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Sign up for library activity kits! Fill out this form or stop by the library by lunch on Friday, December 1st. Select from these options while supplies last:
- Seasonal Card - Create a snowflake card with paper hole punches! Each kit includes a blank card with envelope, paper hole punches, jewel stickers, and a glue stick.
- Pipe Cleaner Snowflakes - Warm up your space with cool winter decorations! Each kit includes pipe cleaners and pony beads.
Activity kits will be ready the week of December 4th; Ms. Vakili will email you to pick them up from the library.
Homestead Library’s Winter Reading Program
November 22, 2023 - January 8, 2024
Starting November 22nd, read any book and fill out this form to participate in the Winter Reading Program. Each book you read earns you an entry into our prize drawing! Winners will be notified the week of January 8, 2024.
Library Resources
Research Resources
- DATABASES A-Z
- Databases by Subject
- Guide to Evaluating Sources
- Guide to Writing and MLA
- Santa Clara County Libraries
DATABASES A-Z
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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. |
| Cameron's Collection E-books from GALE covering a variety of topics on teen mental health and wellness |
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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. |
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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 LHS subscribes to or a select few. Our EBSCO school databases give students access to high-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers. |
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An easy-to-use search interface! When you use Explora, you are searching all of our EBSCO databases. Includes access to high-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers, easy-to-browse categories organized by popular topic to give students research ideas, topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research, and more. |
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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 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. |
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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. |
Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids Allows students to adventure in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Students will find deep research that includes history-themed essays and literary criticism. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Scholarly journal articles from titles in various disciplines including economics, history, political science, and sociology, business, education, law and psychology. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Points of View Reference Center 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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General reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers. |
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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?" |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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An accessible database in clear, understandable language covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. |
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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. |
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Current events database that contains full text for over 140,000 articles from nearly 260 diverse sources including international newspapers, EBSCO's collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. Students can search this database to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in the news including controversial opinions and viewpoints. |
Databases by Subject
General
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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. |
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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. |
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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 LHS subscribes to or a select few. Our EBSCO school databases give students access to high-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers. |
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An easy-to-use search interface! When you use Explora, you are searching all of our EBSCO databases. Includes access to high-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers, easy-to-browse categories organized by popular topic to give students research ideas, topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research, and more. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Students will find deep research that includes history-themed essays and literary criticism. |
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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. |
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Scholarly journal articles from titles in various disciplines including economics, history, political science, and sociology, business, education, law and psychology. |
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Points of View Reference Center 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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General reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers. |
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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?" |
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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. |
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An accessible database in clear, understandable language covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. |
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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. |
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Current events database that contains full text for over 140,000 articles from nearly 260 diverse sources including international newspapers, EBSCO's collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. Students can search this database to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in the news including controversial opinions and viewpoints. |
Health/Wellness
| Cameron's Collection E-books from GALE covering a variety of topics on teen mental health and wellness |
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National Institutes of Health's Web site 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
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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. |
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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. |
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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 LHS subscribes to or a select few. Our EBSCO school databases give students access to high-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers. |
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An easy-to-use search interface! When you use Explora, you are searching all of our EBSCO databases. Includes access to high-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers, easy-to-browse categories organized by popular topic to give students research ideas, topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research, and more. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Students will find deep research that includes history-themed essays and literary criticism. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Scholarly journal articles from titles in various disciplines including economics, history, political science, and sociology, business, education, law and psychology. |
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Points of View Reference Center 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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General reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers. |
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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. |
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An accessible database in clear, understandable language covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. |
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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. |
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Current events database that contains full text for over 140,000 articles from nearly 260 diverse sources including international newspapers, EBSCO's collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. Students can search this database to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in the news including controversial opinions and viewpoints. |
Literature/Reading
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Gale Virtual Reference Library Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Students will find deep research that includes history-themed essays and literary criticism. |
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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. |
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Scholarly journal articles from titles in various disciplines including economics, history, political science, and sociology, business, education, law and psychology. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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
| 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. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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Current events database that contains full text for over 140,000 articles from nearly 260 diverse sources including international newspapers, EBSCO's collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. Students can search this database to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in the news including controversial opinions and viewpoints. |
Guide to Evaluating Sources
Critically analyzing information sources
Distinguishing scholarly journals from non-scholarly periodicals
Preparing an annotated bibliography
(from the Olin Library, Cornell University)
Guide to Writing and MLA
Santa Clara County Libraries
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 student.sccld.org to get started.
Use your student eAccount to access the resources below, plus all other Santa Clara County Library online resources.
Research
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Comprehensive information about historical and contemporary figures from throughout time, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. |
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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 |
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Comprehensive access to encyclopedia articles, web links, periodical articles, videos, maps and more. Includes encyclopedias especially for students and Spanish-speakers. |
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Business Source Complete 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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English Learners
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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! |
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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. |
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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. |
Literary Resources
Library Resources
How to Access EBooks
Book Recommendations
Recommended Reading (from Homestead Library)
The Hub (reviews by teens)
Teen BookFinder (recommendations and Top Ten lists)
Epic Reads (reviews, contests and giveaways)
GoodReads (reviews and recommendations)
TeenReads (reviews, blogs, polls, etc.)
