Homework Resources for Middle School

Biography in Context, opens a new window features a vast array of people from historically significant figures to present-day newsmakers. It's continuously updated to ensure access to the latest information.

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CodeCombat, opens a new window is a fun and effective way to learn coding languages like Python, JavaScript and C++. Through game-based learning, learners of all ages and skill levels can master programming concepts for web and game development.

Learners can progress through the game at their own pace. Each level presents programming challenges that require you to write code to advance your hero and achieve the level goal. For more fun, link your CodeCombat and Roblox accounts to create your own Roblox games.

A computer with internet access and your library card number are all you need to get started. To save your progress within CodeCombat, you can create a free account using your email address.

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Check out these headlines from the past! Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection, opens a new window features almost a million digitized pages from more than 200 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado primarily from 1859 to 1923.

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Explore all 50 states without leaving home with CultureGrams States Edition, opens a new window. You'll find info on flags, state economy, weather, history and so much more. Want to nail that school project? We've got you covered!

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The world at your fingertips with CultureGrams World Edition, opens a new window! Find reliable, up-to-date information on more than 200 countries and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories. You'll discover the history and people of each country, then take your knowledge farther with recipes, interviews and videos.

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Explora for Middle and High School Students, opens a new window features a simple search that quickly delivers relevant results including articles, essays, and primary source documents to help students feel successful in their research.

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Learn something new today! Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, opens a new window has over 25,000 entries covering an array of topics this resource is for students and adults alike.

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Discover the connections between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, so you can better understand the science behind being green with GreenFILE, opens a new window.

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HelpNow, opens a new window provides online homework help daily from 2 pm to 11 pm MST. Available in English and Spanish in core subjects for early elementary students through advanced college prep.

Get expert help with:

• Writing assignments
• Spanish homework
• English as a second language lessons

Use test prep tools for the ACT, SAT, GED, GRE and more.

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History Reference Center, opens a new window is the world's most extensive full-text history reference database, featuring more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers.

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Middle Search Plus, opens a new window provides full text for more than 140 popular middle school magazines. Includes biographies, primary source documents and collections of photos, maps and flags. 

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National Geographic Kids, opens a new window will take students on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology and space. This resource includes magazines from 2009 to the present, as well as books, videos and images. These high-quality informational texts are available for primary, upper elementary, and middle school English Language Arts, social studies and science classrooms.

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Want to go on a journey that's always enlightening, often surprising, and unfailingly fascinating? It all starts with National Geographic Virtual Library, opens a new window. Thanks to Gale's partnership with National Geographic, you have access to the complete archive of National Geographic magazine at your fingertips — every page of every issue — along with a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images and videos.

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NoveList K-8, opens a new window features grab and go booklists and series information for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. NoveList K-8 can also help parents, teachers, and librarians improve literacy, connect reading across curricular areas, teach reading and writing concepts and engage young readers.

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Points of View Reference Center, opens a new window features more than 380 topics, each with an overview, point and counterpoint. The resource also includes more than 1,300 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books.

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Scholastic GO!, opens a new window offers the most comprehensive source of nonfiction content targeted for grades 3 and up. Includes 8 encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, Amazing Animals of the World, and The New Book of Popular Science.

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Science Reference Center, opens a new window is a research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content. Search results can be printed, emailed or saved to a personal folder.

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The online edition of World Book, opens a new window contains every article in the 22-volume print version of the encyclopedia, plus thousands more that are only available online. Includes related articles from major newspapers and magazines, graphic and multimedia content, special reports and more.

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