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ABC-CLIO Social Studies Databases (Login required - click here)
Provides social studies information
Includes:
American Government
American History
United States Geography
World at War
World Geography
World History
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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Accelerated Reader
Accelerated Reader is utilized by: Carson Valley Middle School, Gardnerville Elementary School, Jacks Valley Elementary School, Pau-Wa-Lu Middle School, and Scarselli Elementary School.
The "Advanced Search" feature offers more detailed searching options (by interest level, reading level, topic, etc.).
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Auto Repair Source (EBSCO) (Login required - click here)
AutoMate offers a user-friendly search experience and access to a wealth of information to help users diagnose, repair and maintain today's complex vehicles.
Content includes:
Service information optimized for the most common maintenance and repair operations
Technical service bulletins and recall notices
Component location diagrams for most domestic and imported cars and light truck
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO) (Login required - click here)
CHC provides access to easily understandable health and medical information. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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Discover Nevada History
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Douglas County Newspaper Archive (Login required - click here)
Note: If you do not live in Douglas County and would like assistance in obtaining a specific article, please contact the library:
Phone: 775-782-9841
Email: douglasref@douglas.lib.nv.us
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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EBSCOhost (Login required - click here)
EBSCOhost provides access to full text articles from magazines, newspapers and journals.
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) (Login required - click here)
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources.
The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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Elementary School Resources ~ EBSCO Explora (Login required - click here)
Elementary school students can research different topics. Magazine articles, an encyclopedia, a dictionary and image search are included.
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos (World Book) (Login required - click here)
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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Overdrive-Libby (eAudiobooks & eBooks & eMagazines from Overdrive-Libby) (Login required - click here)
All you will need is your Douglas County Library card number
Overdrive also has a free Apple & Android app called Libby!
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Freegal music
Freegal music is a streaming and downloading service providing access to millions of songs and thousands of music videos.
Freegal music allows 3 downloads per cardholder per week, and up to 3 hours of music streaming per cardholder per day.
To create a Freegal music account, you will need your Douglas County Library card number and account password/PIN.
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Heritage Quest Online ~ Genealogy (Login required - click here)
Provides a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture, including census records. Beginning or professional genealogists will find this resource helpful.
Due to licensing requirements, you must be a Douglas County resident to use this resource from home.
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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High School Resources ~ EBSCO Explora (Login required - click here)
Homework help for high school students.
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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History Reference Center (Login required - click here)
Provides access to articles on U.S. and world history.
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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Hoopla
hoopla digital offers access to thousands of music albums, movies, television shows, eBooks, comics, and audiobooks, all available to borrow for instant streaming or temporary downloading to smartphones, tablets and computers.
To create a free hoopla account, you will need your Douglas County Library card number and account password/PIN.
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LearningExpress Library (Login required - click here)
Find Tests, Tutorials, ebooks, etc!
Access for Career Preparation, High School Equivalency Center, College Admissions Test Preparation, Grades 4-8 Educator Resources, High School Students Resources, College Student Resources, Adult Core Skills, Recursos Para Hispanohablantes
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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Middle School Resources ~ EBSCO Explora (Login required - click here)
Homework help for middle and high school students.
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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Nevada Career Explorer
A secure web-based platform designed to help you explore, plan, and prepare for a career you’ll love.
Includes:
Self-assessment modules for career exploration
Resume Builder
Financial Literacy Tools
College and Certification Info
Regional Job Opportunites
To create a Nevada Career Explorer account, you will need to provide your library card number.
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NoveList (EBSCO) (Login required - click here)
NoveList is a fiction reader's guide to finding new authors and titles. It allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a starting point to locate other authors and titles of interest.
Learn more about favorite books and authors through author read-alikes, feature articles, book discussion guides and booktalks.
Enter words that describe the contents of a book you would like to read, and NoveL
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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Points of View (Login required - click here)
Provides access to opinion articles on multiple subjects.
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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Professional Development Collection (EBSCO) (Login required - click here)
Professional Development Collection, designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of high quality education journals, peer-reviewed titles, and educational reports.
Examples of titles offered in Professional Development Collection include: Booklist, Curriculum Administrator, Education, Education Digest, Educational Leadership, High School Journal, Journal of Education, Journal of Educational Resea
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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Project Gutenberg main page
Project Gutenberg, the first producer of free eBooks, offers over 45,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online.
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Overdrive-Libby (eAudiobooks & eBooks & eMagazines from Overdrive-Libby) (Login required - click here)
All you will need is your Douglas County Library card number
Overdrive also has a free Apple & Android app called Libby!
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Referencia Latina (Login required - click here)
Proporciona acceso a referencias en múltiples temas.
Para el acceso a la casa, primero debe iniciar sesión con su número de tarjeta de biblioteca y contraseña.
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Rosetta Stone (Login required - click here)
Enhance your language learning with access to Rosetta Stone.
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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World Book Advanced (Login required - click here)
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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World Book Classroom ~ Dramatic Learning (Login required - click here)
World Book’s Dramatic Learning expands proven approaches to building reading fluency and content comprehension. By turning texts into plays, skits, and monologues and providing teaching tools to apply these materials in the classroom, Dramatic Learning can help students become more fluent readers, understand core concepts, and internalize content.
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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World Book Early World of Learning (Login required - click here)
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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World Book Kids (Login required - click here)
Students will find simple navigation, easy-to-read articles, multimedia, and a wealth of engaging games, interactive tools, and activities.
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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World Book Info Finder (Login required - click here)
Encyclopedia articles, maps, magazine articles, videos, world newspapers, science projects, and much more.
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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World Book Online (Login required - click here)
From this link you can choose from among our World Book products:
Advanced (for high school students and adults)
Dramatic Learning (help students gain reading fluency and understand core concepts)
Early World of Learning (for preschoolers)
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
Info Finder (for homework and research needs)
Kids (for young students)
Reference Center (for advanced researchers)
Student (for
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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World Book Reference Center (Login required - click here)
Provides access to all articles from World Book Encyclopedia, as well as related articles from major newspapers and magazines. Includes photographs, maps, illustrations, tables, animations, and audio/video clips.
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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World Book Student (Login required - click here)
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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World Book Timelines (Login required - click here)
For home access, you must first log in with your library card number and password.
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