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Welcome to Educators, Researchers, & the Curious! 

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Welcome to Educators, Researchers, & the Curious! 

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The Pulaski County Library System rests in the New River Valley of Virginia. This is our Padlet that details some of our online resources for parents, educators, researchers, homeschoolers, and the curious.

You can find our website with links to all these resources at www.pclibs.org or by clicking the link above. Happy Searching!

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Pulaski Library

60 West Third St
Pulaski, VA 24301
Phone: 540-980-7770
Fax: 540-980-7775

Charles & Ona B. Free Memorial Library

300 Giles Ave
Dublin, VA 24084
Phone: 540-674-2856
Fax: 540-643-0111

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Is your student having trouble finding books at the library in their reading level? Once a student knows their Accelerated Reader reading level, try this site to find books within that range. The reading level is also visible in the Pulaski Library's catalog next to the book's title.

This resource can break down what those reading levels mean and how to help students in book choice.

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This is a kid-friendly video site that has popular shows like Arthur and Sesame Street, along with educational content by subject, and story book read alouds.

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Using this, you can find books similar to each other, research authors, and learn more about your favorite books.

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Novelist K-8 is geared towards student from Kindergarten to Eight grade. It has book recommendations, book reviews, descriptions, and "if you like this, you'll like this" sections.

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The Tumble Book Library is aimed at children from toddler and up. It has narrated and animated picture books with graphic novels, games, eBooks, STEM content, and Common Core focused content.

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This screenshot shows a list of movies and the logo for Kanopy streaming service. 

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Kanopy is a streaming service for popular acclaimed, educational, indie movies and films. Just enter your library card number to sign in and enjoy many date nights on us!

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a screenshot of the website Overdrive, also known as Libby. It shows a scroll of book covers and a menu at the top. 

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Libby by Overdrive is a very popular database that has eBooks, new releases, audiobooks, magazines, and more. Between Libby and Hoopla, there are millions of items to choose from. The Pulaski Library is a part of the Southwest Virginia Public Libraries consortium that provides access to this database for our patrons.

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Hoopla is not meant to be academic in nature, however it has a huge variety of popular media like eBooks, comics, manga, audiobooks, and more. Hoopla is downloadable as an app on most devices as well.

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This databases has searchable census records and more that assists with genealogical research.

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A screenshot from a search page of the Virginia Yearbook Collection

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This database hosts digital versions of Virginia yearbooks from many different schools. The site features various search methods to narrow down you search.

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Virginia Tech's university libraries hosts our Christiansburg Institute Archives. These are documents, photos, and records from the historical Christiansburg Institute.

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This is a collection of historical photographs spanning 1945 to 1995 of Pulaski and neighboring counties. Hosted through the Radford University McConnell Library, this serves as a resource for primary photographs of local buildings, portraiture, and material culture.

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Local history offered through the Virginia Chronicle 

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In partnership with the Library of Virginia, the Pulaski County Library System, and the Southwest Times we have digitized a large portion of the Southwest Times newspapers from the original microfiche.

The Virginia Chronicle hosts this database where students, researchers, and genealogists can find primary sources on local historical events, obituaries of relatives, and historical accounts of national events.

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Created with teachers and educators in mind, this is a collection of primary sources, scholarly articles, and diverse perspectives.

The library also offers ProQuest - US Major Dailies that includes major periodicals, newspapers, and magazines.

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This offers students articles on Virginia history and historical figures. The articles come with further reading at the bottom and a citation helper for students. Other features include virtual tours of significant places and artifacts.

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Homepage for Transparent Language provided through the Library of Virginia

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Transparent Language is provided to the public library through the support of the Library of Virginia.

This resource offers educational content to help students learn a new language. Boasting 120 languages covered, this resource helps a second language be within reach.

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Homepage for GALE In Context - Elementary

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GALE In Context has a database aimed towards elementary school learners. The website walks the student through general subject searches using large buttons with visual cues.

As the student clicks through the subjects, the search is narrowed to more specific content. Once the student finds the item on their topic, the site offers article read aloud options and various accessibility features built in. This database serves well as an introduction to databases and how to find content within them.

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Homepage for Brainfuse's homework help now service

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Brainfuse offers HelpNow through the Library of Virginia for Virginia's public libraries. This service entails homework help 7 days a week between 2 PM - 11 PM, an essay writing lab, and test prep (SAT, PSAT, state standardized tests, and AP tests). Tutoring is available in English and Spanish.

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Universal Class hosts various types of online classes and video tutorials to learn how to do most anything. Examples include: How to Homeschool, How to write a Short Story, 18 lessons in American Government, and more. These include academic topics and subjects, to how to knit and crochet.

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Read It! by EBSCO helps with research at various reading levels. The site has accessibility features such as translation of articles and sources into various languages, reading the source out loud, and comprehension test questions attached to various articles. For early researchers at various levels, or for English language learners, this resource introduces the student to research and how to search a database.

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Homepage for Explora's Middle and High School Page

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This resource brings the functionality of Explora by EBSCOHost to middle and high school students. This source is shaped by curriculum standards and educators.

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A screenshot showing the homepage of Explora, another database. 

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Explora by EBSCOHost is created specifically for public libraries and schools. This resource is similar to EBSCOHost, but it also offers searching by school subjects and boasts a user friendly design and sources with a built-in citation feature making essay writing a breeze. Full, downloadable PDFs of periodicals, articles, books, and more are available.

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EBSCO Host is a database that features a varied collection of full-text articles, books, and newspapers. This is a general database great as a starting point for most research projects.

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Screenshot of Pulaski Library's home page. 

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This is the library system's homepage. To find our online resources, click the button that says "Online Resources" in the blue ribbon at the top of the page.

From there, the databases will be sorted into three categories: e-Library, Learning Hub, and History & Genealogy. Choose the appropriate category for your interests, or explore each of them.