Library Links
Welcome to Our Library Links Page!
Our Washington Library Website
Click on Washington Gifted School, then select the Catalog tab, then click on Destiny Quest. This site will allow you to see what books are available in the WGMS Library, what books are checked out and lists of books you may like.
The physical collection can be searched by using the Online Card Catalog which can be accessed through the Destiny icon. You will notice that Destiny also contains reading lists, the most popular books checked out, and New Arrivals. When using Destiny Quest, you will have access to additional online sources when you type in your query and then select One Search.
For ideas on research papers:
Decades Project info for 1980s
Decades Project info for 1970s
Decades Project info for 1960s
Decades Project info for 1950s
Decades Project info for 1930s
Decades Project info for 1920s
videos on animals for Animals project
Africa projects
Info from the Smithsonian
Encyclopedia.com
This will help get you started on the Animal, Flight or Country research papers.
The Internet Public Library
Great information you can trust from books, magazines, newspapers and special collections.
The Internet Archive
This is a digital library of internet sites. Explore the thousands of FREE online books that are made available at archive.org
This site is filled with free books, movies, and audio recordings!
More Research Paper Links
Richwoods' Library website has lots of links to research resources that you can use for papers and projects. Click this link to access their list
Online Dictionary
For help with words: Merriam Webster can help with spelling, definitions, synonyms or antonyms. It also has some fun games to play around with.
Reading for Pleasure
Good reads shows you new releases, lists of books you might enjoy and lets you rate books.
Author James Patterson has a great site to help kids and parents find books that they will like.
AR -- Accelerated Reader For accelerated reading books:
Use this site to find AR books, reading levels, quiz numbers and a short summary of books .
To read books online:
This site has read-alongs and audiobooks for Middle Grades to High School readers.
Don't see what you need here? This website from the American Library Association can help. gws.ala.org