Web Resources

ABCmouse is a progressive learning tool targeting learning levels from Preschool through 2nd Grade. With 10 levels, over 850 lessons, and more than 10,000 different learning activities to progress through, there’s plenty of opportunity for supplemental learning. Children are encouraged by a reward system to continue moving through the step-by-step lessons and activities. ABCmouse is available on computers, tablets, and smartphones.

EBSCO provides full text for magazines, periodicals and reference books covering a wide-range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This information service also provides an Image Collection containing photos, maps and flags. Includes MasterFILE, MasterFILE Reference eBook collection, Teacher Reference Center, GreenFile, and Consumer Reports!

With Explora, EBSCO’s dedicated interface for students, completing research and writing essays is easier than ever. Watch this video to learn how Explora helps!

Focuses on the needs of teachers and librarians offering professional development resources, lesson plans, research guides, and curriculum standards.

Little Pim, intended for birth to age 6, provides language instruction for twelve primary languages. It uses story-based cartoon video learning, and is highly entertaining! “Children are uniquely equipped to learn up to three languages without affecting progress in their (native language).” - Little Pim

A complimentary research database for teachers, Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 230 peer-reviewed journals.

Learning discovery can be entertaining too! With videos, animations, games and activities, maps and photos, and various other multimedia, students can search for information on any number of people, places, and things. Targeted for elementary grade levels through high school.

Resource for educators and education students. Provides access to periodicals covering pre-school to college and most educational specialties. Includes full-text for many titles cited in ERIC. This database is funded by NOVEL, New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.

Designed for kids, Gale In Context: Elementary delivers trusted, age-appropriate digital content. Through newspaper and magazine articles, videos, images, graphics, and eBooks, elementary students can learn about everything from animals and outer space to famous artists and favorite athletes. The database is visual and intuitive, and rewards students’ efforts by developing comprehension and research skills to prepare them for middle school—and a lifetime of learning.

Gale In Context: Middle School connects you to the quality information you need to ace assignments in social studies, science, language arts, and more. You’ll find videos, news articles, encyclopedia entries, and more in an easy-to-use tool that helps you finish your homework in record time. Explore exciting topics, and get to your free time faster with Middle School.

This database develops research skills and promotes issue awareness, information literacy and critical thinking. It contains a range of perspectives on many important issues, with over 13,000 pro / con viewpoints. Students of all levels will benefit from a variety of resource types: reference, news, primary sources, multimedia and more.