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Great online links for homework

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• Animals

• Arizona

• Biographies

• Books & Authors

• Costumes

• Countries & States

• Cultures

• Current Events

• Dictionaries

• Environment

• History

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• Search Tools for Kids

• Solar System

• U.S. Government

• We also have fun sites!

Library Databases

Great homework helpers, available 24x7!

What is a database?

How to log in:

• Click on the database name to begin. 

• If you are at home or school, you need to log-in with your Mesa library card number and PIN to use them.

• Write down the name of the database you want to use before you log-in from home or school, because we have a long list of databases to choose from.

	Biography Resource Center Large biography database covering 80 reference books.
	Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Includes Encyclopedia Americana, Popular Science, and Lands and Peoples. Great for all school subjects.
	History Resource Center: U.S. Encyclopedia and periodicals and timelines on most studied topics in U.S. history.
	History Resource Center: World Encyclopedia and periodicals and timelines on most studied topics in the world history.
	Kids InfoBits Designed for elementary school students. Includes reference books, magazines, and newspaper articles. Covers all homework subjects and many topics of interest to children.
	InfoTrac Junior Edition Designed for middle and junior high school students. Includes magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, almanacs and dictionaries.
	SIRS Government Reporter Full-text of U.S. government publications useful for elementary through junior college students. Contains Supreme Court cases and U.S. historical documents.
	SIRS Government Reporter Pro and con articles on social, scientific, health, economic, political and global issues.
	Student Resource Center Gold Covers all school subjects. Has 21 specialty encyclopedias on states, countries, science, world culture, authors, and literature.