Online Resources

Amazing Animals A perfect place to research animals. It is based on the print series of the same title.

America the Beautiful - A unique and exciting State-by-State authoritative resource that provides the latest information on states and territories as well as complete and current geographical, historical, and cultural information.

BookFlix Introducing BookFlix! Classic fictional video storybooks from Weston Woods are paired with nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to reinforce reading skills and develop essential real-world knowledge and understanding. (Pre-K - Grade 3)

CultureGrams is the leading primary source reference for concise, reliable, and up-to-date cultural information on the countries of the world. It goes beyond mere facts and figures to deliver an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number.

EBSCO Animals - 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. (See EBSCOhost Web) This database is provided by the New York State Library's EmpireLink Project through an LSTA grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Service.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. You can also use EB Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 130,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.

Image Collection This EBSCO database features photographs of people, natural science, flags, maps, historical photos and photos of places.

Infotrac Kids and Junior Edition - Kid's edition gives children easy access to magazines, reference books and newspaper articles. Junior edition is designed for junior high and middle school students.

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.

Lands and People - A multifaceted Web site designed to serve as a principal resource on countries, cultures, and current events for the classroom and for the library.

Live Homework Help - Chat live with a tutor in almost any subject for grades K-12 and adult learners between 2pm and 10pm!

Live Librarian - Professional Librarians are available online 24/7 to answer your questions.

New Book of Knowledge is designed for children in grades 3 to 8. You can access the encyclopedia for articles, or select NewScoops and get information on people, places and events in the news.

New Book of Popular Science provides accessible, easy-to-understand science, medicine, and technology articles for a young audience.

Novelist Plus K-8 - This "readers' advisor" database has something for everyone. Adults, teens and children will be able to identify other books based on titles, authors and topics they have read and enjoyed. It also provides full-text reviews and annotations for over 20,000 titles.

Primary Search - Provides full text for over 50 children’s magazines and over 100 children’s pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student. (See EBSCOhost Web). This database is provided by the New York State Library's EmpireLink Project through an LSTA grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Service.

Science Online (Facts on File) - Perfect for all science topics, especially experiments! Designed for upper elementary to adult users.

Searchasaurus - A database with a graphic interface designed for elementary-to-middle school students. It contains encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines, books and more. This database is provided by the New York State Library's EmpireLink Project through an LSTA grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Service.

Student Resource Center - A database just for middle school/high school students, which contains thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 450 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips.

Tumblebooks Enjoy interactive picture books anytime of day or night!

Tumble Readables Great for emergent, struggling, and reluctant readers, and are an excellent tool for ESL students. Read-Alongs will also appeal to accomplished readers who are excited to follow along to the narration of their favorite books. This new collection includes: picture books, early readers, chapter books, middle school readers, YA/teen Novels, children’s classics, classics and Shakespeare.

World Book Online - Access over 31,000 encyclopedia articles, 6,000 Web links, 25,000 magazine articles, 800 videos, animations, and sounds, 400 interactive maps, 100 3D bubble views, and much more.

World Geography - provides a wealth of information for approximately two hundred countries, plus territories and continents. Each nation has an overview, history, governmental information, facts and figures, current events coverage, biographies of prominent figures, organizational profiles, text of major documents, a flag photo, and maps. (political and topograhic).