Student Resources

Find resources for students, selected and curated by our Librarians.
We have tools for students in grades K-12 to college students to adult learners.

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Popular Subjects & Keywords

• College Choice (Print)
• Encyclopedia (Print or Digital)
• Experiments (Print or Digital)
• Financial Aid (Print or Digital)
• Grammar & Usage (Print Digital)
• Homeschooling (Print or Digital)
• Homework (Print or Digital
• Exam (Print)
• Style Manuals (Print or Digital)
• Test Prep (Print or Digital)
• Test Taking (Print or Digital)
• You can also search for individual test names like ACT, ASVAB, CLEP, MAT, MLA, NCLEX, PCAT, PSAT, or TEAS.

Shelf Locations

• 025.5: Library services to users
• 371.3: Methods of instruction and study
• 372.1: Organization and management of elementary schools; curriculums
• 373.1: Organization and management of secondary schools; curriculums
• 378.1: Organization and management; curriculums
• 808: Rhetoric & collections of literature

EBSCOhost Databases in the Library or outside the Library: Find eBooks and reference sources on a variety of topics for grades 6-8, high school, and adult learners.

Explora in the Library or outside the Library: Your one-stop research source with authoritative general information covering a wide range of subjects from magazines & journals, books, and encyclopedias.

Find It Virginia: Newspapers, magazine & journal articles, encyclopedias, and more for all age ranges and interests.

Gale in Context Elementary: For Grades K-5. Features a kid-friendly, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search, and age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazines, newspapers, and reference books on a variety of subjects.

HelpNow: Get free online tutoring, homework help, and educational resources for students of all ages.

Literature Criticism Online: Features full-text articles from Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (v. 1-187), Contemporary Literary Criticism (v. 1-235), and access to Gale's Literary Index.

NoveList Plus K-8 in the Library or outside the Library: Find read-alike books for younger readers just right for their reading levels and interests.

Go to Salem Online in the library or outside the library: Includes the complete content of three series of historical reference - "Milestone Documents", "The Decades", and "Great Lives from History" and "Critical Insights" series, classic and current literary criticism of the world's most-studied authors and titles.

Universal Class: Learn something new or update your existing skills with online courses from photography to physics, computers to calligraphy, and more.

Citation Creation

• American Psychological Association (APA) Style
• The Chicago Manual of Style Online
• Modern Language Association (MLA)
• MyBib
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Homeschooling

• Home Educators Association of Virginia
• Home Instruction - Virginia Department of Education
• Home School Legal Defense Association
• Home Schooling – Hanover County Public Schools
• SPED Homeschool
• The Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers

Homework Help

• 826Digital
• AskRose
• Big History Project
• eMediaVA
• FactMonster
• HippoCampus
• Homework Help Sites from Common Sense Media
• Khan Academy
• Learn to Be
• Oxford Owl at Home (UK)
• Scholastic for Parents
• Science Buddies
• Wonderopolis

Inclusive Resources

• Find It Virginia's Inclusive Resources

Media Literacy

• Center for Media Literacy
• Everything You Need to Teach Digital Citizenship
• Media Literacy Now
• Read Write Now: "Media and Media Literacy"
• Teaching Media Literacy (Elementary) (Secondary)

Testing

• EdReady
• GED Virginia (More GED/HSE information)
• SOL Practice Items
• Sample SOL Tests for Grades 9-12
• Virtual Virginia

College & Career Planning

• Scholarship Finder (The College Board)
• College Savings Calculator (The College Board)
• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• FastWeb Scholarship Search (Monster.com)
• Paying for School Q&A (EducationPlanner.org)
• Peterson's College Information (Nelnet)