E-Books
The RCHS Library has over 1,200 ebooks for you to enjoy! To look at the list, go to the catalog and type in "electronic books" then click on the "Subject" button.
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To see a list by subject area, click on a list below. You can access them by using the catalog and doing a title search.
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Business
English
Fine Arts
Math
Physical Education
Science
Social Studies
BUSINESS (Click on links)
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BIOGRAPHIES
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BUSINESS
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Teen Guide to Starting a Business
Case Studies in Global Business (Gale password: cougars)
Everyday Finance: Economics, Personal Money Management, and Entrepreneurship (Gale password: cougars)
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COMPUTERS
Advanced Programming and Design (Robotics)
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TECHNOLOGY
How 3D Printing Will Impact Society
3D Printing (login: rchs, ebooks)
How Drones Will Impact Society
Locomotion and Mechanics (Robotics)
Troll Factories: Russia’s Web Brigades
Filter Bubbles and Targeted Advertising
Everything You Need to Know About Digital Privacy
How Artificial Intelligence Will Impact Society
How Virtual Reality Will Impact Society
How Nanotechnology Will Impact Society
Television in American Society (Gale password: cougars)
ENGLISH (Click on links)
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Along with the following, there are many ebooks for social issues and careers.
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Cited!: Identifying Credible Information Online
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You may also access the following Gale E-Books by clicking here and entering the password cougars.
American History Through Literature
Black Literature Criticism
Books to Film
Gale Contextual Encycl. of American Literature
Gale Contextual Encycl. of World Literature
Gothic Literature
Literary Movements for Students
Literary Newsmakers for Students
Literary Themes for Students
Literature and Its Times
Literature of War
Novels into Film
Novels for Students
Poetry for Students
Shakespeare for Students
UXL Encycl. of World Mythology
FINE ARTS (Click on links)
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Music
Art
Harlem Renaissance (password: cougars)
Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Genius
Michelangelo: Master of the Renaissance
Claude Monet: Founder of French Impressionism
Drama
Encycl. Of Clothing and Fashion (password: cougars)
Fashion, Costume, and Culture Clothing (password: cougars)
Schirmer Encycl. of Film (password: cougars)
Entertainment
Great Magicians and Illusionists
Schirmer Encycl. of Film (password: cougars)
MATH (Click on links)
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Math, Programming and Controllers
Mathematics (password: cougars)
Real-Life Math (password: cougars)
PHYSICAL EDUCATION (Click on links)
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Biographies:
Nonfiction:
LGBTQ+Athletes Claim the Field (login: rchs, ebooks)
Sneaker Century: A History of Athletic Shoes (login: rchs, ebooks)
Are Athletes Good Role Models?
World of Sports Science (password: cougars)
Nutrition and Well-Being (password: cougars)
SCIENCE
ASTRONOMY
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Space Exploration
Shuttles and Space Missions
Space Robots
Exploring Space
Astronauts: A Space Discovery Guide
Astronomy
How the Universe Works
The Milky Way and Other Galaxies
The Big Bang Theory
New Frontiers in Astronomy
The Solar System
Mars Missions
Pluto
Black Holes
Stars and Galaxies
Asteroids, Meteors, Meteorites, and Comets
The Inner Planets
The Outer Planets
The Sun and the Origins of the Solar System
Stars and Nebulae
GALE EBOOKS: Click here to access the below titles (password: cougars):
Space Sciences
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CHEMISTRY
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The Science of Hydrogen Energy
Understanding Electrons
Understanding Neutrons
Understanding Photons
Understanding Protons
GALE EBOOKS: Click here to access the below titles (password: cougars):
Chemistry Foundations and Applications
Chemical Elements
Chemical Compounds
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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Wind Energy
Solar Energy
Real World STEM: Global Access to Clean Water
Real World STEM: Develop Economical Solar Power
Air Quality and Pollution
Analyzing Climate Change
Geoengineering Earth’s Climate
Biodegradability and You
Conservation and You
Recycling and You
Toxic Waste
Garbage and Recycling
Trashing the Planet
E-Waste
Global Warming and Climate Change
Climate Change
Rising Temperatures
Melting Arctic Ice
Extreme Weather Events
Analyzing Oil Production and Consumption
Understanding Forces of Nature
Going Green
Ocean Energy
Renewable Resources and You
The Economics of Clean Energy
The Science of Hydro and Wave Energy
The Science of Wind Energy
The Science of Solar Energy
The Science of Biomass Energy
Fracking
Rising Sea Levels
Arctic Thaw
GALE EBOOKS: Click here to access the below titles (password: cougars):
Climate Change in Context
Environmental Encyclopedia
Environmental Science
ENGINEERING
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Sensors and the Environment
Integrated Robotics
Medical Robots
Amazing Feats of Civil Engineering
Amazing Feats of Environmental Engineering
Amazing Feats of Aerospace Engineering
Amazing Feats of Biological Engineering
Amazing Feats of Mechanical Engineering
Amazing Feats of Electrical Engineering
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FORENSICS
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DNA Evidence and Investigation
World of Forensic Science
DNA Testing: Genealogy and Forensics
LIFE SCIENCES
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The Zika Virus
Superbugs
Dangers of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Brain Injuries in Football
Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football
Teens and STDs
The Human Microbiome
DNA and RNA
Body Systems
Brain Science
Pandemics
Evolution
Invasive Species
The Food Chain
Smart and Spineless: Exploring Invertebrate Intelligence
Shark Quest
Disease in History
For the Good of Mankind?: The Shameful Hist. of Human Med. Experimentation
Bioluminescence
GALE EBOOKS: Click here to access the below titles (password: cougars):
Infectious Diseases
Human Diseases and Conditions
UXL Enclyc. of Diseases and Disorders
The Gale Encyc. of Medicine
Animal Sciences
UXL Complete Life Science Resource
Biology
Genetics
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES/GEOLOGY
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Dead Zones: Why Earth’s Waters Are Losing Oxygen
Coral Reef Collapse
Analyzing Disappearing Habitats
De-Extinction: The Science of Bringing Lost Species to Life
Gravity
GALE EBOOKS: Click here to access the below titles (password: cougars):
UXL Encyc. Of Landforms and Other Geologic Features
UXL Encyc. Of Biomes
UXL Encyc. Of Water Science
UXL Encyc. Of Weather and Natural Disasters
PHYSICS
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Understanding the Laws of Motion
Real-World STEM: Develop Fusion Energy
Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Fusion and Fission
Understanding Kinetic Energy
Renewable Energy
Alternative Energy
Nuclear Energy
Energy Alternatives
The Science of Hydro and Wave Energy
The Science of Wind Energy
The Science of Solar Energy
The Science of Biomass Energy
String Theory
Hydroelectric Energy
Electricity
The Theory of Relativity
Semiconductors
Understanding Quantum Physics
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BIOGRAPHIES
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Top 101 Scientists
Women in Medicine
Women in Physical Science
Isaac Newton
Women in Earth and Space Exploration
Top 101 Women of STEM
Women in Conservation
Charles Darwin
Albert Einstein
Women in Engineering
Women Scientists and Inventors
The California Drought
GENERAL SCIENCE BOOKS
Click here to access these Gale E-Books. (password: cougars):
Science Thought in Context
Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance
Experiment Central: Understanding Scientific Principles
SOCIAL STUDIES
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ECONOMICS
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Buyers and Sellers
Money, Banking, and Finance
Inflation, Deflation, and Unemployment
Corporations, Nonprofits, and Labor Unions
Trade and Exchange
Fair Trade and You
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Buyers and Sellers
Supply and Demand
The One Percent (Class in America series)
The Wealth Divide
Poverty in America
Inflation, Deflation, and Unemployment
Teen Guide to Saving and Investing
Teen Guide to Credit and Debt
Personal and Public Debt (In the Headlines)Unemployment
The Economics of Clean Energy
Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Blockchain and Beyond
Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology
GALE EBOOKS: Click here to access the below titles (password cougars).
Trade and Exchange
Trade Wars: Can Anyone Win the Fight for Trade?
Tariffs and the Future of Trade
Trade Wars: Tariffs in the 21st Century
The Gale Encycl. Of US Economic History
Everyday Finance
Government
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Theocracy
Monarchy
Democracy
Dictatorship
Anarchy
Socialism
Communism
Presidential Power: How Far Does Executive Power Go?
Executive Orders
Tinker v. Des Moines
Slavery and Citiznship: Dred Scott v. Sandford
Your Legal Rights in the Workplace
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The United States v. Nixon
Freedom of the Press: Crown v. John Peter Zenger
Racial Segregation: Plessy v. Ferguson
School Desegragation: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Affirmative Action: Regents of the Univ. of CA v. Bakke
Brown v. Board of Education
Student Rights
Roe v. Wade
Legalizing Marijuana
Miranda v. Arizona
The Scottsboro Boys
Same-Sex Marriage: Obergefell v. Hodges
Interracial Marriage: Loving v.. Virgina
The Federal Budget and Government Spending
Korematsu v. the United States
Whistleblowers
Free Speech in the Digital Age
Plessy v. Ferguson
Student Rights in a New Age of Activism
Bush v. Gore
Your Legal Rights in School
Civil Liberties
Lyndon B. Johnson and the Civil Rights Act
Your Legal Rights as an Immigrant
Gerrymandering and Voting Districts
Super PACs
The Two-Party System in the United States
The 2016 Presidential Election
Voter Fraud
Interference in Elections
US Immigration Policy
Deporting Immigrants
The Border Wall with Mexico
Immigration Reform
Russian Hacking in American Elections
States’ Rights and the Role of the Federal Government
Celebrities in Politics
GALE EBOOKS: Click here to access the below titles.
