Young readers can explore more than 100 topics through the lens of how they relate to Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Each topic is broken down into sections about the five STEAM categories. Plus, a special art project helps spur creativity. With read-along audio and colorful pictures, this database is a great introduction into the wide world of STEAM!
Resource Type: For Avon Cardholders
AbdoZOOM Biographies
With 160 compelling biographies to choose from, young readers will learn about the lives of important people and their contributions. Each biography is broken down into easy-to-read, chronological sections, focusing on each person’s impact, early life, rise to fame, breakthrough, legacy, and more. Enjoy a diverse list of important figures from yesterday and today, including inventors, explorers, entertainers, athletes and activists.
AbdoZOOM Animals
Young readers will explore 160 pages of fascinating and interactive animal content in depth! Animals can be easily filtered by geography, habitat, and classification. Topic tabs feature overviews, characteristics, life cycles, feeding habits, personality traits, history, and more. With read-along audio, beginning readers can go on an adventure with their favorite animals!
Value Line Research Center
Covers stocks, mutual funds, options, convertible securities and special situation stocks.
Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA)
Directory information for more than 20 million business and 222 million consumers.
Morningstar
Morningstar provides data on more than 385,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 8 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets.
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LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)
Learn relevant, professional skills on LinkedIn Learning. With your Avon Library card number and PIN, you can access more than 16,000 online courses in seven languages taught by expert instructors with real world experience. Popular topics include leadership, project management, cloud computing, Microsoft products, and web development.
For PIN problems or other technical support, call the reference desk at 860-673-9712 x4.
App available: LinkedIn Learning is available in the App Store for both Android and iOS devices. Download those from the Google Play or App Store.
When using an app, you will be prompted for your library ID. The library ID for Avon Free Public Library is afpl.
Explora
Explora is a dedicated search interface for students that covers all of our EBSCO databases. A simple search quickly delivers relevant results, including articles, essays, and primary source documents.
BookBrowse
Exceptional books don’t just entertain, they also uplift and educate us. BookBrowse seeks out these books across a range of genres offering reviews, recommendations, articles and excerpts, and includes extensive resources for book clubs. For the latest recommendations subscribe to their twice-monthly online magazine; or browse by genre and a wide range of themes.
CultureGrams
Reports on 187 countries and all 50 U.S. states, including background facts, history & government, social customs & lifestyle, religion, economy, holidays, education, transportation, and even recipes!