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.


Heritage Quest 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.
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Infotrac - Periodical database for students. Available through Findit VA. (You will need your library card)

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 and more.
 

Ref Links:

PPL's Ready Ref page

Librarian's Index to the Internet