ONLINE RESOURCES

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La Mesa offers a selection of online resources for use at school and at home or other locations.
NEWSPAPERS

LOS ANGELES TIMES E-EDITION

To access the e-edition

Log-in ID: LMlibrary

Password: lobos

LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS E-EDITION

To access the e-edition:  

            Log-in ID:    Leavitt

            Password:     lobos

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DATABASES

WORLD BOOK ONLINE REFERENCE CENTER

World Book Student

World Book Discover

World Book Kids

World Book Advanced

Enciclopedia Estudiantil Logo

To access the Reference Center: 

See Mrs. L for passwords

World Book provides encyclopedia articles, maps, primary source materials, current events, special reports on thousands of topics, and much more.

WWW.ENCYCLOPEDIA.COM

This free encyclopedia is authoritative and available without a password! Search results include encyclopeida articles, YouTube videos, and dictionary entries.  Remember to use advanced search techniques to get the best results.

GALE STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER (SRC) - INFOTRAC

Search this database to find magazine articles, newspaper articles, encyclopedia entries and images. 

PROQUEST

Use this database to find information on a number of topics.  Find links on the web as well as resources in the database.

See Mrs. L for passwords

ACADEMIC WEB RESOURCES

This page of the La Mesa Website will direct you to authoritative sites on the Web for all your academic classes.

Can I access these Web site from my home or other locations?

Yes, you will be able to access this Web site from any computer connected to the Internet. 

SEARCH ENGINES

Although there are many wonderful search engines on the web, we would like to recommend the following search engines:

GOOGLE

searches by keyword and web site popularity

  

 

LIBRARY RESEARCH

LOS ANGELES COUNTY LIBRARIES

If you have a public library card you can:

  • search for and reserve books
  • search online databases full of authoritative sources
  • browse the historical photo collection
  • check out e-books, audio books, and videos