Databases for Kids

Look here for information about people including birth and death dates, major accomplishments, photographs, information about groups of people, and much more. This database provides biographies, full-text magazine articles, and Internet sites.

Look here for articles from popular magazines including National Geographic, Science News, Mother Jones, World Almanac, Wall Street Journal, Vegetarian Times, and many more. Helpful features tell you how to cite and how to print and eMail articles.

A very easy to use search on almost any topic; find information from magazines, reference books, photos, and more

Need something good to read? The NoveList database can help you find books that are like other books you have read and enjoyed.

Search (1) Arts and Humanities Through the Eras, (2) Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, (3) Dictionary of American History, (4) West's Encyclopedia of American Law, and (5) Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Find full-text articles, maps, and photographs and learn how to cite. Download, email, and print or translate articles into eight major languages.

Look in this easy to use encyclopedia when you begin your research on any topic. Helpful features include a dictionary (double-click any word to get the definition), pronunciations, and citation information for every article. Of course, you'll find facts (current events and history), animations, videos, sounds, pictures, illustrations, maps, 360 degree views, and more.

World Book's Spanish Language encyclopedia contains about 2,200 articles and more than 600 illustrations.