Teen Ink (writing by teens, for teens)
Reading Rants (teen booklists)
NoveList (personalized reading recommendations)
No Flying, No Tights (manga/graphic novel reviews)
Didn't find what you want? Request a book for the Homestead Library!
Student Publication Opportunities
Submit a book review or literature-related post to the HHS library blog!
Want a larger audience? Try these print and online publications for teen writing.
Teen Ink and their listing of outside pubs
Canvas teen literary magazine
Cicada magazine
Young Authors guide from NewPages
The Telling Room contest/prize list
Scholastic writing competitions
Community & Open Ed. Resources
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TECH ASSISTANCE
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.
- Online Databases & Services
- Community & Open Educational Resources
- Santa Clara County Libraries
- Literary Resources
Online Databases & Services
Instructions for off-campus access (FUHSD only)
Below are the most common databases to start with:
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If you are looking for more information or in-depth databases, try the corresponding topics below.
General
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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. |
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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. |
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The Spanish version of Britannica. It gives you the same quality of articles, the same great citation and filtering options, but in Spanish! |
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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. |
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Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Students will find deep research that includes history-themed essays and literary criticism. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Scholarly journal articles from titles in various disciplines including economics, history, political science, and sociology, business, education, law and psychology. |
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Points of View Reference Center 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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General reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers. |
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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?" |
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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. |
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An accessible database in clear, understandable language covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. |
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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)
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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. |
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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. |
Health/Wellness
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Cameron's Collection |
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MedlinePlus |
History/Social Studies
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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. |
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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. |
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The Spanish version of Britannica. It gives you the same quality of articles, the same great citation and filtering options, but in Spanish! |
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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. |
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Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Students will find deep research that includes history-themed essays and literary criticism. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Scholarly journal articles from titles in various disciplines including economics, history, political science, and sociology, business, education, law and psychology. |
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Points of View Reference Center 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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General reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers. |
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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. |
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An accessible database in clear, understandable language covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. |
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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
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Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Students will find deep research that includes history-themed essays and literary criticism. |
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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. |
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Scholarly journal articles from titles in various disciplines including economics, history, political science, and sociology, business, education, law and psychology. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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
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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. |
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Gale In Context: Environmental Studies Broadens student understanding of environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content |
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Gale Interactive: Science Allows students to manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand biology, chemistry, earth, and space science concepts. |
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Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids Allows students to adventure in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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This is a comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia. |
Research Tools
Instructions for off-campus access (FUHSD only)
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NoodleTools keeps you organized so that you can focus on what matters. Capture your source references, notes and ideas all in one place. |
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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?" |
Community & Open Educational Resources
Learning
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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. |
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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. |
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An open source project that enables sharing and distribution of interactive digital content anywhere on any device, and on any digital learning system. |
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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. |
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KQED and PBS have curated free, curriculum-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for California teachers and students. |
Libraries
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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. |
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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. |
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San Jose Public Library |
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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.
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Use their search engine to find content that you can share, use, and remix under the creative common licenses. |
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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. |
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A public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum. |
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A library of over 1 million stock images and videos. Royalty free and safe for commercial use, with no attribution required. |
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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 |
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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
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Santa Clara County Library District Students in the FUHSD system have a special student eAccount to access the Santa Clara County library system.
Use your student eAccount to access the resources below, plus all other Santa Clara County Library online resources. |
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Comprehensive information about historical and contemporary figures from throughout time, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. |
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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 |
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Comprehensive access to encyclopedia articles, web links, periodical articles, videos, maps and more. Includes encyclopedias especially for students and Spanish-speakers. |
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Business Source Complete 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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! |
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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. |
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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. |
Literary Resources
Library Resources
How to Access EBooks
Book Recommendations
Recommended Reading (from Homestead Library)
The Hub (reviews by teens)
Teen BookFinder (recommendations and Top Ten lists)
Epic Reads (reviews, contests and giveaways)
GoodReads (reviews and recommendations)
TeenReads (reviews, blogs, polls, etc.)
Teen Ink (writing by teens, for teens)
Reading Rants (teen booklists)
NoveList (personalized reading recommendations)
No Flying, No Tights (manga/graphic novel reviews)
Didn't find what you want? Request a book for the Homestead Library!
Student Publication Opportunities
Submit a book review or literature-related post to the HHS library blog!
Want a larger audience? Try these print and online publications for teen writing.
Teen Ink and their listing of outside pubs
Canvas teen literary magazine
Cicada magazine
Young Authors guide from NewPages
The Telling Room contest/prize list
Scholastic writing competitions
Find a Book!
Need a book for class or just want to read for fun? Library Book Check-Outs are available!
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Library Information
Contact
Verna Grant, Library Media Teacher
408-522-2555
Shannon Vakili, Library Specialist
408-522-2560
Email or stop by the library to request help with research, technology, finding and using resources, citing sources, borrowing the perfect book or any other questions you may have! (FUHSD students/staff only)
Hours
Policies
In order to provide a environment that is academic, welcoming and accessible to all, the Homestead Library expects all patrons to:
Respect the library environment
- Leave chairs and tables where they are
- Finish all food and drink before entering the library (capped water is OK)
- 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.