All RSD students have a SLCL Virtual Library Card which can be used to access databases.

This database provides maps, statistics, background information, the political organization, and social customs for the United States, Canada, and more than 200 countries.

Empower learners with digital citizenship skills to navigate today’s virtual landscape. Interactive activities guide students through project-based learning activities using digital tools to create podcasts, multimedia presentations, social media campaigns, and more. Database articles explore cyberbullying, digital research skills, citizen journalism, and more.

Access to a rich collection of more than 50,000 video segments from among 5,000 full-length educational videos from Discovery School and other award-winning producers.

Academic Search Elite contains full-text peer-reviewed articles from more than 2100 journals for academics or college-bound students.  

Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. Consumer Health Complete provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. In addition, Consumer Health Complete includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs. The database is updated on a weekly basis.

Links to all EBSCO databases which access popular and academic periodicals, ebooks, and reference resources.

This database includes topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research.  Results include magazines, newspapers, ebooks, academic journals, science reference materials and images.

Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.

MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.

This database provides  full text articles for more than 40 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, more than 370 regional (U.S.) newspapers, and  full-text television & radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.  Includes the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The High School eBook Collection contains more than 13,200 eBooks across all academic subject areas including a selection of classic literary works, important historical documents, and general reference materials.  

Read It! from EBSCO is designed for middle and high school students and adults who have a basic foundation in English grammar and reading but need adapted reading material for a variety of subjects. It offers resources to help build background knowledge, conduct research and improve study skills.

Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

The Rosen Financial Literacy database makes economics and personal finance easy to understand and highly engaging. Articles explore macro-, micro-, and global economics as well as personal and household finance. Users will learn to manage credit and debt, save and invest with confidence, plan for college and retirement and avoid fraud and scams.

This complimentary research database provides scholarly, government and general-interest sources covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts.

This database delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s.

HippoCampus offers multimedia lessons and course materials to help you with your instruction, homework, and assignments.

LearningExpress Library supports those looking to improve core academic skills, pass the GED, prepare for college (ACT, SAT, PSAT, AP), join the military, obtain occupational certification, find a job, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more.  Includes Computer Skills Center and Job and Career Accelerator. When using this link, you do not need to be in a RSD building to register and create an account.

Online map resources for the classroom.

The Web's most comprehensive and accurate MLA and APA bibliography composer with fully-integrated note-taking.

General reference database designed for young researchers

An editorially curated pro/con database that meets the research needs of students and educators by providing premium content correlated to key curricular standards and subjects.

Engaging author programs and K-12 book resources.

This award-winning resource provides middle and high school students with up-to-date, nonjudgmental, self-help support. Articles are correlated to state, national and provincial standards. Topics covered include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying and LGBTQ+ information.