Below you will find links to databases and other resources, categorized by subject. If you need passwords, click on the passwords link above. To read a description of each resource, hover over its link. Or click here for a list of guides for specific classes. For more help, please ask one of the librarians, or click on the help link above.
Newspapers
For access to the New York Times daily digital newspaper, follow the instructions on the passwords page -- scroll all the way down to Newspapers, The New York Times
For access to international newspapers, requires Boston Public Library card and account, available free, online, for all MA residents here.
Lion Lookup
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Click on the Passwords link at top for remote login information.
From NSHS Destiny Discover in a browser
1. In the upper right-hand corner, log in using your student ID and password.
2. Scroll over book covers to read quick information.
3. Find a title with a Follett icon 
e-book or 
audiobook
(our current collection is small)
From NSHS Destiny Discover on a phone
1. Choose your school
2.Log in using your student ID and password.
3. Scroll over book covers to read quick information.
4. Find a title with a Follett icon e-book or audiobook
(our current collection is small)
Large collection of e-books in a wide range of subject areas.
Click on the Passwords tab at the left for remote login information.
Small collection of fiction and non-fiction titles. After login, you will be able to read title immediately in browser.
Find Newton South High School in the drop down list, then use the username and password from the Passwords tab at the left.
sample titles:
My Antonia by Will Cather
If You Really Love Me by Anne Schaft
Asthma by Wendy Murphy
Discovering Atoms by Margaret Campbell
Latinos Today by Thomas Arkham
Story of Facebook by Sara Gilbert
E-books in subject areas: Literature, History, Science, and Health.
Click on the Passwords tab at the left for remote login information.
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