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AVL-Alabama Virtual Library
The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers, and citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to essential library and information resources. It is primarily a group of online databases that have magazine, journal, and newspaper articles for research. Through the AVL, an equitable core of information sources is available to every student and citizen in Alabama, raising the level of excellence in schools and communities across the state.
 
ALEX-Alabama Learning Exchange
ALEX is the free, state educational Web portal designed to provide the best, high-quality resources and one-stop shopping for Alabama's teachers, principals, parents, and students.  Over 38,000 Web-based interactives and panel-reviewed Alabama Teacher lesson plans linked to Alabama's official Courses of Study are available for all teachers to use in their classrooms immediately.  This award-winning Web portal contains a wealth of additional resources to enhance learning in every content area--all digital, all online, all completely Alabama's. (From Alabama's Technology Initiative Fact Sheet)
 
Project Gutenberg
Over 54,000 free eBooks: Choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, especially older works for which copyright has expired. 
 
AL.com
Local and state news, sports, and information
 
Office 365
In order to help our students prepare for success, this year, we're providing Office to every student free of charge. With Office ProPlus, your child will now have access to the latest version of Word, for writing; Excel, for spreadsheets; PowerPoint, for presentations; OneNote, for organization and note taking; OneDrive for Business; for storing, collaborating, sharing, and syncing files, Outlook; for email; and much more!


Install on up to 5 compatible PCs and Macs, plus 5 tablets (including iPad!)
Use with OneDrive for automatic device syncing
Gain valuable skill on the world's most popular productivity software
Office subscription lasts for as long as your child is a student here and the program continues

Your child will need their school username and password to sign in. For more information or frequently asked questions about Office 365 ProPlus visit the Information Technology (IT) Services page on the Elmore County Public Schools website.. If you have trouble installing Office, this guide may resolve your issue: http://aka.ms/office365help

 
Free Online Books
 
InformationNOW Parent Portal
 
InformationNOW Parent Portal is a program that allows parents to review information related to grades, attendance, homework assignments, discipline records and other student data from the current year.  In order to access records, a student must be enrolled in Elmore County Schools.  The information you view is live data.

Each legal guardian will have one login to view all of their children.  If you have more than one login to view your children even if they attend multiple schools please contact your school so they may correct this.  Also, if the list of children under your login is not correct also please contact that child's school.

Information for logging in is sent annually.  If you did not receive this information please contact your student's school.

 

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Citation Machine 
Citing Sources 
Easy Bib 
Guide to Grammar and Writing 
Seton Hill University 
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OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab 
  
CAREER READINESS 
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American Heritage Dictionary 
Biographical Dictionary 
Cambridge Dictionary Online 
Dictionary.com 
 
Merriam-Webster Online 
OneLook 
 
Your Dictionary.com 
  
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Many Books
 
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Project Gutenberg 
Rare Book Room 
Bartleby
Open Culture 
  
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GEOGRAPHY 
 
World Atlas 
  
HISTORY 
Best History Reference Websites 
Best Websites for the Progressive Era 
Library of Congress- Progressive Era 
Shmoop 
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Smithsonian History Explorer 
Trip Line -Make Interactive Map 
  
LIBRARIES 
Alabama Virtual Library 
The Library Spot 
The Wetumpka Public Library 
Auburn Montgomery Library 
Alabama Public Library Service 
  
Music (Royalty-Free) 
Incompetech 
  
NEWS-LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND WORLD 
Alabama Live- (AL.com) 
CNN 
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PRESENTATIONS 
 
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Kahoot 
Prezi 
Quizlet 
Smore 
Touchcast Video Maker 
  
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Google Scholar 
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TED-ed 
ALEX-Alabama Learning Exchange 
  
RESEARCH AND WRITING HELP 
A Research Guide 
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Grammarly 
Correctica 
The Hemingway App 
Plagiarism.org 
Purdue OWL-Online Writing Lab 
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