Resources

Workforce WV
WV Legal Code
WV InfoDepot
JC Historical Society
  • Ancestry Library Edition
    • Lets you access a vast collection of U.S. and international documents online
    • Images of original documents enhance research and critical thinking
    • Includes narratives, oral histories, indexes and abstracts to other resources
    • You can search over 30,000 Ancestry.com record collections and 11 billion records with a click of a button
    • Record collections span the 1500s–2000s
  • Khan Academy
    • Golden standard for online education. Hundreds of free lessons covering dozens of subjects. 100% free self-paced education. With more than 100,000 interactive exercises, they’ll make sure you know your stuff – at least when it comes to the stuff you want to know.
  • American FactFinder
    • Put together by the U.S Department of Commerce: Census Bureau
    • Provides access to data about the United State, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas
    • Data comes from several censuses and surveys
    • Results can be broken down by state, county, city, and in some cases even households.
  • The World Factbook
    • Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
  • U.S. Department of Labor
    • Has great information on industries, markets, companies, and more.
  • Google Scholar
    • Features only peer-reviewed articles that are academically acceptable resources
  • Practice Test Geeks

    • Started by skilled and passionate professionals, Practice Test Geeks provides practice tests and professional educational help. The study materials were created from the real exam questions and based on the dedicated resource for each test.

  • Hyper History
    • An expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of lifelines, timelines, and maps.
  • Country Studies
    • Presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world
  • Project Gutenberg
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  • Library of Congress
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  • Annuity 
    • Provides information and support which equips people with a strong foundation in financial literacy, including budgeting and saving, paying off debt, planning for retirement, and investing.
    • Covers things such as: When students will fill out a FAFSA request, Merit-based scholarships, How student loans work, Planning for life after college, and much more.
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  • Skills You Need
    • Offers content to help users build and strengthen personal, interpersonal, professional, communication, leadership, and learning skills
  • Practical Money Skills
    • An online resource for educators, parents and students focused on financial literacy and education
  • Jobs & Career Accelerator
    • Receive career guidance and gain skills in creating resumes, searching for jobs, preparing for interviews and more.
  • About Health
    • About Health arms you with the information you need to be an empowered patient and live your healthiest life through thousands of articles on a wide variety of topics
  • Rx List
    • Info about prescription and non-prescription drugs, herbs, and supplements, a pill identifier tool, and slide shows about health topics, and a medical dictionary.
  • PubMed Central 
    • A free digital repository that archives publicly accessible full-text scholarly articles that have been published within the biomedical and life sciences journal literature
  • EBSCO Host
    • Provides access to 1750 magazines dating back to 1975
    • Includes nearly 500 reference books, 87,000 biographies, over 100,000 primary source documents, and an image collection of over 400,000 photos
  • AR BookFinder
    • Gives parents, students, and teachers access to the national list of approved AR books.
  • MyOn
    • A student-centered, personalized literacy environment that gives students access to more than 6000 enhanced digital books
    • Titles are dynamically matched to each individual’s interests, grade, and reading level
  • AGRIS
    • A global public domain database with 4332548 structured records on agricultural science and technology. 77.38% of records are citations from scientific journals.
    • The bibliographic reference contain either links to the full text of the publication or additional information retrieved from related internet resources.
  • Cornell Scientific Library
    • Open access to over 900,000 e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, finance, and statistics
  • Chem Seer
    • An integrated digital library and database allowing for intelligent search of documents in the chemistry domain and data obtained from chemical kinetics
  • Science.gov
    • Searches over 55 databases and over 2100 selected websited from 13 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results.
    • Governed by the ineragency Science.gove Alliance
  • Cite Seer
    • Developed and hosted by the College of Information Sciences and Technology
    • A great database focusing on computer and information sciences
  • Astrophysics Data System
    • The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
    • A digital library portal for researchers in astronomy and physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 
    • Maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 10.2 million records.
  • NASA Technical Reports Server
    • The Mission of the STI Program is to support the advancement of aerospace knowledge and contribute to U.S. competitiveness in aerospace research and development. The NASA STI Program acquires, processes, archives, announces, and disseminates NASA STI and acquires worldwide STI of critical importance to NASA and the Nation.
Literacy
  • Computer Skills Center
    • In depth videos on computer and internet skills basics, software tools, graphics and illustration
  • Digital Learn
    • Resources for both students and teachers.  Online learning modules about various computer programs and skills
  • GCF Free Learn
    • Online learning modules with a wide variety of skill and program tutorials 
  • DigitalLiteracy.gov
    • Allows users to search for resource lists by topic or skill in areas such as technology, ESL, job and life skills, etc.
  • Basic Computer Skills Curriculum
    • Lesson modules covering basic computer skills
  • Common Senes Media
    • Provides education and advocacy to families to promote safe technology and media for children
  • Books Build Connections
    • Find info about the benefits of promoting early literacy and learning for children in this toolkit containing publications and tips from pediatric professionals for families
  • Books For Reluctant Readers
    • Book list for children that are reluctant to read
  • Growing Book By Book
    • Nurturing our youngest readers through reading and writing ideas, literacy projects, reading lists, and more
  • Special Needs Parent Guide
    • Learn how to configure your child’s device, boost your kid’s social skills, and determine the best digital media for your family’s needs
  • Proliteracy Education Network
    • Resources for students and instructors including free courses for tutors, lesson plans, and strategies
  • TASC Test Info (Formerly GED)
    • Produced by the TASC test-makers, this site offers testing info, guides, worksheets, and sample tests
  • Test Prep Review
    • Offers self assessment modules on specific topics, flash cards, study guides, and practice questions
  • Simple Wikipedia
    • Articles are written in simple English, accessible vocab and  grammar and great for ELLs (English Language Learners) or low level readers
  • GCF Learn Free
    • Easy to use online learning modules for new readers and English Language Learners (ELL)