Magazines,
Newspapers, Journals and More
Kids
and Students
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InfoTrac Student Edition
This is designed for
high school students,
with access to a variety
of indexed and full-text
magazines, newspapers
and reference books for
information on current
events, the arts,
science, popular
culture, health, people,
government, history,
sports and more. . .
InfoTrac Junior Edition
This is designed for
students in junior high
and middle school and
offers them magazines,
newspapers and reference
books (most full-text)
for information on
current events, the
arts, science, popular
culture, health, people,
government, history,
sports and more. . .
InfoTrac Kids Edition
This is designed for
elementary school
students, giving them
easy access to full-text
magazines, newspapers
and reference books with
information on current
events, the arts,
science, popular
culture, health, people,
government, history,
sports and more.
Searchasaurus Searchasaurus is
EBSCO Publishing's user
search experience for
users in elementary or
middle schools. Complete
with erupting volcanoes,
dinosaur guide and
compass,
Searchasaurus is an exciting and easy way
for young researchers to
experience online
searching.
Ebsco Animals offers
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. Within some of
the full text, image
links are available for
the Windows client.
Images are accessed by
double-clicking any
image graphic.
Primary Search
contains full text
for more than 60
popular, elementary
school magazines. All
full text articles are
assigned a reading level
indicator (Lexiles). In
addition to the full
text, this database
offers indexing and
abstracts for nearly 100
magazines. Full text is
also available for over
100 student pamphlets.
Examples of publications
covered in Primary
Search include:
Appleseeds, Boys' Life,
Cobblestone, Cricket,
Highlights for Children,
Hopscotch, Jack & Jill,
Ladybug, Ranger Rick,
Science World, Spider,
SuperScience, Time for
Kids, Turtle, and many
more. This database also
provides the American
Heritage Children's
Dictionary, 3rd Edition
from Houghton Mifflin,
and an Image Collection
of 107,135 photos, maps
and flags. Many full
text titles are
available in native
(searchable) PDF, or
scanned-in-color. Full
text backfiles go as far
back as 1989, while
indexing and abstract
backfiles go as far back
as 1984.
Ebsco Host
Index and abstracts to
almost 3000 magazines
covering a broad range
of topics. Many are
available in full-text,
dating as far back as
1990.
Encyclopedia Americana
- helps middle- to
upper-grade students
find a wealth of
information to assist
with homework and
research projects.
Contains in-depth
Information and News
Archives for Middle
Grades and Higher
Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia -
contains both resources
for students and
activities for teachers
and librarians to use
with their students.
Quick Reference with
Rich Media and News for
Middle School and High
School
The New Book of
Knowledge
- contains information
for young students who
are learning to use
online resources for
research. Reference and
Current Events for
Elementary Readers and
Up
America the Beautiful : This online
database for state research reports is precise and easy to use, with options
that allow for both narrowly focused and comprehensive searches.
The New Book of Popular Science : If
science is knowledge, and "knowledge is power" (as philosopher Francis Bacon
once said), then The New Book of Popular Science is a source students and
teachers can rely on to empower them with understanding of our ever-changing
world.
Lands and Peoples : Explore the
differences that make the world's lands and peoples unique—and the similarities
that tie them together.
La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre : The only
Spanish-language encyclopedia built from the ground up with a Latin-American
perspective now features Spanish-language news stories, a dynamic Spanish atlas,
timelines, category browse, teacher resources, and the new Aula de español
module (for beginning to intermediate students of Spanish)—plus all the
original features students and teachers love
Click
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homework help in math,
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Kids InfoBits Kids InfoBits meets the
research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a
developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic
tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine,
newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts,
science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Webfeat
Search any or all of
your library's databases
simultaneously with a
single intuitive
interface.
