Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government, a service of the Government Publishing Office (GPO), is designed to inform students, parents, and educators about the Federal Government, which issues the publications and information products disseminated by the GPO’s Federal Depository Library Program.

The CIA World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. 

The Gateway Readers Award is a student-choice reading program from the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) with books for young adults in grades nine through twelve.  Each year 15 new titles are chosen.

This is a non-profit site that provides tutorials on a large variety of topics. You’ll find many levels of math (from basic math through Calculus), biology, chemistry, economics, and more.  Site connects to YouTube which may be blocked on school computers.

Library of Congress Digital Collections provides access to digitized American historical materials and includes images, maps, manuscripts, prints, photographs, posters, sound recordings, motion pictures, books, pamphlets, and sheet music. 

Online dictionary and thesaurus.

This site features MIT OpenCourseWare materials that are most useful for high school students and teachers.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a publication of the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics that includes information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, earnings and job outlook for hundreds of different occupations in the United States.

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All RSD students have a virtual library card which includes access to databases and eMedia except for Hoopla and Kanopy.