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Get free one-on-one homework help from a live online tutor. Tutors are available for all-subjects grades k-college on the Brainfuse platform. Make flashcards, create a whiteboard, or make a virtual study room for you and your friends. Help available in Spanish and English every day from 2 to 11 p.m. MST
This service is available to Boulder Public Library account holders and BVSD students who attend school within the Boulder city limits. Need a library card? Set up your free Boulder Public Library account today.
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Explora for Middle School Students This link opens in a new window
Easy-to-use features and age-appropriate content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books. Explora offers easy to browse categories, citation help, topic overviews and Spanish language translation for entries. -
History Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Covering both U.S History and World topics, History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals and thousands of primary source documents. -
National Geographic Kids Edition This link opens in a new window
Includes NG's Kids magazine edition, book publications on peoples, animals, and places, as well as videos and images. -
History eBook collection This link opens in a new window
A wide variety of ebooks, including American Decades Primary Sources -
Biography Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Provides thousands of unique and reliable full-text biographies, including the complete full text of Biography and Biography Today. In addition to keyword search, users can locate biographies by subject occupation, activity, nationality, gender, birthplace and more.
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Novelist K-8 This link opens in a new window
A trusted source of read-alike recommendations specifically for middle school and younger readers.. Find books that interest you. Parents and teachers can also find tools to teach with fiction books and engage young readers.
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eBooks & eAudio from Overdrive
Overdrive eBooks and eAudio for middle grade readers.
NOTE: If you are a student in BVSD, you can use the SORA app and your Student ID to access the library's Overdrive collection. Ask your teacher about SORA and the public library.
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OverDrive Magazines This link opens in a new window
Over 5,000 titles, including top titles like: US Weekly, National Geographic,
New Yorker, Vanity Fair & Rolling Stone
All magazines are available as simultaneous use without circulation caps. Magazines do not count against your 6 items at one time for ebooks and audiobooks.
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Science Reference Source This link opens in a new window
Science Reference Source contains thousands of reliable resources covering every branch of science, including experiments, videos and high-quality images as well as full-text journal articles, books, biographies and more.
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Khan Academy Math CoursesMath Course up to 8th grade level
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NASA STEM for Grades 5-8Home Resources --STEM Activities for students from NASA
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CultureGrams This link opens in a new window
Concise reports on countries,U.S. states & Canadian provinces. Uses primary & secondary sources.
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Country Profiles from the BBC
Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.
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The World Factbook from the CIA
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities