Children's Services
Young Adult Services

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Homework Help
Biography Resource Center
A comprehensive online biographical reference database with over 400,000 biographies covering literature, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, arts and newsmakers. |
Portsmouth High School Summer Reading Lists
Recommendations by TLC
Portsmouth Middle and High School Summer Reading List
Portsmouth Recommended Summer Reading 2008 Grades 9 - 12 |
MAS Ultra: School Edition
Provides full text for over 515 general interest and current events magazines. |
Middle Search Plus
Provides full text for over 145 magazines covering general topics appropriate for middle and jr. high school students |
Novelist Plus
A reader's advisory service that provides information and resources on over 200,000 titles, 75,000 full-text reviews, and more than 36,000 subject headings to help locate the best in fiction. Coverage has recently been expanded to include more than 60,000 non-fiction titles in the following genres: Adventure, Arts & Entertainment, Biography & Memoir, True Crime, Business & Money, Current Events & Politics, and Sports & Competition. |
TOPICsearch
Explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. This current events database includes more than 400,000 full-text articles selected by teachers and librarians, an online dictionary, and more than 2,500 diverse reference sources including newspapers, biographies, opinion polls, book reviews and government information. |
More than 40,000 articles from the venerable 22 print volume set of the World Book Encyclopedia form the foundation of this expansive reference database. This resource also includes: a dictionary, atlas, Spanish language encyclopedia, an extensive multimedia collection, thousands of editor-selected Web sites, correlations to state curriculum standards, and much more. |

Forget paper? pencil or pen? Need a calculator? In the Young Adult room you'll find the "homework" cart. Feel free to use any of the supplies provided for you!
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