Ebsco
Online resources & databases from Ebsco
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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.
NoveList K-8
Reviews, annotations and more for over 125,000 fiction titles
Provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 125,000 fiction titles. The database also includes Author Read-alikes, What We’re Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists.