High School Resources
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 | AtoZ World Food AtoZ World Food by World Trade Press offers thousands of global recipes, hundreds of fascinating culture & ingredient articles, essential culinary resources, and 174 country cookbooks in one online resource. Explore food culture and traditional recipes from around the world. Watch the tutorial | Health & Wellness, Life Skills & Hobbies, Travel |
 | Biography Reference Center Biography Reference Center by EBSCO 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 by NewsBank 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. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference, Magazines & Newspapers |
 | Britannica E-Books Britannica E-Books by Britannica offers over a thousand highly-acclaimed, non-fiction e-books, covering a range of popular, specialized, and curriculum topics. Improve reading comprehension and provide additional sources for research with Britannica’s ever-expanding e-book collection. With titles ranging from early childhood through high school, our e-books are Lexile-leveled and cover the entire curriculum, from language arts, math, science, and social studies, to sports, music, art and many other subjects! Spanish and bilingual titles are available. Download the mobile app from the: Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Watch the tutorial | Ebooks & Audiobooks, Encyclopedias & Reference |
 | BookBrowse BookBrowse provides a curated resource of the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction, with an emphasis on books that not only engage and entertain, but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. We seek out and recommend only the best of the best. Then, we give you all the information you need to decide which books are just right for you. Among much else, BookBrowse provides in-depth reviews and “beyond the book” articles; hand-selected read-alike recommendations for thousands of books and authors; the ability to browse by genre, time period, setting, and a wide range of themes; previews of notable books publishing soon; and extensive resources for book clubs. 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 300,000 poems in full text and 450,000 citations, numbers that will continually expand with each update. The poems in full text are the most widely-read in the English language, as well as in Spanish, French, German, and Italian. Included also is poetry in Portuguese, Polish, Yiddish, Welsh, Gaelic, and other Celtic languages, as well as poems in the ancient languages: Anglo-Saxon, Provencal and Latin. Scholars in each of these languages have reviewed and guided the selection of poems, so that the poetry on Granger’s is also the poetry encountered in the classroom. The Columbia Granger’s World Of Poetry offers complete coverage of the works of several individual great poets, including the complete poems of Shelley, Blake, Burns, Keats, Marvell, Poe, Unamuno, Heine, Baudelaire, and other major poets. In addition, users will find a wealth of current poetry from some of the best poetry periodicals, such as Poetry Magazine, The Southern Review, and Poetry Northwest. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference, Poetry |
 | Consumer Health Complete Consumer Health Complete by EBSCO 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 Watch the tutorial | Automotive, Life Skills & Hobbies, Self-Paced Courses |
 | EBSCOhost EBSCOhost by EBSCO 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 |
 | Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia by EBSCO 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. Connect with a wealth of highly detailed demographic data on more than 24 million U.S. businesses and 206 million consumers. Easily and rapidly produce a variety of both standard and custom reports to help make informed decisions. 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 by NewsBank 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 1900s, 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. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference, Genealogy |
 | Hispanic Life In America Hispanic Life In America by NewsBank 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. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference, Magazines & Newspapers |
 | History Reference Center History Reference Center by EBSCO 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 by EBSCO 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 from the: Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference, Legal |
 | Literary Reference Center Plus Literary Reference Center Plus by EBSCO 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 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. Download the mobile app Watch the tutorial | 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 MASA Ultra - School Edition by EBSCO is 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 from the: Google Play Store or 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. 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. It also includes a COVID-19 language course in 101 languages. Download the mobile app 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 at the: Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference, Business & Resume Help, Life Skills & Hobbies, Self-Paced Courses, Tutoring & Test Prep |
 | TeenBookCloud TeenBookCloud is a curated database of e-books and other digital content and educator resources for middle schools and high schools, as well as public libraries. The growing collection features over 1000 titles, including student-favorite graphic novels, enhanced e-books with full audio narration and highlighted text, classic literature, non-fiction videos, and more! The site supports a wide range of readers’ interests and levels. We’ve partnered with Orca Books and Saddleback books to bring you hundreds of high-interest / low-level content. In addition, our new AP English section makes hundreds of curriculum books available to readers at the click of a button! Download the mobile app at the: Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Watch the tutorial | Ebooks & Audiobooks, Music & Video |
 | TumbleBookLibrary TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of children’s e-books, available to elementary schools and public libraries around the world. TumbleBookLibrary has over 1100 titles for grades K-6, and includes our unique animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, non-fiction books and videos, curated playlists, as well as books in Spanish and French. Plus, the collection features graphic novels (a student favorite!), and games & puzzles. With a school license, teachers and students have access to the Common Core Portal, quizzes and teacher materials / lesson plans! Download the mobile app at the: Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Watch the tutorial | Ebooks & Audiobooks, Music & Video |
 | Get help in math, science, social studies, English, and more from a live tutor using the options below: Homework Louisiana Homework Louisiana powered by Tutor.com is available from 2:00 PM – 12:00 AM seven days a week. It offers free online tutoring and academic resources from Tutor.com by The Princeton Review for Louisiana residents from kindergarten students through adult learners. Tutor.com Tutor.com by The Princeton Review is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please use this service during the times that Homework Louisiana is not available. Download the mobile app at the: Google Play Store or Apple Store. Watch the tutorial | Business & Resume Help, Homework Help, Life Skills & Hobbies, Self-Paced Courses, Tutoring & Test Prep |
 | Udemy Udemy (Gale Presents: Udemy) by Gale is an online learning platform for adults who want to improve work-related skills or further develop a personal interest. Users can search through thousands of continuously updated, on-demand video courses across 75 categories in business, technology, design, and more, including courses taught by native speakers in 12 languages. All courses are taught by world-class instructors and offer a tailor-made learning experience for those who want to learn new technologies and skills to stay competitive in a changing workforce. Download the mobile app Watch the tutorial | Business & Resume Help, Self-Paced Courses, Foreign Languages |
 | UniversalClass UniversalClass 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 an 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, and 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 |
 | Weiss Financial Ratings Series Weiss Financial Ratings Series by Weiss Ratings & Grey House Publishing offers important financial literacy tools like: 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. Create your own personal account to create a watchlist, get upgrade / downgrade notifications and log in from anywhere. Medicare supplement insurance – which plan to choose, how much it will cost, compare rates & plan benefits. 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 |
 | World Book Online World Book Online is an online version of the renowned World Book Encyclopedia that is available in French and Spanish. It has different search options for different grades / Lexile levels. It has citations and a life skills section, and the student model has additional educator tools that include lessons plans. Watch the tutorial | Encyclopedias & Reference, Life Skills & Hobbies, Travel |