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Encyclopedias | General Reference | Biographies  Literature | Science | Social Studies
 

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Grolier Online
To use Grolier Online from home, click here

World Book Online Reference Center

General Reference

Children's Magazine Guide Children's Magazine Guide is subject index to magazines for elementary and middle school students. Coverage includes more than 65 magazines commonly used in schools, libraries, and at home.

Curriculum Resource Center, Junior Edition features diagrams, maps and photos as it presents information on history, geography, science, science projects and careers.

elibrary Elementary

eLibrary Elementary enables students to research topics in a selected group of magazines, books, newspapers, pictures, maps and media transcripts.

Infotrac Junior Edution

Infotrac Junior Edition is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Infotrac Kid's Edition
Infotrac Kid's Edition - Formerly PrimaryTOM, this periodical database is designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Kids InfoBits

Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text articles cover geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. 

SIRS discoverer

SIRS Discoverer features full-text articles on various topics at three readability levels for students in Grades 1-9. World Almanac for Kids, Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, and other "extras" are included.

Biographies

Gale Virtual Reference Library - Youth Biography is a searchable collection of Reference Books for students. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. "Always open. Always available". 
Biography Resource Center including the Marquis Who's Who Database (Journal List)

Literature

NoveList K-8

The NoveList K-8 database will help you find books to read based on other books you've liked, authors you enjoy, or types of fiction, such as romance, adventure or mystery.  You can search by author, title, specific types of novels, or even lists of best books.

Poem Finder

Poem Finder on the Web is continually updated, international in scope, and covers poetry from antiquity to the present. Includes 600,000 indexed poems and 50,000 full-text poems.

Story Finder

Story Finder offers thousands of full-text short stories, explanations, biographies and more.

 

See Also: Youth Books

Science

1 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Youth Science is a searchable collection of Reference Books for students. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. "Always open. Always available". 

Grolier's New Book of Popular Science Features easy-to-understand articles and activities focusing on science, medicine, technology and science news.
 

Social Studies

American History Online highlights the important people and events in American politics, military, society and culture.
DLO
Daily Life Online explores everyday life and culture, past and present, in the U.S. and the world, with primary documents, images, maps and weblinks.
1 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Youth Social Studies is a searchable collection of Reference Books for students. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. "Always open. Always available". 

America the Beautiful

America the Beautiful presents information on each state including facts and statistics, maps and photos, timelines, games and web connections. (To use America the Beautiful from Home, click here.)

CultureGrams standard edition

CultureGrams standard edition gives short backgrounds on a country's geography, history, customs, culture and people.

CultureGrams kids edition

CultureGrams kids edition contains cultural reports for 50 countries, written at an elementary school level.

Lands and Peoples

Lands and Peoples features information on countries, cultures and current events. (To use Lands and Peoples from Home, click here.)

StateGrams

StateGrams.  Tour the 50 states and the District of Columbia in these fun reports filled with facts, symbols, timelines and more.

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