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Kid-friendly news articles about a variety of topics.
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National Geographic Kids includes articles on a variety of topics--science, history, places, animals, and more!
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Search Gale In Context: Middle School for age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, and primary sources.
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A short video on how to log in to our shared sign on service, Open Athens.

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password: cougar1

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Click this link to see a list of print reference books available in RGL. You may check these books out.

Find other LibGuides by clicking this link. Some LibGuides are topical and others are related to specific assignments, but you my find something useful for your research.

You can use NoodleTools to create a bibliography/works cited page, notecards, and an outline.
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This quick guide covers the following topics:
*How to start a new project and a source list
*How to create notecards
*How to share a project with your teacher
*How to set up a project collaboration with
your classmates

The Decades series features long overviews and short entries discussing people and companies; books, films, and plays; products and technological advances; elections and political movements; and other important topics representative of each decade.
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provides detailed essays on significant events throughout world history, covering everything from ancient times to the present day, with each essay offering a comprehensive overview of the event, its historical significance, key figures involved, and further reading suggestions.
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epic! is a great resource for non-fiction eBooks. Ask your teacher for their class code so you can log in and begin using epic! books. If you don't have a class code, you can use this general Library Class Code: lcj1113

SORA provides access to a large collection of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and comics. You can link to Collegiate's account, as well as, public libraries, if you have a library card.

How Products Are Made explains and details the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products, from daily household items to complicated electronic equipment and heavy machinery. The site provides step by step descriptions of the assembly and the manufacturing process (complemented with illustrations and diagrams) Each product also has related information such as the background, how the item works, who invented the product, raw materials that were used, product applications, by-products that are generated, possible future developments, quality control procedures, etc.

"Unbiased, reliable, easy-to-understand answers and explanations of how the world actually works."

Wikiquote is a free online compendium of sourced quotations from notable people and creative works in every language, translations of non-English quotes, and links to Wikipedia for further information.

"An educational site covering subjects such as history, science, geography, math, and biographies. Pages are written to be easy to read and understand."