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Find accurate information to help you complete school assignments or explore your interests. Read or listen to articles at a reading level that is right for you. Get articles, images, definitions, and websites from trusted sources.

Access also includes:

• Britannica Library Children
• Britannica Library Young Adult

Learn about what life is like around the world.

Includes:

• country and state reports
• articles
• maps
• videos
• statistics and data
• photographs
• biographies
• interviews
• recipes
• local experts

Explore the details of daily life around the world from pre-history to today. Learn through articles, maps, charts, and primary documents. Engage your students with lesson plans.

Get all the resources you need for your next research project in one place. Choose from topic guides about people, places, historical events, books, and current events. Export your citations or save articles to Google or OneDrive. For students in grades K-12 and college.

Includes:

• articles
• photos
• maps
• video
• transcripts from magazines, newspapers, radio and television news programs
• reference books

Explore Gale's vast eBook library. Share links to specific articles with peers. Research for school or fun. Collections include Racial Equity & Justice, Medicine, Religion, and Social Science.

Get biographical information that you can rely on for your next paper or project. Connect with accurate and engaging articles, videos, audio, and images. Complete your research with ease on any device.

Explore both sides of an issue. Use statistics and primary sources to weigh the pros and cons. Read articles written from diverse perspectives to understand others better.

Search U.S. statistics from thousands of trusted sources. View historical context for data. Create custom data tables. Download and share tables.

Discover history from ancient times to the current era.

Includes:

• articles
• primary sources
• maps
• journals
• multimedia
• study units
• history guides

Explore LinkedIn Learning for Library. Investigate all 16,000 courses including all LinkedIn Learning content. Set and track goals, learn a new language, study business, tech, or graphic design.

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Enjoy access to The New York Times online. Create a free New York Times account and read at any community library location.  

Get a 24-hour access code access code to read outside the library or with The New York Times app.  

Redeem access codes, inside or outside libraries, to access more content: 

• The Athletic
• New York Times Cooking
• New York Times Games

How do The New York Times terms of service impact people younger than age 13, including those with student accounts? 

Read articles from:

• New York Daily Times (1851-1857) and
• New York Times (1857-to three years before the current year).

Read U.S. newspapers published in the 19th century. 

Read poetry, prose, and drama. Listen to contemporary poets read their own or favorite poems.

Find works of:

• literary criticism
• essays
• author biographies
• reviews
• interviews

Read articles from thousands of magazines, journals, and newspapers.

Includes:

• The New Yorker
• The Economist
• ABI Business Trade & Industry Articles (ABI/Inform)
• The Chicago Tribune
• Los Angeles Times
• US Newsstream
• US West Newsstand
• CBS 60 Minutes Video Collection

Find sources for your school report or project. Read articles and eBooks written for students in grades K-8. Search for downloadable eBooks by grade level or subject. Export your citations or save articles to Google or Classroom.

Read articles on social issues. Choose from magazines, newspapers, books, and government documents. Get topic guides with pros and cons. Find primary and secondary sources.