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This database offers our patrons a comprehensive, curriculum-focused overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines.

Gives in-depth explanations of important advances in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics, and technology.

Reference materials from leading scientific sources

Includes The Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society and The Encyclopedia of Forensic Science

This resource provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary and holistic medicine.

The Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.

Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 3,100 journals, including full text for nearly 2,700 peer-reviewed titles.

This database is designed to support students in multiple areas of study including mathematics; physics; chemistry; biology; computer science; human geography; psychology; economics & statistics; government & politics; environmental science; U.S., European & world history; the arts and music.

Contains full-text articles, photos,and links to sources for thousands of notable people.

The well-known encyclopedia is online.

Explora is EBSCO’s research interface designed specifically for students and educators. The secondary school version features relevant and reliable content and easy-to-use functionality to help high school students successfully complete their research.

Search libraries worldwide

Formerly called Student Resources in Context, this database contains reference, works, periodical, and newspaper articles.

Instant access to thousands of reference books. No check-out required.

Check out ebooks and audiobooks from this resource of over 25,000 titles

Access to thousands of multi-user, full-text books provided by the Reaching Across Illinois Library System

Over 12,000 ebooks related to subjects that are popular with high school students and teachers (includes fiction and nonfiction works)

If you're searching for literary criticism, start your search here!

Includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems

70,000 full text poems and short stories from well-known, published authors.

This program is designed to help you with book choices.

Local experts document the unique details of each country'scustoms, traditions, and daily life.

Global perspectives on issues of international importance and current news

Covering both U.S. and world history topics, History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals and thousands of primary source documents.

Current news articles that are curated by topic. Use Google Sign-On to access.

This database provides cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers. In addition, it offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks.

Comprehensive database provides a variety of professional journal articles

From antiquity to the present, spanning over 5,000 years.

Search for videos and stream them online.

Use this tool to help format your bibliography and create notes.

Online tutoring available from 2pm-11pm every day with a Zion-Benton Public Library Card

Global perspectives on issues of international importance and current news

Includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, and infographics. Periodical content covers current events, news and commentary, economics, environmental issues, and political science.Specific titles include The New York Times, Newsweek, Foreign Policy, American Scientist, and Education Week.

Covers over 400 topics, each with an overview (objective background / description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument)

This is a traditional encyclopedia from Britannica written in Spanish for bilingual and native Spanish speakers.

Enciclopedia Moderna includes over 50,000 articles plus 4,200 images. Complete with a dictionary, atlas, and timelines, it's the perfect resource for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and students learning Spanish

The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.

Full-text magazine articles, complete with graphics.

This database provides cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers. In addition, it offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks.

Access to full-text Chicago Tribune articles with archived articles.