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Educator's Reference Desk -
Formerly Ask Eric, this site contains links to over 3,000 resources on a
variety of educational issues, including Internet sites, educational
organizations, and electronic discussion groups. There are also lesson plans
written and submitted by teachers from the US, and a question archive.
 Find It
Virginia - Find magazine &
newspaper articles, encyclopedias and other reference works, TV & radio
transcripts, and homework help, plus photos, charts, maps, diagrams &
illustrations.
Generations on Line - "Your introduction to the Internet".
Developed for Senior Internet users, at
this site you can learn how to use your computer mouse, then look up more
information you need, send a postcard by email or check out links of
interest to sites such as genealogy, AARP, Medicare and much more.
HeritageQuest Online - HeritageQuest Online is the marriage of
ProQuest's Genealogy & Local History Online, a collection of over 25,000
family and local histories, and content from HeritageQuest, the largest
genealogical data, products, supplies and equipment provider to consumers
and institutions in the United States.
Infotrac - Periodical database for students.
Learning Express Library - Practice free tests online to help you meet your school and
career goals. You can access this site from home or inside the library. just
create a new account or log in to an existing account. Use your 14 digit
Portsmouth library card as your username, then create your own password.
Tests available: ACT, Advanced Placement, ASVAB, Basic Skills
Success, Business Writing Help Center, Catholic High School, Civil Service,
Cosmetology, EMT/Paramedic, ESL (Spanish) Skills Improvement Courses, FCAT,
Firefighter, GED, GMAT, GRE, Job & Career Help Center, Law Enforcement, LSAT,
Nurse Aide, Postal Worker, Real Estate, SAT, Skills Improvement Courses,
TASP, Teacher Certification, Technical And Career College Preparation, TOEFL,
US Citizenship.
Literary Index (Gale Group) - An author and title index to "109
literature products from Gale Group and the imprints Charles Scribner's
Sons, St. James Press, and Twayne Publishers." Contains over 135,000
authors, including pseudonyms and variant names, and over 165,000 titles.
Search by author, title, nationality, and birth and death dates. The major
indexed works, which include the various Gale Contemporary Authors and
Literary Criticism titles, contain biographies and critical essays and may
be found in most larger libraries.
netLibrary - The world's premier provider of electronic books (eBooks),
netLibrary offers an easy-to-use information and retrieval system for
accessing the full text of reference, scholarly, and professional books.
Senior Navigator - Provides free information about the health and aging
resources available to Virginians. The information focuses on senior related
issues such as health and aging, financial concerns, legal questions, health
facilities, assisted living and housing, exercise programs, support groups
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Ref Links:
PPL's
Ready Ref page
Librarian's Index to the Internet
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