The Telstar Middle High School Learning Commons' mission is to support the school’s curriculum, promote the effective use of information, encourage the use of technology, and cultivate the enjoyment of reading.

Find a library book using Alexandria, Telstar's online catalog.

Digital Maine Library provides every resident of Maine with access to online resources.

Gale Virtual Reference Library or GVRL has non-fiction titles for your research needs.

cloudLibrary is a FREE download library with eBooks and audiobooks for your reading and listening. Ask Ms. Fraser for a code.

Access World News

Explore diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as English, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Arts, History and more to foster critical thinking skills. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national, and local sources. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.

ResearchRocket

Support classroom activities and topical research as well as lesson and assignment planning with age appropriate, vetted sources.  Explore topics, trends and current events that align with curricular areas such as English, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Arts, History and more.

BETHEL CITIZEN Under Weeklies, click on the Bethel Citizen. Use bethelcitizen@sad44.org as the username and Newspaper$1 as the password.

SUN JOURNAL Click on Sun Journal Regional Edition. Use bethelcitizen@sad44.org as the username and Newspaper$1 as the password.

Politifact Pulitzer Prize-winning site run by editors and reporters from the Tampa Bay Times (Florida) newspaper. "PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics.... The PolitiFact state sites are run by news organizations that have partnered with the Times." Read about their principles under 'About Us.'

FactCheck.org "FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania....a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases."

OpenSecrets.org "Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the Center for Responsive Politics is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy."

Fact Check (Washington Post) The purpose of this Website, and an accompanying column in the Sunday print edition of The Washington Post, is to “truth squad” the statements of political figures regarding issues of great importance, be they national, international or local."

Snopes The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation."

Duke Reporters' Lab: Fact Checking Includes a database of global fact-checking sites, which can be viewed as a map or as a list; it also includes how they identify fact-checkers.