Current Events

Children's Summer Reading Program
FREE activities held in Community Room 331 at the Civic Center (unless otherwise noted). See what's happening with the Summer Reading Schedule.

ONGOING EVENTS

FREE activities held in Community Room 331 at the Civic Center (unless otherwise noted).

Weekly Children's Programs
Enjoy simple stories, songs and finger plays. Held in Community Room 331, Civic Center.

• Preschool story time for ages 3 years to 5 years: Wednesdays at 9:30am, 10:30am, and 3:30pm

• Toddler story time for ages 18 mos. to 3 years: Thursdays at 10:00am and 11:00am

The following links are recommended starting points for research. These websites are not endorsed or supported by the Town of Prescott Valley. Please direct any questions, comments or suggestions about this section to the Children's Librarian. 

Arts

Art History Resources on the Web - Explore the history of art throughout the ages
Theatre History on the Web - Classical, medieval, Renaissance, Elizabethan and more

Careers

Occupational Outlook Handbook - nationally recognized source of career information

College Prep

Student Financial Assistance Programs - U.S. Dept. of Education site 
Collegeboard.com - SAT/ACT/PSAT prep, college planning
Educational Testing Service - Find a test, test center, register for testing, practice testing. Contains a library of 20,000 tests and other measurement devices.

Countries

World Factbook - Great and easy resource for info on 71 countries of the world
Cultures - Traditions, history, music, and food alphabetically by culture

Creating a Bibliography

General Guide to Formatting a Bibliography - This guide is commonly used for academic writing in a wide range of subjects and disciplines

Literary Criticism

Internet Public Library: Online Literary Criticism Collection - 4,745 websites on authors

Online dictionary and thesaurus 
Article Searches - Access reference databases for both adults and children, inlcuding EBooks, EBSCOHost, FirstSearch, LearnATest, and Searchasaurus.  You will need to select Prescott Valley Public Library from the dropdown box and enter your 14-digit library barcode. 
Multnomah County Library Homework Center - Many topics

Health

HealthFinder  - Search for health publications, groups, organizations and medical conditions. Also in Spanish
Ask NOAH - Vast resource of info on health and disease. Also in Spanish.

Math

Ask Dr. Math - Q&A service for math students and teachers. 

Science

Internet Public Library Science Fair Project Resource Guide - Help with science fair projects
School Science Fairs Homepage- Help getting ideas

Social Studies

National Inventors Hall of Fame - Search for an inventor or an invention
Women's History on the Web - General Women's history resources online
Biographical Dictionary - Brief biographical information on over 28,000 men and women
Biography - More than 30,000 biographies from Infoplease.com. Search by individual or by category
Discoverer's Web - Lots of links for many explorers of all cultures

States

Stately Knowledge - Find basics facts about Washington, D.C. and any state in the Union
Official State Songs - Words, music to most state songs, with midi files

Writing Research Papers

A+ Research & Writing - for high school and college students