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Nearly 1,000 Additional E-Books Added!
NEW Titles are Available in EBSCO E-Books on the subjects of:
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  • Digital literacy :heavy_check_mark:
  • Computer programming :heavy_check_mark:
  • Juvenile and YA nonfiction :heavy_check_mark:
  • Business :heavy_check_mark:
  • Communication :heavy_check_mark:
  • and more!
Here are just a few of the new e-books available:
  • Are Smartphones Too Distracting?
  • Coding Activities for Writing Stories in Twine
  • Esports and the New Gaming Culture
  • Exploring Hi-Tech Careers
  • Extreme Weather and Climate Change: What’s the Connection?
  • How Social Media Impacts News
  • I Am Being Cyberbullied...What's Next?
  • JavaScript From Frontend to Backend
  • Python Standard Library
  • Robots in Defense
  • The Science of Baseball
Find These E-Books in EBSCO E-Books

Coding Basics For Early Readers
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Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Each e-book introduces the basics of coding by using relatable real-world experiences.

The Coding Basics series includes the following:
Coding Basics: What Is Coding? 
Coding Basics: Loops & Sorting 
Coding Basics: If This / Then That
Coding Basics: Functions & Variables
Coding Basics: Debugging & Problem Solving
Coding Basics: Algorithms & Sequencing
Get Started Coding in GALE E-Books

Find Unique Insight Into Everyone's Favorite Authors in Contemporary Authors!
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Nearly 5,000 authors included were born in Pennsylvania
Did you know?
  • J.K. Rowling was a bilingual secretary for Amnesty International.
  • Maya Angelou worked for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and once staged a protest at the United Nations.
  • Agatha Christie served as a nurse in a Red Cross Hospital during World War 1.
  • Langston Hughes worked as a seaman on voyages to Africa and Europe.
Contemporary Authors offers access to deep and current biographical and bibliographical data on more than 160,000 of the most influential novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists, and scriptwriters. Included are author-provided updates, expanded entries, bibliographies, awards, and more.

The following information may be included about each author:
  • Genre
  • Personal information such as the author’s date and place of birth (city, state, and/or country) and family data, including parents, spouse(s), and child(ren)
  • Autobiographical essays
  • Pseudonym
  • Nationality
  • Ethnicity
  • Education
  • Political preference
  • Religion
  • Avocational interests
  • Addresses
  • Career summary
  • Memberships
  • Awards and honors
  • Obituary notice
  • Biographical and critical sources
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