Student Resources

    Online Resources

• Brainfuse HelpNow - Brainfuse HelpNow gives your students and family free access to live tutoring, writing feedback, and skill-building resources—all available online. (Use the Brainfuse HelpNow Widget to access the site)

• Destiny Quest - Web-based, 24-hour circulation database. Students can access it anywhere, 24/7. (Use network login to access)

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online - Online Encyclopedia. (See Mrs. Helbling for username and password)

• Grammarly- Online anti-plagiarism program, and grammar check that develops essential writing skills by helping students revise their papers and providing automated instructional feedback.

• MackinVia - A Digital Library that Students can access and check out e-books to read online from any device. (Use the Mackinvia Widget to access the site)

• NoodleTools - Helps students organize research with structured note cards, create accurate citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago formats, and keep track of sources efficiently throughout the research process. (Use the widget under the waffle icon on your Gmail page and use sign-in with Google)

• NoveList Plus - Novelist Plus helps readers find their next book by providing curated recommendations, read-alikes, and ready-made lists for fiction and nonfiction across various genres and age groups. Users can discover books based on specific interests, plot elements, authors, or themes, and it also includes features like award-winning book lists, full-text reviews, and series information. Readers can access NoveList Plus on the Media Center homepage. (Use the NoveList Plus Widget to access the site.)

• Power Library E-Resources-Access to full-text periodical and newspaper articles, pictures, download eBooks, charts, and maps.

• PrepStep Registration - New users will need to create a new account using their school email and password.

Homework Help

• Acronym Database - A database of commonly used Acronyms.

• Bartleby Reference Collection - American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus & more.

• BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper - Discovery Channel's homework helper.

• Dictionary - Ultimate online tool for quick lookups, word translation, and glossaries.

• Khan Academy - Learn for free about math, art, computer programming, economics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, finance, history, and more.

• RhymeZone - Type in a word for its rhymes, synonyms, and more.

College & Career Links

• ACT - Find information and schedule an ACT. ( In school works better on Firefox)

• BCTHS Naviance - Web-based portfolio that helps you plan and organize your high school career.

• College Board - Register for SATs as well as many other standardized tests.

• Common App - An online undergraduate college application accepted by over 400 independent colleges.

• FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

• Fast Web - a Scholarship search engine.

• Peterson's College Guide - Search for colleges and universities, graduate schools, online degrees, and private schools.

• PHEAA - Pennsylvania Higher Education of Assistance Agency.