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WINTER READING PROGRAM

December 19, 2024 - February 24, 2025

Starting December 19th, read any book and fill out this form to participate in our Winter Reading Program! Each book you read earns you an entry into our prize drawing. Winners will be notified in February.

Library Resources

Online Databases

Instructions for off-campus access (FUHSD only)

Below are the most common databases to start with:

If you are looking for more information or in-depth databases, try the corresponding topics below.

Still not sure where to start? Try these suggestions.

General

Instructions for off-campus access (FUHSD only)

	Academic Search Complete A multidisciplinary academic resource designed to meet the extensive research needs of high school students enrolled in various advanced and college-prep courses. The database has more than 5,400 full-text academic journals and magazines, and over 592,000 photos, maps and flags.
	Encyclopedia Britannica Works similarly to Wikipedia, but is considered a more trustworthy source. Britannica School also includes Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, periodicals, atlas, world data, the Classics, biographies, news, multimedia, and more.
	Britannica Escolar The Spanish version of Britannica. It gives you the same quality of articles, the same great citation and filtering options, but in Spanish!
	EBSCO eBooks This collection contains thousands of fiction and nonfiction e-book titles including classic literary works, contemporary fiction, important historical documents and general reference materials.
	EBSCO Explora
	EBSCOhost Research Databases A dedicated search interface for all of our EBSCO school databases. When you use Host, you have the option to search by topic or by alphabet, to select all of the EBSCO databases that HHS subscribes to or a select few. Our EBSCO school databases give students access to high-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers.
	Gale eBooks Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Students will find deep research that includes history-themed essays and literary criticism.
	Gale Global Issues in Context International viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues.
	Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context Resource for debaters and includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, infographics, and more. A category on the National Debate Topic provides quick and easy access to content on frequently studied and discussed issues. Periodical content covers current events, news and commentary, economics, environmental issues, political science, and more. Specific titles include The New York Times, Newsweek, Foreign Policy, American Scientist, and Education Week.
	Google Scholar A simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research.
	JSTOR Scholarly journal articles from titles in various disciplines including economics, history, political science, and sociology, business, education, law and psychology.
	Points of View Reference Source Designed to provide students with a series of controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Also included are articles from periodicals, books, biographies, radio and television transcripts, primary source documents, images and videos.
	ProQuest Central Student Covers every course, and emerging topics. More than 160 subjects are represented, across more than 10,000 full-text titles, with over 5,000 being academic journals. It includes videos across subjects such as business, entrepreneurship, science, psychology, social sciences, health and more. Adding to the diversity of content are transcripts of top radio and television programs, as well as blogs, news wires, and government reports.
	ProQuest CultureGrams Reference for concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world, providing country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. Individual reports covering 200+ countries, all 50 United States, and the Canadian provinces, are written and reviewed by in-country experts and are updated as new information becomes available.
	ProQuest eBook Central A collection of millions of ebooks from 1,300+ leading publishers covering all academic disciplines.
	ProQuest eLibrary General reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers.
	ProQuest Research Companion ProQuest’s flagship information literacy product. It was built to help students do more effective scholarly research and to support educators as they teach the core information literacy principles of finding, evaluating, and using information. More than 80 short videos are organized into nine Learning Modules that answer questions like "How do I choose a topic?" "Where do I find information?" and "How do I evaluate sources?"
	Read It! (English Language Learner Reference Center from EBSCO) A multi-purpose online information resource with materials designed to help ELLs conduct research, build background knowledge and develop study skills, as well as facilitating their future transition to non-ELL materials.
	SIRS Discoverer An accessible database in clear, understandable language covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology.
	SIRS Issues Researcher Article selections from more than 2,000 international sources. Analysis and opinions cover the pros, cons, and everything in between of 345+ social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues. Editorially created content with engaging Essential Questions with answers, and viewpoint articles help build solid foundations for understanding complex global issues.

Art

Instructions for off-campus access (FUHSD only)

Alexander Street: Performing Arts Collections

A diverse collection of Music, Dance and Theatre content, covering hundreds of genres and a wide range of content types, from instruction to performance. Leading content providers include the L.A. Theatre Works, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Qwest TV, Smithsonian, Broadway On-Demand, and many more.

Google Arts & Culture

Google Arts & Culture is a non-commercial initiative. They work with cultural institutions and artists around the world. Together, their mission is to preserve and bring the world’s art and culture online so it’s accessible to anyone, anywhere.

