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Online Databases for Children

Access Pennsylvania Database
(Online Library Catalog)
  Available to everyone
Shared catalog for materials owned by most PA libraries, including school libraries.

 

AP Multimedia Archives   Library Access   Remote Access
Current and historic photos and graphics from the Associated Press.

 

BookFLIX   Library Access   Remote Access
Read or listen to a book online.

 

EBSCO Animals
EBSCO Animals has been renamed The Encyclopedia of Animals, and is now part of Middle Search and Primary Search. It is also accessible via EBSCOhost, Searchasaurus, or Kids Search.

 

Facts For Learning (Facts On File News Services)   Library Access   Remote Access
A variety of reference sources for elementary and middle school students including magazines, timelines, and almanacs.

 

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia   Library Access   Remote Access
Provides 25,000 informative articles on a broad range of topics.

 

Kids Search (for grades 1-5)   Library Access   Remote Access
All-in-one search tool to find magazine & newspaper articles, dictionary & encyclopedia entries, and images on a wide variety of topics.

 

Live Homework Help   Library Access   Remote Access
(CLP Card)
Got homework? Get online help from real tutors! Live Homework Help offers online tutoring for 4th grade to College level questions in English, Math, Science and Social Studies. Non-traditional students and adult learners can take advantage of essay writing, skills building, GED prep, and other tutoring services designed specifically for adults. To find out how it works, sign up for an account and click their "Check out our FAQs" link. Every day from 3 pm to 10 pm!

 

Middle Search Plus   Library Access   Remote Access
Search for articles from more than 150 magazines for middle school aged children.

 

Novelist K-8 Plus   Library Access   Remote Access
Novelist K-8 Plus offers reading suggestions with over 78,000 fiction and nonfiction titles for juvenile readers. It also includes Grab and Go Book Lists, BookTalks, Recommended Reads book lists, and Book Discussion Guides.

 

Primary Search   Library Access   Remote Access
Search for articles from more than 60 magazines for elementary school aged children.

 

Science Online (Facts On File)   Library Access   Remote Access
Science Experiments and more. This database will not only help you find a science experiment, but it will provide definitions, diagrams, facts, timelines, and essays, too.

 

Searchasaurus   Library Access   Remote Access
Searches multiple reference sources for children, including an encyclopedia of animals, magazine searches, photos, maps, and more.

 

SIRS Discoverer   Library Access   Remote Access
Full-text articles and graphics from newspapers and magazines for elementary and middle school students.

 

Student Research Center (grades 6-12)   Library Access   Remote Access
All-in-one search tool to find magazine & newspaper articles, encyclopedia entries, primary sources and images on a wide variety of topics.