Online Resources
Youth
CultureGrams
Quick Start GuideLearn about the history, customs, and everyday life of countries around the world. Three editions: World Edition features concise, reliable, and up-to-date reports on 190 countries; Kids Edition features a colorful collection of 68 country reports perfect for school projects and homework assignments; States Edition offers kid-friendly reports on all 50 states. Switch between editions with a simple click. Requires Washington County Library card.
Discovering Collection
Aimed at middle school and high school students, Discovering Collection provides in-depth content in literature, history, biography, science, and social studies. Students are able to access a variety of resources that will help them conduct research, complete assignments, create presentations and more. Requires Washington County Library card.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Search a collection of dozens of online reference books for adults and kids. Find reliable, authoritative information in the fields of history, social sciences, government & law, religion, science & technology, biography, and literature. Requires Washington County Library card.
InfoTrac Student Edition
Provides high-school students with access to a variety of full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on topics most important to their curriculum including: current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Requires Washington County Library card.
Junior Reference Collection
Provides middle school and high school students access to biographies; information on authors and their works; data on science and scientists; information on states, nations and provinces; resources for the study of African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native North Americans and Asian Americans; information on foods and recipes of the world; and more. Requires Washington County Library card.
Science Online
Quick Start GuideComprehensive, curriculum-oriented overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive essays, diagrams, illustrations, images, biographies, experiments, activities, and definitions. Intended for students in middle school through high school. Requires Washington County Library card.
SIRS Researcher
Quick Start GuideA general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues. Articles and graphics are selected from over 1,600 domestic and international publications and are indexed primarily according to Library of Congress-derived subject headings. Requires Washington County Library card.
Student Resource Center Gold
Aimed at middle school and high school students. Including content based on national curriculum standards in major subject areas such as history, literature, science and social studies. Requires Washington County Library card.
Teen Health & Wellness
Provides comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more. Requires Washington County Library card.
World Book Discover
Multimedia reference with text-to-speech capabilities, automated translation into 14 languages, life skills activities, and more for older students reading below grade level. Easy-to-read articles accompanied by reading comprehension questions. Includes a visual dictionary with text in English, Spanish, and French and a searchable video series featuring experts from NASA, Sea World, Carnegie Hall and other notable institutions. Requires Washington County Library card.
World Book Online Info Finder
Contains content and features designed for school-aged patronsÂ’ homework and research needs. Based on the World Book Encyclopedia, the site features rich collections of multimedia on a variety of topics, science fair projects; a Biography Center; links to world newspapers, correlations to curriculum standards, 21st century research guides, and much more. Requires Washington County Library card.
World Book Online Reference Center
For advanced researchers and information seekers. Features thousands of e-books, tens of thousands of articles, and hundreds of thousands of primary source documents and features developed especially for public library patrons such as Computer and Web Tutorials, How To... documents, and Government Resources. Requires Washington County Library card.