California / US Specific

	Calisphere Calisphere provides unique and historically important artifacts for research, teaching, and curious exploration. Discover over two million photographs, documents, letters, artwork, diaries, oral histories, films, advertisements, musical recordings, and more. The collections in Calisphere have been digitized and contributed by all ten campuses of the University of California and other important libraries, archives, and museums throughout the state.
	Online Archive of California The Online Archive of California (OAC) provides access to detailed descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by more than 300 contributing institutions including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and collections maintained by the 10 University of California (UC) campuses.
	RAND State Statistics RAND US contains nearly 200 Social Science databases covering all 50 U.S. states. The CA collection contains these U.S. databases, plus about 80 detailed databases on California.
	U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) provides information on what workers do; the work environment; education, training, and other qualifications; pay; the job outlook; information on state and area data; similar occupations; and sources of additional information for more than 300 occupational profiles covering about 4 out of 5 jobs in the economy.

Health / Wellness

Instructions for off-campus access (FUHSD only)

	Cameron's Collection E-books from GALE covering a variety of topics on teen mental health and wellness
	MedlinePlus National Institutes of Health's Website with information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.

History / Social Studies

Instructions for off-campus access (FUHSD only)

	Academic Search Complete A multidisciplinary academic resource designed to meet the extensive research needs of high school students enrolled in various advanced and college-prep courses. The database has more than 5,400 full-text academic journals and magazines, and over 592,000 photos, maps and flags.
	Encyclopedia Britannica Works similarly to Wikipedia, but is considered a more trustworthy source. Britannica School also includes Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, periodicals, atlas, world data, the Classics, biographies, news, multimedia, and more.
	Britannica Escolar The Spanish version of Britannica. It gives you the same quality of articles, the same great citation and filtering options, but in Spanish!
	EBSCOhost Research Databases A dedicated search interface for all of our EBSCO school databases. When you use Host, you have the option to search by topic or by alphabet, to select all of the EBSCO databases that HHS subscribes to or a select few. Our EBSCO school databases give students access to high-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers.
	Gale eBooks Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Students will find deep research that includes history-themed essays and literary criticism.
	Gale Global Issues in Context International viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues.
	Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context Resource for debaters and includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, infographics, and more. A category on the National Debate Topic provides quick and easy access to content on frequently studied and discussed issues. Periodical content covers current events, news and commentary, economics, environmental issues, political science, and more. Specific titles include The New York Times, Newsweek, Foreign Policy, American Scientist, and Education Week.
	Google Scholar A simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research.
	History Reference Source Features full text for more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers.The database also includes full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals and contains nearly 57,000 historical documents; more than 77,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 113,000 historical photos and maps; and more than 80 hours of historical video.
	JSTOR Scholarly journal articles from titles in various disciplines including economics, history, political science, and sociology, business, education, law and psychology.
	Points of View Reference Source Designed to provide students with a series of controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Also included are articles from periodicals, books, biographies, radio and television transcripts, primary source documents, images and videos.
	ProQuest Central Student Covers every course, and emerging topics. More than 160 subjects are represented, across more than 10,000 full-text titles, with over 5,000 being academic journals. It includes videos across subjects such as business, entrepreneurship, science, psychology, social sciences, health and more. Adding to the diversity of content are transcripts of top radio and television programs, as well as blogs, news wires, and government reports.
	ProQuest CultureGrams Reference for concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world, providing country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. Individual reports covering 200+ countries, all 50 United States, and the Canadian provinces, are written and reviewed by in-country experts and are updated as new information becomes available.
	ProQuest eLibrary General reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers.
	RAND State Statistics RAND US contains nearly 200 Social Science databases covering all 50 U.S. states. The CA collection contains these U.S. databases, plus about 80 detailed databases on California.
	SIRS Discoverer An accessible database in clear, understandable language covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology.
	SIRS Issues Researcher Article selections from more than 2,000 international sources. Analysis and opinions cover the pros, cons, and everything in between of 345+ social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues. Editorially created content with engaging Essential Questions with answers, and viewpoint articles help build solid foundations for understanding complex global issues.

