These resources require either a valid library card number from a participating library

or a Michigan Drivers License or State ID. 

4parents.gov: This is a website that addresses issues such as teen sex, risky youth behavior and other thorny topics.

American Community Data Survey: What High School Teachers Need to Know. This pamphlet summarizes the types of information and geographic areas covered by the ACS and explains how to understand ACS data. Specific examples are provided to illustrate how ACS data can be incorporated into lesson plans and activities to address a variety of social studies, geography, and mathematics standards.

 Educator's Reference Complete: Recommended for: Educators and Parents. Full text. Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. The database is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.

 ERIC: Recommended for: Educators and Parents. Mostly full text. Contains annotated references to non-journal material issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.

Gale Schools: Click on the link for free lesson plans, activities to engage students and the latest Gale tools
for the classroom. This is a commercial website: some items are free and some items are for sale or require a username and/or password.

 Informe! : Recommended for: Spanish Language Resources. Full text. Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. Michigan residents access only.

James Patterson's ReadkiddoRead.com: Dedicated to making kids readers for life.  This site has some great reading recommendations for kids of all ages. Books are broken down by age group and then by genres such as fantasy and other worlds, real world fiction, action/adventure/mystery and just the facts (non-fiction).

MORE: Michigan Online Resources for Educators: Find lesson plans and curriculum aids searchable by subject or state standard