ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Also known as Libby.
Libby is a free app where you can borrow ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines from your public library. You can search for titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. All you need to get started is a library card.
Explore Council Bluffs history through local news, events and people with The Daily Nonpareil Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
HeritageQuest® Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. The database provides genealogical and historical sources for more than 60 countries, with coverage dating back as early as the 1700s.
ProQuest SIRS Discoverer is a multidisciplinary database for elementary and middle school learners, researchers, and educators covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. All newspaper, magazine and reference content is 100% full text, editorially-selected and indexed from over 2,200 reliable, high-quality domestic and international sources.
Locate books, DVDs, and other materials cataloged by libraries worldwide. Use your ZIP code to find the libraries nearest you that may own the title you want.
The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. Since October 12, 1931, The New York Times Book Review has published the list weekly. In the 21st century, it has evolved into multiple lists, grouped by genre and format, including fiction and nonfiction, hardcover, paperback and electronic.
BookPage is a discovery tool for readers, highlighting the best new books across all genres. BookPage is editorially independent; only books we highly recommend are featured.
You can search for book titles based on authors, topics, or titles of books. You will then be able to sort your search results, select book titles to add to your AR BookBag, print a list of your search results, or start a new search.
If you want to know whether a specific book is within your child’s Lexile range, you can use our Lexile® Find a Book tool. Located near the top of our book search tool, you can quickly find a book’s Lexile measure by entering a book’s title, author or ISBN. You can also use Find a Book to search for books based on text features. You can search for books based on Lexile codes, which provide information on the book’s intended usage, or find books that are easy to decode or have a lot of patterning to help beginning readers.
Duolingo is a language learning tool that can be used by students and teachers as a gamified way to grasp new languages.
From Spanish and French to Korean and Japanese, there are many language options to pick from, and the process of getting stated is very simple. Plus, it's all free.
This tool works online across a host of devices and focuses on teaching four types of language skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
Enriching our community's love of reading. Book Connections is a website that generates enthusiasm for books and reading in our community.
Find book trailers, movies with authors, audio performances, discussion questions, and more—all great ways to engage with books together!
Get started and freely use Book Connections:
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TeachingBooks.net is an online database of thousands of multimedia resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books and their authors.
We provide immediate access to useful materials and exciting programs (short movies, audio book readings, book discussion guides, and more) that add a multimedia dimension to reading in the classroom, library, and home.
TeachingBooks.net is helping to nurture a love of reading and books.
Get started and freely use Teaching Books.
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