Literature / Reading

Instructions for off-campus access (FUHSD only)

	EBSCO eBooks This collection contains thousands of fiction and nonfiction e-book titles including classic literary works, contemporary fiction, important historical documents and general reference materials.
	Gale eBooks Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Students will find deep research that includes history-themed essays and literary criticism.
	Google Scholar A simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research.
	JSTOR Scholarly journal articles from titles in various disciplines including economics, history, political science, and sociology, business, education, law and psychology.
	Literary Reference Source Features an expansive collection of author biographies, plot summaries and full-text essays from leading publishers. It also includes literary reference books and monographs, cover-to-cover full text for literary magazines and book reviews from the most prestigious publications. It offers poems from hundreds of sources, short stories, classic texts, author interviews and much more.
	NoveList Plus Reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for all ages. NoveList's expertise in books and reading means that you'll always get the best help for finding just the right books.
	Read It! (English Language Learner Reference Center from EBSCO) A multi-purpose online information resource with materials designed to help ELLs conduct research, build background knowledge and develop study skills, as well as facilitating their future transition to non-ELL materials.
	SIRS Discoverer An accessible database in clear, understandable language covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology.

Math / Science

Instructions for off-campus access (FUHSD only)

	EBSCOhost Research Databases A dedicated search interface for all of our EBSCO school databases. When you use Host, you have the option to search by topic or by alphabet, to select all of the EBSCO databases that LHS subscribes to or a select few. Our EBSCO school databases give students access to high-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers.
	Gale In Context: Environmental Studies Broadens student understanding of environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content
	Gale Interactive: Science Allows students to manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand biology, chemistry, earth, and space science concepts.
	Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids Allows students to adventure in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.
	PubMed Central Free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
	RAND State Statistics RAND US contains nearly 200 Social Science databases covering all 50 U.S. states. The CA collection contains these U.S. databases, plus about 80 detailed databases on California.
	Science Reference Source Contains full text science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
	Wolfram MathWorld This is a comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia.

Research Tools

Instructions for off-campus access (FUHSD only)

NoodleTools

NoodleTools keeps you organized so that you can focus on what matters. Capture your source references, notes and ideas all in one place.

ProQuest Research Companion

ProQuest’s flagship information literacy product. It was built to help students do more effective scholarly research and to support educators as they teach the core information literacy principles of finding, evaluating, and using information. More than 80 short videos are organized into nine Learning Modules that answer questions like "How do I choose a topic?" "Where do I find information?" and "How do I evaluate sources?"

Guide to Evaluating Sources
Guide to Writing & MLA

Guide to Evaluating Sources

Guide to Writing & MLA

Community & Open Educational Resources

Learning

	Big History Project A free, online social studies course for middle- and high-school students that spans 13.8 billion years. It weaves insights from many disciplines to form a single story that helps students develop a framework to organize and connect what they’re learning both in and out of school.
	CK-12 CK-12 provides open-source content and technology tools. Teachers and students have free access to customizable educational content in multiple modalities suited to multiple student learning styles, levels, resources and use content acceptance will allow teachers, students and others to innovate and experiment with new models and modalities of learning.
	Curriki An open source project that enables sharing and distribution of interactive digital content anywhere on any device, and on any digital learning system.
	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. They tackle math, science, computing, history, art history, economics, and more, including K-14 and test preparation (SAT, Praxis, LSAT) content.
	PBS Learning Media KQED and PBS have curated free, curriculum-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for California teachers and students.

Libraries

	Digital Public Library of America The DPLA is an all-digital library that aggregates metadata from libraries, museums and institutions around the country. We provide an easy to use search interface so you can get the power that comes with searching millions of records at once.
	Library of Congress The largest library in the world, with millions of books, films and video, audio recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office.
	Santa Clara County Library District
	San Jose Public Library
	Sunnyvale Public Library
	WorldCat WorldCat.org is a great resource for locating unique, trustworthy materials that you often can’t find anywhere except in a library. And by connecting thousands of libraries’ collections in one place, WorldCat.org makes it easy for you to browse the world’s libraries from one easy search box.

Open Educational Resources

Below are materials that you may be able to use freely, reuse at no cost, and without needing to ask permission. ALWAYS double check the sites creative common licenses.

	Creative Commons Search Use their search engine to find content that you can share, use, and remix under the creative common licenses.
	The Noun Project Icons are some of the most universal communication tools available, crossing language and cultural boundaries. Our community of designers from 120+ countries is building the most diverse and extensive collection of iconography ever created.
	OER Commons A public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.
	PikWizard A library of over 1 million stock images and videos. Royalty free and safe for commercial use, with no attribution required.
	Pixabay Pixabay is a vibrant community of creatives, sharing royalty-free HD photos and stock images, new illustration vectors, high-quality videos, popular animated GIFs and best audio music that are free to download. All contents are released under the Pixabay License, which makes them safe to use without attribution - even for commercial purposes
	Unsplash Unsplash is a platform powered by a community that has gifted hundreds of thousands of their own photos to fuel creativity around the world. They give you access to over 3 million photos under the Unsplash license—which makes them free to do-whatever-you-want with.

