Resources

BHS Library Catalog

The hyperlinked picture below takes you to Buena's online library catalog, where students can search all books and media items available in our library. Students can also log in to the library catalog to see all books, textbooks, and media items checked out to them (as well as due dates for all items). eBook titles can be accessed directly through the library catalog, or downloaded with the Follett app.

Research and Databases

Infotrac/Student Resources in Context

Millions of published magazines, journals, research articles, newspapers, video clips, etc.

Encyclopedia Britannica

The online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Please note: this can only be accessed at school, not at home!

Works Cited Help

EasyBib and NoodleTools are both websites that help students with MLA formatting. These websites help make formatting your works cited pages an easy and painless process.

Website evaluation

How to test a website for accuracy (courtesy of UC Berkeley).

Free DMV Practice Tests

The Buena High School Library has partnered with Driving-Tests.org to offer you FREE DMV practice tests! Follow the link (http://buenalibrary.driving-tests.org/california) to access free practice auto tests, handbooks, and permit information.

Google News

News and current events curated by Google.

Zinn Education Project

A free website with the goal to "introduce students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of United States history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula."
Geography, economics, government, and history.
World Geography, history, and customs/culture.

Dewey Decimal Browse

Web Sites classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification system for grades K-12.

INFOplease

Almanac, facts, dictionary, thesaurus, and more.

SRI testing

The Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) assessment is an adaptive test capable of identifying any student's reading level, from kindergarten through post-college graduate.