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Access Allsorts through your Library's Subscriptions - Free!
Access Allsorts through your Library's Subscriptions - Free!
Access from home with your library card number and PIN. Don't know your library card number and PIN? Easily solved with a visit to the library. OR AskMe
ISSUES ONLINE
ISSUES ONLINE
HUGE BANK OF INFORMATION
HUGE BANK OF INFORMATION
Portlethen Academy Library has a subscription to Issues Online which provides Personal Social Health and Economic (PHSE) resources using images, graphs, infographics, videos and glossaries to help students and teachers gain a better understanding of the world around us and the issues which affect our lives.
https://www.issuesonline.co.uk/subscription/moodle/Portaca/122166
WORLD BOOK ONLINE
WORLD BOOK ONLINE
Three online encyclopaedias are available in World Book Online - Kids (primary age), Student, (secondary age) Advanced (adults) There are thousands of articles, as well as hundreds of maps, videos, and other media for all ages.
Compare continents or countries to find out which has the highest population, the longest life expectancy, the best weather or the most internet users. Explore interactive maps or take a trivia quiz on topics from history to space exploration.
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
ONLINE NEWSPAPERS
ONLINE NEWSPAPERS
Browse and read thousands of newspapers to get the day's news. It contains more than 7,000 publications from over 120 countries in over 60 languages and it's free to Library Members. This can be accessed on any device from home or in Libraries.
Click on 'Sign in', Library or Group then search for Aberdeenshire.
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
You know when you're reading and you pause over a word? Sometimes it sounds completely alien and you're just not sure of it's meaning. Well take advantage of free access to the OED. Expand your vocabulary with a new "Word of the Day" for example 'bretheling' is a noun from the 13th century and means a worthless or contemptible person!
Free access in school and at home.
Newspaper Archive
Newspaper Archive
Access to British and Irish newspapers from 1703 - 2003. Access is free from Aberdeenshire Libraries only.
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