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Looking for information for a school project? Start here! Plus, don't forget to check out our Research page and our A-Z list of databases.

For Kids

Gale in Context: Elementary

Put kids one step ahead with Gale in Context: Elementary —an online searching tool for age-appropriate content.  Highlights include:

  • 16,600 images, over 1,700 kid-friendly charts and graphs, and more than 600 high-quality educational videos are provided from multiple resources including books, magazines, and newspapers
  • Contains popular subjects such as Animals, Arts, Geography, Health, Literature, People, Social Studies, Technology, and more
  • Easy-to-use digital resource featuring age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related information

Gale in Context: Elementary is free and easy to access from home with the barcode on your library card.

 Novelist K-8

Readalikes, author information and book summaries are all here!

For Teens

EBSCO Host

Search for magazines, journals, newspapers, reports, biographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, photos, maps, flags and more.

General OneFile

A gigantic collection of magazine and journal articles. Great for research papers and projects.

Literature Research Center

Biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on writers in all disciplines, from all periods and from around the world
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