Upper School Learning Commons Virtual Resources
Welcome to the NBPS Upper School Virtual Library, where all digital Learning Commons resources can be accessed. Our collection is dynamic, updated regularly with the best traditional and digital materials
Books
Search for books and more in the NBPS libraries. To sign into your account use your school email and the password, eagles.
Login with your school email to browse and download digital ebooks and audiobooks. Access Sora Help.
If there is a book you are looking for that we do not have, put in a request. Note, we are not be able to purchase every book request.
Mackin Comics Plus
Digital Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga.
Students login with their ID number and password, eagles. Your sign in information will only work with the link that corresponds with your grade.
Faculty sign in with the High School link using your email and the password, eagles.
Login with student ID # or faculty email address to access over 100,000 ebooks for high school academic research.
Off-Campus Passwords
Click here for off-campus access passwords.
Other LC Documents
- Parent/Guardian Permission
- Library Policy Manual 2023-24
- Questions? Contact LC@nbps.org
Gale Power Search
Want to search all of the Gale Databases at once? Try the Gale Power search tool.
Paper Writing Resources
- Purdue Owl: MLA Resources
- Purdue Owl: APA Resources
- Noodletools – Citation and Bibliograpy Creator
- My Bib – Citation Generator
General Reference
A great starting point for research with over 1,500,000 fact-based articles from over 400 titles, as well as Mind Maps and research support.
A multipurpose encyclopedia for comprehensive background information around thousands of topics.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Subject encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Gale in Context: Middle School
Contextual information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events.
Contextual information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events.
Over 7,800 full-text periodicals and hundreds of newspapers, updated daily.
Peer-reviewed, full-text journals and reference sources, including more than 6,000 full text.
Digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources for high school use.
Digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources for high school use.
Academic articles, videos, experiments, and more.
Health-focused magazines, reference, video, and more.
Newspapers/
Magazines
Newsbank:
Explore diverse perspectives, topics and trends. Covers English, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Arts, History and more.
America’s Historical Newspapers (1690-2000)
Complete editions from hundreds of U.S. newspapers provide primary source content covering eras such as the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War, Information Age and more.
Explore topics, trends and current events that align with curricular areas such as English, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Arts, History and more.
Visit the site above to request a pass for All-Digital access to the New York Times, including archives dating from 1851 to present.
Username: nbprep Password: Eagle
Access South Florida’s Sun Sentinel by logging in with off-campus username and password listed above.
Provides the latest news, sports, business comments and reviews from the Guardian newspaper located in London, England. (Accessed through General Onefile)
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search America’s historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963.
Click above to download the NBPS Digital Magazine Collection app onto your iPad/iPhone.Click here to access the NBPS Digital Magazine Collection on a desktop.
Literature/
Language Arts
Literary criticism covering all time periods and over 150,000 full-text primary literary works.
Literary works, biographies, images and much more for the lit student.
The largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Pronunciation, meaning, and history of 600,000 words—past and present—from across the English-speaking world.
Social Science
American History, World History (Ancient, Medieval & Modern), World at War, World Geography, World Religions, and Modern Genocide.
Up-to-date reports on more than 200 countries, 50 states, and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories.
International viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context
A cross-curricular database that supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts, offering differing views around issues.
Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history from a variety of sources.
Gale In Context: World History
Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources.
A digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa.
A digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa.
Business
Over 7,800 full-text periodicals and hundreds of newspapers, updated daily.
Gale Business: DemographicsNow (CURRENTLY OUT OF SERVICE)
This resource connects users with a wealth of highly detailed demographic data on more than 24 million U.S. businesses and 206 million consumers—making it ideal for gaining consumer and market insight.
Insights and facts across 170 industries and 150+ countries
Additional Resources
Digital Public Library of America
Discover 44,396,968 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States.
Smithsonian Research Resources
The Smithsonian has a wealth of information to support researchers and learners. There are online resources and experts who are eager to share knowledge and collaborate.
The Newberry collection is a portal to more than six centuries of human history in Western Europe and the Americas, from the Middle Ages to the present.
Use tools to explore by time and color, zoom to view artworks in amazing detail, tour famous sites and landmarks, and more.
Access online collections: view maps & photographs; read letters, diaries & newspapers; hear personal accounts of events; listen to sound recordings & watch historic films.