Choose from over 500 online courses from photography to physics, computer skills to calligraphy. Learn for fun or to get extra help with a tough topic. Must be accessed from your local public library’s website.

An electronic newsstand that offers digital downloads of popular magazines. Students create accounts and access titles through their local library’s subscription. Magazines can be downloaded onto a student’s computer and even read offline using mobile apps for IOS and Android devices.

Download eMagazines, e-Audiobooks and eBooks directly to any iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, or Nook devices. Resources can also be downloaded onto a student’s computer in order to transfer them to mobile devices. Students must create an account using their own library card from a subscribed library before downloading.

Designed specifically for high school students and educators, this collection offers an easy, cost-effective way for libraries to provide full-text eBook coverage that aligns with their school’s curricula, as well as complement other e-book and database resources from Ebsco. Enjoy casual fiction, literature, and scholarly works–reading for every purpose. 

This collection features more than 17,000 world history eBooks to meet the content needs of students in their research. Titles encompass a variety of subjects, including medieval history, history of music, history of science, law in history, history of philosophy, art history, history of technology, history of business and economics, history of religion, military history and more.

Speak and understand a new language better. With 12 languages to choose from, including American Sign Language, Rocket Languages also features modules in Spanish and Chinese to learn English. Rocket Languages is perfect for the the business or traveler learner, as well as extra practice for students.  Must be accessed from your local public library’s website.

Don’t know what to read next? Novelist helps you discover new authors, series, etc., based on what you know you like.  Must be accessed from your local public library’s website.

Find downloadable, fillable forms for basic legal transactions, current to Virginia code. Leases, sales contracts, powers of attorney, etc.. Legal Forms, its publisher, Gale Cengage, The Library of Virginia, Virginia public libraries and their funding bodies assume no liability for actions resulting in the use of these forms.  Must be accessed from your local public library’s website.

Career Transitions is your one stop shop for job seeking and career exploration. Take an interest and skills assessment to identify potential career fields; create a professional résumé for downloading and emailing; view webinars on interview skills, search for available jobs near you with an instant connection to Indeed™’s database.  Must be accessed from your local public library’s website.

EBSCO’s interface for Schools and Public Libraries. Designed to meet the unique needs of its users, Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction. Explora searches:

• Master File Complete
  The most comprehensive and valuable collection of full-text general interest resources. This authoritative general information database is the best place to start your research project.
• NewspaperSource
• Read It!
  Research while practicing reading skills with Read It!™  Helps students with a basic foundation in English grammar and reading who need adapted reading material for many subjects. Read It!™ is also a great tool for English Language Learners.

Choose from over 500 online courses from photography to physics, computer skills to calligraphy. Learn for fun or to get extra help with a tough topic. Must be accessed from your local public library’s website.

Specifically for students up to 8th grade, Novelist K-8 can help you find your next best read!  Must be accessed from your local public library’s website.

Can’t decide what to read next?  Use Novelist to discover your next favorite author, series, or title!  Must be accessed from your local public library’s website.

An electronic newsstand that offers digital downloads of popular magazines. Studentss create accounts and access titles through their local library’s subscription. Magazines can be downloaded onto a student’s computer and even read offline using mobile apps for IOS and Android devices.

Free software for patrons to download e-magazines, e-audiobooks and eBooks directly to their iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, or Nook devices. Resources can also be downloaded onto a student’s computer in order to transfer them to mobile devices. Students must create an account using their own library card from a subscribed library before downloading.

The eBook Cricket Media Collection includes more than 400 titles in eBook format and is suitable for children grades Pre-K through 8th. Cricket is an internationally recognized education company with award-winning print content for children, families and educators. Cricket engages children in a wide variety of subjects and disciplines, helping them explore and expand their worlds.

This Ebsco collection includes eBooks for K-8 students and their educators. It offers a cost-effective way for libraries to provide educators with full-text eBook coverage to support their curricula, and is a great complement to other elementary and middle school eBook and database resources.

Ebsco’s interface for Schools and Public Libraries is designed to meet the unique needs of its users. Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction. Explora searches both:

• NewspaperSource
• eBooks
• Read It!
  Research while practicing reading skills with Read It!™  Helps students with a basic foundation in English grammar and reading who need adapted reading material for many subjects. Read It!™ is also a great tool for English Language Learners.

Can’t decide what to read next? Use Novelist to discover your next favorite author, series, or title!  Must be accessed from your local public library’s website.

The Ebsco K-8 Collection includes eBooks for K-8 students and the educators who work with them. It offers a cost-effective way for libraries to provide educators with full-text eBook coverage to support their curricula, and is a great complement to other elementary and middle school eBook and database resources.

The eBook Cricket Media Collection includes more than 400 titles in e-book format and is suitable for Children grades Pre-K through 8th. Cricket is an internationally recognized education company with award winning print content for children, families and educators. Cricket is focused on engage children in a wide variety of subjects and disciplines helping them explore and expand their worlds.

World Book Online’s early childhood digital resource, is a child’s first encyclopedia, eBook, and introduction to core early concepts.  With read-aloud across all functions, the 60 stories in “World of Reading” and “Trek’s Travels” tie learning together through videos, games, and printable activities.  Twelve stories are available in both Spanish and English, and the worksheets also offer written instructions in Spanish.  Classic songs, nursery rhymes, and fairy tales complete the program, and are often included in the lesson plan for each story.  If you are not on a school computer, you will need to access this database through your public library's website:  http://www.blackwaterlib.org/youth/

Age appropriate research needs searching Ebsco’s K-8 eBook collection, Cricket Media eBook collection and general knowledge database.

Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.  Must be accessed from your local public library’s website.