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University City High: Departments: Library

Research Helps

Available from U. City District Computers

December 18, 2007

Online Resources

EBSCOhost

EBSCOhost provides access to information in current and authoritative journals, magazines, pamphlets, newsletters and reference books.  It can be retrieved in full page or citation form.  The information may be e-mailed, printed or read online to meet the users best learning needs.

Gale Discovering Collection

Thousands of overview essays, critical analyses, biographies, primary sources, creative works and multimedia elements make it easy for students to research papers and class assignments in five core subject areas: history, literature, biography, science and social studies.

Learning Express Library

Learning Express Library is designed to help people succeed on the tests they must pass to gain citizenship, improve their testing skills or to further their education or career. Over 300 online academic and licensing practice tests including SAT, ACT, GRE, LSAT, Advanced Placement, civil service, military, real estate, law enforcement, citizenship, TOEFL, ESL and basic skills for elementary, middle and high school skills improvement and much more. Test preparation materials span ages from elementary through adult. This testing resource also provides instant scoring and customized feedback.

Learning Express Library is currently funded for a two-year, statewide subscription available through Sept. 30, 2009.

NewsBank

NewsBank provides the full text of news features, special interest stories, editorials, daily columns, letters to the editor, sports reports, death notices, obituaries and more from Missouri publications Kansas City Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Springfield News-Leader. A broad spectrum of nationwide newspapers are also available: Chicago Tribune, New York Post, Wichita Eagle, Washington Post, Des Moines Register, Louisville Courier Journal, Tulsa World and Christian Science Monitor.

Missouri Resources

Finding Missouri: Our History and Heritage
This video series, for students and teachers in Missouri's elementary and secondary schools, was funded by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the Historical Preservation Section of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Each of the 18 digitized videos focuses on a single topic and lasts approximately 10-15 minutes.

 Library Media Center Information

Information on the U C Us READ program.

 

Sponsorship

EBSCOhost, Newsbank and Gale Discovering Collection are provided to MOREnet customers through funding by the Missouri General Assembly. This appropriation is made to the Secretary of State's Office and is administered by the Missouri State Library. Learning Express Library is funded through the REAL Program reserves.

 

*copyrighted statements were taken directly from the Morenet.com site to aid students in accurately knowing the content of the sites.

 
 

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