Santa Clara County Libraries

Santa Clara County Library District

Students in the FUHSD system have a special student eAccount to access the Santa Clara County library system.

Your eAccount number is S + your student ID + FUHSD. If your student ID is 5001234, your eAccount login would be S5001234FUHSD.
Your PIN is your birthday (two digits for the month and two digits for the day, with leading zeroes. Example: August 9 = 0809.)
Visit hsstudent.sccld.org to get started.

Use your student eAccount to access the resources below, plus all other Santa Clara County Library online resources.

Research
English Learners

Research

Biography in Context

Comprehensive information about historical and contemporary figures from throughout time, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

US History in Context

A variety of historical data from primary sources and reference documents. It also includes photographs, illustrations, and maps.

World History in Context
A broad collection of scholarly analysis, full-text periodicals, reference works, and primary documents that cover the events, movements, and individuals that have shaped world history

World Book Encyclopedia

Comprehensive access to encyclopedia articles, web links, periodical articles, videos, maps and more. Includes encyclopedias especially for students and Spanish-speakers.

Business Source Complete
(includes the Harvard Business Review)

Full-text articles from business journals and magazines, including peer-reviewed journals. Search company profiles, industry information, market research reports, and country economic data. By EBSCO.

National Geographic

Provides full-text access to National Geographic books and magazines, along with videos, full-color maps and atlases, and downloadable images. Features content on travel, science & technology, history, environment, animals, photography, and peoples & cultures.

Nature (2012-today)

Nature, first published in 1869, is a weekly international journal publishing peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology. Provides interdisciplinary articles and news of upcoming trends.

Science (1997-today)

Founded in 1880 with seed money from Thomas Edison, Science magazine publishes research in all the sciences. See full-text articles from Science magazine; abstracts only are available from Science journals.

Scientific American (2012-today)

Online version of the Scientific American magazine. Updated monthly, the magazine features articles by scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, and top journalists in all fields of science and technology.

English Learners

HyRead

HyRead is a traditional Chinese language eBook and eMagazine platform that includes titles and multimedia content for all ages. Get the HyRead App for iOS, Android, or Windows 10 or read in your browser.

HyRead為一繁體中文電子書及電子雜誌平台，收錄了適合各年齡層的電子書刊及多媒體內容。HyRead App可下載且支援iOS、Android和Windows 10，亦能直接使用瀏覽器線上閱讀，馬上下載體驗看看吧!

News For You

Password: FAC9CC This website is an online news source designed for people who are learning to read, write, or speak English. Seven new stories based on current events are posted weekly.

LearningExpress

An interactive online learning platform for skill-building courses, occupation practice tests, career and academic test & skill-building ebooks. Find self guided help with reading, writing, and math. Available in English and Spanish. New users will be asked to create a user name and password when they first access the resources.

Computers/Chromebooks

Student Options for Online Support

Prefer to Speak instead of type? Try voice typing in Chrome.

Want help with Spelling and Grammar? Add LanguageTool to your Chrome Tool bar.

Do you need a summary of a long text? Use Resoomer to help summarize. Be warned, like using any summary website, it might summarize and leave out the details you need for quizzes and tests.

Using Chrome and want a screen reader? Try Read Aloud.

Are you on a Chromebook and want a screen reader? Try-Select and-Speak

Are you on a Chromebook and need more options? Try this site for built in accessibility features.

Do you need help with Schoology, Infinite Campus or Google Classroom? Visit our Assistance with Online Tools page.

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Leave chairs and tables where they are
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Find a seat while in the library
Respect quiet study areas and class use

Respect others

Use a low voice when speaking to avoid disturbing others
Take phone conversations outside
Return or replace materials so that others may find and use them

Free Periods and Tutorial

Scheduled classes have priority in the library. The library is limited to quiet study when classes are in session.
Tutorial is required academic time. Access to the library is first-come, first-served.

Student Use of Materials

Students may borrow books and videos from the library using their Homestead ID card.
Books are checked out for a four-week period, and may be renewed as long as they are not requested by other patrons. Other materials are checked out for shorter periods and may also be renewed.

student Use of Print station

These computers are to be used only for printing or as directed by library staff.
Students may print 100 free pages per semester. Ask at the circulation desk if you require additional print pages beyond 100.

Overdue, lost, or damageD materials

Library materials that are overdue will get moved to lost, which will result in a fine for your account. The fine will be removed if the material is returned.
Materials returned damaged may result in a fine.
To make payments, view the HHS Student Web Store guide.