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Live real-time homework tutors are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Tutoring is available in English and Spanish.

Get help with subjects such as math, science, social studies, and standardized test prep. This service includes writing assistance, support for adult learners, and live chess tutoring. 

Una enciclopedia en dos partes con portales para estudiantes de primaria y secundaria.

Acceso proporcionado por cortesía de la Biblioteca del Estado de California.

A three-part multi-subject encyclopedia with portals for elementary, middle, and high school students.

Access provided courtesy of the California State Library. 

Expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background for more than 200 literary classics. View online or create an account for offline use. 

Getting Started Video

Designed specifically for middle school students, this resource includes full-text articles from popular magazines, reference books, and primary sources covering many subjects, including history, science, and health. Explora Middle School also includes images, maps, and flags.

Getting Started Video

Contains the full-text of high-quality articles, covering a wide-range of subjects for research papers, class projects, and homework. Includes biographies, primary sources, newspapers, reference books, and images.

Getting started video

Features online tutorials, practice tests, and eBooks to help students of all ages. Offers job search and workplace skills improvement, skill building in reading, writing, math, and basic science, career certification and licensure exam prep (including the California Basic Educational Skills Test [CBEST], California Subject Examinations for Teachers [CSET], California Real Estate Salesperson exam prep, ServSafe California Food Handler practice exams, and the California Police Officer Exam, college and grad school entrance test prep, GED test prep, and more. 

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  Herramientas de aprendizaje, carrera, y ciudadanía en español. Este centro ofrece a los adultos que están muy ocupados los recursos para mejorar sus habilidades básicas, ganar sus credenciales de GED o ser ciudadano estadounidense.

Getting Started Video

Provides relevant information on thousands of authors and their works across literary genres and time periods. Literary Reference Plus includes thousands of full-text poems, short stories, plot summaries, synopses, critical essays, literary journals, reference books, and author biographies, plus lesson plans and literary study guides. This resource gives students and teachers a complete foundation of literary reference works. 

Coverage List

Getting Started Video

Contains resources that present multiple sides of an issue. Helps students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills. Hundreds of topics, each with an overview, point, counterpoint, and critical thinking guide. 

Getting Started Video

Provides video instruction on the important concepts in information literacy. Develop your research skills with these tutorial videos:

• How to find information
• How to evaluate information
• How to use information

Grades 9+

Access to this resource is made possible by the California State Library.