Youth Databases

Search for information on a variety of subjects using these resources.

ABCmouse

With 9,000+ interactive books, educational games, puzzles, and other ad-free learning activities, ABCmouse.com’s award-winning online curriculum is an invaluable resource for young learners ages 2-8.

Grades PreK – 3. An interactive experience that allows beginning readers to explore fiction and non-fiction designed to increase understanding and fluency. Increase comprehension and have fun at the same time!

Britannica ImageQuest

Over three million searchable images, rights-cleared for educational, non-commercial use.

Britannica School – Elementary

Age appropriate articles illustrated with photos, videos, diagrams, and maps to help students learn to compare text and multimedia resources as they collect their evidence.

Britannica School – Fundamentals

A Pre-K to 2nd Grade interactive learning environment. Fundamentals is an excellent online solution for early childhood learning–play based activities for learning colors, geography, numbers, shapes, telling time, and vocabulary.

Britannica School – Middle

The Middle School level of Britannica School offers more challenging content and unique features to support students in grades 6-8, including articles, primary source documents, ebooks, maps and videos to help students analyze and evaluate multiple sources of evidence.

EBSCO eBooks K-8 Collection

ebooks from major publishers like ABDO and DK, for use by students in grades K-8. Subjects include language arts, math, science, history, art, holidays, and many more!

Explora for Elementary Schools

High-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers and selected for use in an elementary school environment. Explora features a simple search which quickly delivers relevant results including articles, essays, and primary source documents. Topic overviews provide students helpful starting points for research.

Explora for Middle Schools

High-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers and selected for use in a middle school environment. Explora features a simple search which quickly delivers relevant results including articles, essays, and primary source documents. Topic overviews provide students helpful starting points for research.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

A collection of thousands of full-text e-reference books across many different subjects.

HelpNow by Brainfuse

Interact with live tutors in math, science, reading/writing, social studies, PSAT/SAT, ACT, AP and state standardized tests.

LearningExpress School Center (Elementary School)

Skill-building resources for classroom and homework success. For elementary students.

LearningExpress School Center (Middle School)

Skill-building resources for classroom and homework success. For middle school students.

Little Pim

An online language learning system for ages 0-6, provided through Mango Languages. It’s the fun, easy, and effective way for younger kids to learn a foreign language!

LOTE4Kids

LOTE4Kids is a library eResource that allows kids to enjoy the magic of digital books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English) from the comfort of their own home. Kids can also watch each LOTE title translated and narrated in English to continue their reading and literacy development.

Mango Languages

Learn a new language with Mango Languages! Great for adults and older children.

National Geographic Kids

Includes many full issues of National Geographic Kids Magazine, plus more than 200 eBooks and hundreds of downloadable images.

National Geographic Virtual Library

National Geographic Virtual Library brings together a complete archive of National Geographic magazine, along with a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images and videos.

NoveList K-8 Plus

Find just the right book by subject, age, awards won, Lexile Reading levels, State standards; even books made into movies, and much more.

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)

This cross-curricular research tool supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Its informed, differing views present each side of an issue and help students develop confident to draw their own conclusions.

PebbleGo

Connect research, content, and literacy with PebbleGo’s Animals and Social Studies modules provided by the Michigan eLibrary. Grades K-3.

Read It!

Read It! articles cover a wide range of subject areas including math, science, math, history, culture, civics, and life skills. Comprehension supports include post-reading quizzes and answers. Middle school through adult ELL and other “Hi/Lo” learners.

Scholastic Teachables

More than 30,000 resources for Pre-K – Grade 6, developed by teachers and curriculum specialists. Includes activity sheets, lesson plans, and more, covering all subjects and themes. Also, more than 2,000 printable mini-books, leveled by reading ability.

TumbleBooks

Over 250 animated, talking picture books. The site also features Spanish and French books, read-along chapter books, non-fiction books, and exciting games and puzzles!

TumbleMath

TumbleMath has the most comprehensive collection of math stories available anywhere- all in the TumbleBook format which combines animation, narration, and sound to create a compelling and enticing story book for students of all ages. The books are accompanied by supplementary materials such as lesson plans and quizzes.

World Book Advanced

A powerful reference tool that includes full encyclopedic and multimedia databases supplemented with online books, primary sources, website links, and more. For grades 8 and up.

World Book Discover

Discover offers engaging reference resources for students reading below grade level because of language or learning difficulties, with content and tools specifically developed for these students. The collection includes reference articles, text-to-speech capabilities, learning and life skills activities, research tools, multimedia and interactive video to draw students into curriculum-related topics and subjects relevant to older students.