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Books
| Find-A-Book The Lexile Framework for Reading |
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The Find-a-Book website uses a student’s reading score in Lexiles, a measure of reading ability and
text difficulty derived from state standardized tests, including the ISAT to find just the right books for students.
The website also features a search option to access appropriate book choices based on grade level
and comfort with typical reading materials at that grade level. |
| Novelist Plus |
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NoveList Plus is a complete resource for fiction and nonfiction pleasure reading. NoveList Plus offers bibliographic information on more than 200,000 titles, including over 50,000 nonfiction titles selected for their appeal to the general reader. NoveList Plus offers a rich array of customized feature content such as Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles by the top names in the industry. Hundreds of ready-made, hand-crafted reading lists on popular fiction and nonfiction genres provide additional support for readers looking for their next great read. |
| Novelist K-8 Plus |
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NoveList K-8 Plus is a powerful tool to support learning, develop reading ability and encourage life-long appreciation of fiction and nonfiction for K-8 readers. Books can be found matching many different search criteria including the Lexile readability measure, a plot description, a favorite author, an award, or a book similar to one already read and enjoyed based on theme, setting or a myriad of other factors. |
| OCLC FirstSearch |
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OCLC FirstSearch is a comprehensive and complete reference service with a rich collection of databases and with links to the World Wide Web, over 10 million online full text articles, full-image articles from over 4,000 electronic journals, library holdings, and interlibrary loan. It supports research in a wide range of subject areas with well-known bibliographic and full-text databases in addition to ready-reference tools such as directories, almanacs and encyclopedias. |
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is the place where you can download over 33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device.
Free-eBooks.net
Discover great fiction, from romance to mystery, or non-fiction, from business information to self-improvement.
Biographies
Biographies
Historical people from American History.
Biographical Dictionary
Biographical dictionary with over 19,000 people indexed.
Biography.com
Searchable database with over 20,000 entries; people from both past and present.
Current Biography Excerpts
Online excerpts from the Current Biography Yearbook .
First Ladies' Gallery
Arranged by date, locate brief biographies on past and current first ladies.
Gallery of Achievers
Biographies of achievers of all fields from around the world.
History of the Monarchy
Official British monarchy Web site; provides the history of the crown, profiles, and more.
People Index
Biographies of people in world history. Includes a clickable timeline.
Who2
Includes a listing of people who were born on or died on the current day. Browsable by name or you can conduct a keyword search.
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