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Online Resources

Looking for books, magazine articles, or timelines for your school assignment? Access them in an instant! Log in from any computer with Internet Access and your San Leandro Library card. This is a great option for homework assignments. The information comes from books and magazine articles.

• Kid’s InfoBits: reference books and magazine articles for kids in grades K-5. Includes information for state reports.
• Student Resource Center: covers science, geography, literature, world history, US history, and cultures
• InfoTrac: thousands of trustworthy magazine and newspaper articles.
• American History Online: covers 500 years of the political, military, social and cultural history of America and its people.
• Ancient & Medieval History Online: in-depth coverage of a number of civilizations, from Ancient Egypt and Ancient Mesopotamia to Ancient Greece, Medieval Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
• Literature Resource Center: use this resource for your author reports; it contains thousands of author biographies, as well as literary criticism.
• NoveList: looking for a great book for anytime reading? This fantastic site recommends books based on what you already like! Great also for finding genre books like mysteries, thrillers, etc.

Check our Homework Resources flyer for more information.

Search Engines

SweetSearch Search Engine for Students. 
SweetSearch searches 35,000 Web sites that their staff of research experts and librarians and teachers have evaluated and approved.  

Google Advanced Search
Google's advanced search offers easy-to-use tools to improve your search results. You can limit to a domain, such as .edu or .org, or search by file type, such as PDF or PowerPoint. Remember to phrase your search correctly, by ommiting words like "what" or "why" and using a few key words, not a question. For example, searching for "French Revolution" will return better results than "What was the French Revolution?"