UXL Civics
Political Theories for Students
Checks and Balances
Gale Encyc. of World History: Governments
Supreme Court: Drama Cases that Changed the World
Encycl. Of the Supreme Court of the United States
Constitutional Amendments
The US Constitution and the Separation of Powers
Major Acts of Congress
The Legislative Branch: Making Laws
The Judicial Branch: : Evaluating and Interpreting Laws
The Executive Branch: Carrying Out and Enforcing Laws
HISTORY BIOGRAPHIES
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Woodrow Wilson
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
George Washington
George Washington’s Presidency
Thomas Jefferson’s Presidency
John F. Kennedy’s Presidency
Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency
Abraham Lincoln
James Madison’s Presidency
Barack Obama
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Presidency
Theodore Roosevelt’s Presidency
Harry S.. Truman
Donald Trump (2018 copyright)
George W. Bush (2018)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry Ford
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2020)
Andrew Jackson’s Presidency
Woodrow Wilson
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Lyndon B. Johnson
GALE EBOOKS: Click here to access the below titles.
The Presidents
PSYCHOLOGY
GALE EBOOKS: Click here to access the below titles (password cougars).
Psychology of Classroom Learning
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender
Psychologists and Their Theories for Students
The Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
(Also refer to the mental health email list I sent earlier in the week.)
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US HISTORY
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California’s Gold Rush
Civil War Causes
Emancipation Proclamation
Civil War Technology
The Civil War: The War Between Brothers
American Civil War
The Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Gettysburg
Minority Soldiers Fighting in the Civil War
The Great Depression
The New Deal
Floodwaters and Flames: The 1913 Disaster in Dayton, Ohio
Vietnam Conflict (Voices of War)
The Vietnam War
Vietnam War Technology
Minority Soldiers Fighting in the Vietnam War
American Revolution Technology
Minority Soldiers Fighting in the American Revolution
The California Drought
The Fight for Women’s Suffrage
Colonialism
GALE EBOOKS: Click here to access the below titles.
Westward Expansion
Early Civilization in the Americas
Encyc. of American Revolution
Mexican-American War
Gale Ency. of US History:
Daily Life: American Civil War
Spanish-American War
Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Reconstruction Era
American Decades
UXL American Decades (1900s)
Roaring Twenties
Encyc. of the Great Depression
Cold War
The Sixties in America
UXL American Decades: 2000-2009
American Decades 2000-2009
Vietnam War
Gale Lib of Daily Life: Slavery in America
Shaping of America 1783-1815
Great Depression and New Deal Reference Lib.
Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront
Gale Encyc of US History: War
UXL Encyclopedia of US History
African American Eras: Segregation to Civil Rights Times
Colonial America
Landmarks of the American Revolution
American Revolution
American Home Front in World War II
Industrial Revolution
Crime and Punishment in America
Encyc. Of Western Colonialism since 1450
Witchcraft in America
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WORLD HISTORY
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Women World Leaders
Nelson Mandela: Activist
Napoleon Bonaparte
Isaac Newton
Top 101 Reformers, Revolutionaries, Activists…
Minority Soldiers Fighting in the Korean War
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Medieval Knights and Chivalry
World War I
World War I Technology
World War II Technology
Debates on the Holocaust
Debates on the Soviet Union’s Collapse
World War I (Voices of War)
The Cold War
The Holocaust
World War II in Europe and North Africa (Voices of War)
World War II in the Pacific: War with Japan (Voices of War)
The Korean War (Voices of War)
Minority Soldiers Fighting in World War II
Children of the Past
The Berlin Wall
Stalin’s Great Purge
D-Day
Medieval Medicine and Disease
The Bubonic Plague
Medieval Food and Customs
Medieval Punishment and Torture
Medieval Warfare
GALE EBOOKS: Click here to access the below titles.
Middle East Conflict
War in the Persian Gulf
Africa
French and Indian War
The Renaissance
War of 1812
Renaissance and Reformation
World War II
Learning About the Holocaust
UXL Elizabethan World Reference Library
Korean War
Industrial Revolution
Gale Encyc. of World History: War
Ancient Civilizations Ref. Library
Ancient Europe 8000 BC to AD 1000
Ancient Greece and Rome
The Middle Ages
Development of the Industrial US