Research Basics: an open academic research skills course
Open and Free JSTOR Content - Featuring journals, books, primary sources, and images that anyone can access
Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) - Online handouts cover writing, research, grammar, and MLA and APA style
Merriam Webster OnLine References include: dictionary, thesaurus, Spanish-English dictionary. word games and word of the day podcast.
Automatic bibliography makers:
EasyBib- only MLA format is free
KnightCite- see the column on the left for other formats
MLA Style Center -
National Screening Room, a free collection of digitized historical films, commercials, newsreels and other clips.
National Archives A-Z Subject Index Primary source for documents, genealogy, presidential records and more
HathiTrust Digital Library access to published works in the public domain - search can be easily refined by subject, author, date of publication and more
Open Culture - high-quality cultural & educational media
Livonia Public Library - Teen Programs/Events
High School Test Prep - free interactive practice tests for high school students
StudyPug - Large collection of tools for K-12 Math topics.
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - Library of interactive, web-based virtual manipulative or concept tutorials
PBS Learning Great site for American History multimedia resources.
New American History - connects current events to historical lessons
Conjuguemos! French, German, Spanish and Latin practice for verbs conjugations, grammar and Vocabulary, requires free registration
Learn Spanish Spanish vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar explanations in English, online quizzes.
Quia Shared Activities Online activities for review created by other teachers
PBS Learning Media Bring the world to your classroom.FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more
TeacherTube videos created by teachers and students provide curriculum resources and tech tutorials
MERLOT Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching - peer reviewed lesson plans
EduPaths free MI professional Development funded by MDE
Michigan LearnPort - free registration provides access to online Professional Development courses, social network and netTrekker d.i. from MI Virtual University and MI Department of Education.
MACUL Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning
Book lists
GoodReads or Novelist Plus Deciding what to read next?
Which Book Should I Read Next? enter a book you like, get suggestions
Teen Reads book reviews by teens for teens