Student Resources
- Library Catalog - Challand Middle School and Sterling community wide resource catalog
- Ebsco - Reference data base includes pictures, articles, encyclopedia and books on most topics. (see librarian for password)
- Gale Virtual Reference Library Ebook reference library.
- (see librarian for home access info)
- Accelerated Reader - link to Accelerated Reader on-line
- List alphabetically by book (partial list)
- List alphabetically by author (partial list)
- List numerically by level (partial list)
- Parents - If you would like access to AR, please email.
- Find a Sequel
Teacher Resources - Librarian has username/password
- The Library Catalog offers Sterling Schools' staff convenient access to thousands of resources. View our District Professional Collection, videos, or Curriculum Collection by following these steps, or learn how to place holds on library materials which are then delivered directly to your building.
- United Streaming - Educational streaming videos
- Prairie Cat - Find materials from other Northern Illinois libraries here. Print the item detail page and have your librarian request an Inter-Library Loan. (always check local library catalog first
- OCLC First Search - Graduate level data bases provided by the Illinois State Library
- JSTOR - Extensive journal database of scholarly articles and publications. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping the scholarly community discover, use, and build upon a wide range of intellectual content in a trusted digital archive. (See Librarian for password)
- Vocabulary University - Vocabulary web site with instructional ideas, thematic and calendar based activities.
- Learning Express - interactive online practice tests and tutorial courses.
- 4 Teachers - locate and create ready to use web lessons, quizzes and rubrics.