Education - For Children
Recommended Databases
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- Readers Guide Full Text
Description: Indexes and abstracts the periodicals most often found in school, public, and college libraries, as well as the New York Times.
Coverage: 1983 -
- Middle Search Plus
Description: Provides abstracts and indexing for over 169 magazines, and searchable full text for 52 of the most frequently used magazines in middle school libraries, including 115 pamphlets. Total coverage includes nearly 400,000 articles.
Coverage: 1984 -
- Primary Search
Description: Provides the full text of 35 magazines for young readers and abstracts and indexing for 116 magazines. Primary Search includes Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, the World Almanac for Kids and the World Almanac of the USA.
Coverage: 1984 -
- EBSCO Animals
Description: Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals
Coverage: Current
- MAS Ultra School Edition
Description: Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for more than 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra - School Edition also provides more than 360 full text reference books, 85,639 biographies, 104,481 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 285,912 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles for key magazines
Coverage: 1975 to date
- Book Collection Nonfiction: Elementary School Edition
Description: Book Collection Nonfiction: Elementary School Edition is a rich research database for school and public libraries. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 1,290 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on animals, weather, holidays, Native Americans, United States, Canada, biographies, civics and more.
- Book Collection Nonfiction: High School Edition
Description: Book Collection Nonfiction: High School Edition is a rich research database for school and public libraries. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 2,448 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on careers, health, ethnicity, disabilities, technology, biographies, music, science, history, civics and more.
- Book Collection Nonfiction: Middle School Edition
Description: Book Collection Nonfiction: Middle School Edition is a rich research database for school and public libraries. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 3,089 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on careers, health, ethnicity, disabilities, technology, biographies, history, science, women, civics and more.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Elementary School Edition
Description: This version is best suited for children grades prek-6th grade.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: High School Edition
Description: This edition is appropriate for high school students.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: School Edition
Description: This edition is for middle school age students.
- Enciclopedia Juvenil
Description: Spanish language version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica for children.
- Novelist
Description: Guide to fiction--recommends what to read next and includes book discussion gudes. Suggests titles for adults, teens, and older children (9-12 years). Includes information on award winning books, author biographies, reading level of books, and related information.
- Novelist K-8
Description: What to read next/recommended books for teens, older Kids (9-12) and younger kids (0-8 years of age.). Includes books discussion guides, author biographies, award winners, and related information.
- Science Reference Center
Description: Science Reference Center contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
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rev. 18 August 2009