
Library Catalogs Frankenmuth School District Catalog (New this school year, you can search FHS, EFR, List - or the entire school district). Wickson District SVSU MeLCat MeLCat FAQs Library of Congress WorldCat (WorldCat = all books everywhere!) Class & School Reading Lists FHS Summer Reading 2012
Reading Suggestions Books for 7th-12th Graders Books for the College Bound Great Books for Guys The Grouchy Cafe NoveList Reading Rants SeeMe4Books Teen Author Websites Teen Book Lists & Awards Teenreads What Do I Read Next?
Books for 3rd-6th Graders Guys Read KidsRead
Books for K-2nd Graders 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know

Children's Lit Web Guide (Great site for parents and teachers of young children)

Accelerated Reader
 EFR AR List List AR List

Books for Adults NPR Books Page New York Times Best-Seller Lists Publishers Weekly
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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias






Virtual Reference Library
Databases High School
 (General One File searches all the Gale Databases simultaneously; individual Gale Databases below). Gale Academic One File Gale Custom Newspapers Gale Junior Edition Gale New York Times Gale Student Edition


Subject-Specific H.S. Databases Business and Company ASAP CINAHL Basic (Health sciences) Educators' Reference Complete ERIC (Education) Health/Wellness Resource Center Informe (Spanish language) NewsBank Michigan SIRS Renaissance (Arts & Humanities)
Middle School Databases Gale Junior Edition SIRS Discoverer
Elementary School Databases



Database Password Page (For home access; password protected page)
Internet Indexes (Not just information ... trusted information!) Federal Resources for Educational Excellence InfoMine Intute
IPL2 (Formerly Internet Public Library) IPL2 for Teens

 MedlinePlus Social Issues USA.gov Virtual LRC
News Newspapers, newswires, news databases
FSD Research Pathfinders Developmental Psychology Project German-American Project Mythology Project Psychologists Bio. Research
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