Homework Help
Online resources & databases
TOPICsearch
Articles on current events
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms.
Searchasaurus
Provides a child-friendly interface to a number of online resources, including article databases and encyclopedias.
Includes several EBSCO databases with a children’s interface: Primary Search (articles from 50 children’s magazines and over 100 pamphlets), EBSCO Animals (in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals), and Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia (over 25,000 encyclopedic entries).
Searchasaurus
Learning tools for children
Includes several EBSCO databases with a children’s interface: Primary``Search (articles from 50 children’s magazines and over 100 pamphlets), EBSCO Animals (in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals), and Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia (over 25,000 encyclopedic entries).
Primary Search
Elementary-school level articles from magazines
Primary Search provides full text for more than 60 popular magazines for elementary school research. All full-text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full-text information dates as far back as 1990.
Online Tutor
Help from live tutors for students in grades 4-12
Students in grades 4-12 can connect to tutors in an online classroom for help in math, science, social studies, and English. In the online classroom, students and tutors can review specific homework questions using features such as controlled chat, an interactive white board, and shared web browsing. Tutor and students remain anonymous, and sessions are routinely reviewed for quality control. Online Tutor is available seven days a week from 2-11 pm. Spanish speaking tutors are available Sunday through Thursday from 2-10 pm.