- Discovering Collection (Focus on Science, Social Studies, Literature)
- Opposing Viewpoints
- Professional Collection (for educators)
- E-books (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
- Magazine and Newspaper Articles

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Curricular support and self-help on topics including disease, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life and more.

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 Psychology & Mental Health (Salem Health)

- Encyclopedia of Global Warming: Provides complete, authoritative coverage of the science, policy and social issues surrounding global warming and climate change.

- The Solar System, Revised Edition: Provides essential coverage on all major aspects of Earth's solar system, from every feature of the major planets to their satellites, small bodies and cosmological context.

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-Country Resources

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- Milestone Documents: Milestone Documents in American History combines 134 full-text primary source documents of American history from 1763-2003, with expert analysis and commentary.
- Milestone Documents of American leaders: Presents primary source documents, arranged alphabetically by author, with analyses, brief biographies, timelines, and discussions of the impact of each document on history.   - The Decades Series: The Fifties in America (50s), The Sixties in America (60s), The Seventies in America (70s), The Eighties in America (80s), and The Nineties in America (90s). 

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Sharpe Online American History Resource  

Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society

A digital library of information on American and world popular culture, past and present, including fads, fashion, fast food, movies, TV, music, gaming, sports, and pastimes from more than 300 full-text volumes.

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Includes:

The African American Experience
The Latino American Experience
The American Indian Experience

Contains more than 790 full-text reference and scholarly works written by authorities in the field, more than 7,000 images, 6,000 primary documents, and over 800 vetted web links.

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Provides a glimpse into big and small things that make up the day-to-day lives of normal folk in America and throughout the world, including food, celebrations, holidays, clothes, work, religion, housing, social customs, and literature.  In addition to hundreds of books, this site includes over 4,500 illustrations and maps, thousands of annotated primary documents, vetted web links, and free teacher resources.  It is designed to meet the information needs of students in social studies, literature, and world language classes.

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WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE

World and Its Peoples: Eastern and Southern Asia 

World and Its People: Europe

World and Its Peoples: Middle East, Western Asia, and North Africa

World and Its Peoples: The Americas

World and Its Peoples: Sub-Saharan Africa, Australasia, and the Pacific

  Marshall Cavendish's Animal and Plant Anatomy

Presentation of the anatomy and physiology of a comprehensive range of life-forms.

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Includes the five volume Lincoln Library of Greek and Roman Mythology, as well as the Lincoln Library of the Civil War, The Lincoln Library of American History, and several other reference works.  This database is still under construction, so each time you check back, there should be additional content.

 



The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words.  Its innovative display encourages exploration and learning.  You will understand language in a new and powerful way.

 

 

Educationally sound web sites that have been approved by librarians.

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If you are looking for a book which we do not have at North Country, it can be requested through Interlibrary Loan.  You can search the state's online collections by clicking on this site.  Click on the green box - other libraries - and choose the libraries you wish to search.  Requests are handled by the librarian.

With Listen Up! Vermont, North Country's library is never closed.  Download audio books 24/7 from home, school, or anywhere!  Students and staff should ask the library staff for their personal logon information.

How to download audio books to your MP3 player

Search here to find reading recommendations, read-alikes, book discussion guides, book lists and more.

The Young Writers Project provides a safe place for VT and NH students to improve their writing, share their work, give and receive feedback, connect with peers, submit work for publication, and get tips from college mentors and professionals.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston webpage enables one to search a collection of 450,000 objects from masters of American painting to the icons of Impressionism, from exquisite Asian scrolls to Egyptian mummies.   

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