes many prestigious academic journals for the research professional, and crucial & strategic information for the small business owner and the consumer. The vast majority of these databases are available for remote use, that is, the user can log-in in from anywhere. This is provided free of charge to all library users in the state of Louisiana, and all that is required for access is a public library card. | Ebooks & Audiobooks |
 | Mango Languages Mango Languages offers online language learning for over 70 world languages and dialects through courses crafted using conversational methodology, ESL courses, foreign films, and cultural information to help you prepare to use the language for real. Download the mobile app Watch the tutorial | Foreign Languages, Music & Video, Self-Paced Courses |
 | MASA Ultra - School Edition (EBSCOhost) Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. It also provides more than 360 full-text reference books, 85,670 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs, and expanded full-text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines. Download the mobile app: Google Play Store or the Apple App Store. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference |
 | NewsBank NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources, including newspapers and magazines, covering a wide array of topics and issues; and it offers archives for The Beauregard Daily News going back to 1999 as well as numerous other Louisiana newspapers. Watch the tutorial | Business & Resume Help, Encyclopedias & Reference, Finance & Investing, Genealogy, Health & Wellness, Legal, Life Skills & Hobbies, Magazines & Newspapers, Travel |
 | Niche Academy Niche Academy offers online tutorials that teach people how to use library e-resources like ebooks, research databases, language learning tools, and more. Watch the tutorial | Life Skills & Hobbies, Self-Paced Courses, Tutoring & Test Prep |
 | Pronunciator Pronunciator is a fun and free way to learn any of 163 languages with personalized courses, movies, music, and more; and it includes a COVID-19 language course in 101 languages. Watch the tutorial | Foreign Languages, Music & Video, Self-Paced Courses |
 | SkillMill SkillMill is the world-leading skilled trades platform with expert courses that teach you job-ready skills at your own pace. SkillMill includes short, expert-led video courses, 3-D simulations, assessments, knowledge checks, and learning paths to help you advance your technical skills. Download the mobile app: Google Play Store or Apple App Store. | Encyclopedias & Reference, Business & Resume Help, Life Skills & Hobbies, Self-Paced Courses, Tutoring & Test Prep |
 | TeenBookCloud TeenBookCloud is an online collection of ebooks and read-along chapter books, graphic novels, educational videos, audio books, and educator resources for middle school and high school. A mobile app is available at the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. Download the mobile app at the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. | Ebooks & Audiobooks, Music & Video |
 | TumbleBookLibrary TumbleBookLibrary offers interactive storybooks, chapter books, nonfiction, language learning, puzzles, and games for kindergarten through sixth grades. Download the mobile app at the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Watch the tutorial | Ebooks & Audiobooks, Music & Video |
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 | Universal Class Universal Class contains a variety of self-paced online continuing education courses. They include lessons, exams, assignments, discussion boards, and actual assessments of your progress. You can also earn certificates documenting your CEUs, contact hours, and course completion. Watch the tutorial | Business & Resume Help, Finance & Investing, Life Skills & Hobbies, Self-Paced Courses, Travel, Tutoring & Test Prep |
 | Value Line Value Line is the uncontested authority in reliable, unbiased information, Value Line puts you in the driver’s seat with accurate and insightful investment research on companies, industries, markets, and economies. From the latest data, sophisticated tools, proven ranks to expert analysis and guidance, Value Line gives you the power to evaluate investments with confidence. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference, Finance & Investing, Life Skills & Hobbies |
 | World Book Online World Book Online is an online version of the renowned encyclopedia that is available in French and Spanish, it has different search options for different grades / Lexile levels, and it has citations and a life skills section, and the student model has additional educator tools that include lessons plans. Watch the World Book Online tutorials | Encyclopedias & Reference, Life Skills & Hobbies, Travel |