Library Online Resources
E-Books
E-books are now available to check out! Visit www.gofollett.com and follow the prompts to select your home school.
Login Information for Students:
- Username: Use your school email address (e.g., [email protected]).
- Password: Enter your school ID number, followed by two zeros.
For offline reading, download the BryteWave K-12 App on any device. This app allows you to access your checked-out books and explore the library’s collection anytime, anywhere.
California K-12 Digital Resources
Students can now access online content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gale, ProQuest, and TeachingBooks — whether at school, at home, in libraries, or on personal devices such as laptops and phones. These digital resources are provided by the California State Library (link) for all California students.
Encyclopaedia Britannica (link) (PreK-12)
Encyclopaedia Britannica offers a comprehensive, interactive resource designed for research and learning for grades K-12. It includes resources correlated with California Content Standards and other valuable tools for teachers.
If you need assistance, please contact Britannica Support:
Phone: (800) 621-3900, ext. 7160
Email: [email protected]
For off-campus access, please use the following credentials:
Username: fvsd
Password: students
TeachingBooks (link) (PreK-12)
TeachingBooks provides a one-stop resource for books being read and taught, offering enrichment content such as author and illustrator interviews, lesson plans, and more.
If you need assistance, please contact TeachingBooks Support:
Phone: 510-239-7391
Email: [email protected]
Gale (Grades K-12)
Gale provides STEAM resources with essential, curriculum-aligned digital content for California K-12 students. Access resources for elementary, middle, and high school levels.
- Gale In Context: Environmental Studies (link) - Explore environmental issues impacting people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
- Gale Interactive: Science (link) - Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.
- Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids (link) - Discover science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space through engaging adventures.
For assistance, please contact Gale Support:
Phone: 800-877-4253 (Option 3)
Email: [email protected]
ProQuest (Grades 3-12)
Use the following resources with on-campus icons above or the off-campus access links below when accessing from public libraries or other non-school locations. Off-campus access requires your district/school's access name and codes.
- CultureGrams - Concise social, cultural, and political information on countries, U.S. states, and provinces around the world. (Grades 3-12)
CultureGrams Off-Campus Access - SIRS Discoverer - A general reference database providing safe, reliable, curriculum-aligned content and features for use by students and educators. (Grades 3-9)
SIRS Discoverer Off-Campus Access - SIRS Issues Researcher - Pros and cons on 360+ (and growing) complex social issues with relevant, credible information that tells the whole story on the major questions of the day. (Grades 6+)
SIRS Issues Researcher Off-Campus Access - eLibrary - Guided Research edition delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content including more than 11,000 Research Topics (Grades 6+)
eLibrary Guided Research Off-Campus Access - eLibrary - Database Edition General reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers. (Grades 6+)
eLibrary Database Edition Off-Campus Access - ProQuest Research Companion - a self-guided product that supports information literacy, writing, and research skills instruction.(Grades 8+)
Research Companion Off-Campus Access
For ProQuest Support:
Phone: 800-521-0600
Email: [email protected]