Student Resources
Student Success Cards
To improve access to all of our library materials and resources, Frederick County Public Libraries has partnered with Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) and Maryland School for the Deaf Frederick Campus to offer our Student Success Card. Students can use their existing student ID number to borrow ten print items, access ebooks, and use all of our digital resources.
BookFLIX is an online literacy program for children that pairs classic video storybooks with nonfiction ebooks. BookFLIX builds a love of reading while reinforcing early reading skills in English and Spanish.
HelpNow is a resource designed for K-12 students and beyond. Live tutoring is available in English and Spanish from 2 p.m. - 11 p.m. to provide homework help for core subjects, including mathematics, science, and English language arts. Practice long division, improve reading comprehension, and learn other key skills. Practice for standardized tests. Students may submit papers to HelpNow’s Writing Lab for expert assistance and feedback, or collaborate with peers in virtual study spaces.
Free, online resource for teens and adults to take practice tests and review handbooks for the Maryland car, motorcycle, and CDL permit tests. Additional practice tests can also be found on the Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles website.
Covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences. This resource for academic research integrates publications from across the disciplines and includes vocational/technical titles used by community college students.
The perfect educational product for today’s young learners. This easy-to-use digital resource provides age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related content covering a broad range of topics.
Formerly known as Kid InfoBits.
Access topic overviews, primary sources, biographies, and critical essays on core subjects. Find a vast array of resources for papers, projects, and presentations. Provides cross-curricular content on the most-studied topics in high school.
Specifically for middle-school students, Research in Context combines reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more.
This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is a great resource for any educator – from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field.
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Search reference books and encyclopedias online.
Online language-learning system that teaches conversation skills for over 70 different languages as well as English as a Second Language for speakers of 20 languages. Available across desktop, tablet, and mobile app.
Students can explore science, animals, technology, cultures, and history through books, magazine articles, images, and videos.