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Young Adult and
Children's Databases
CultureGrams
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delivers concise and up-to-date cultural information on the countries of
the world describing backgrounds, peoples, customs, lifestyle and society.
It also includes reports for US states, a searchable glossary of over
4,000 cultural terms, a photo gallery, recipe collection and famous people
biographies.
Encyclopedia of Animals-
Full
text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals and
usually the animal classification from family to genus and species. Some
pictures are included.
Encyclopedia- Funk & Wagnalls
New World-
Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries,
updated annually.
Infotrac Junior Edition -
is designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text
magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current
events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government,
history, and sports.
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.
Mas Ultra School Edition-
Provides
full text and abstracts of more than 550 popular, general interest and
current events publications, mostly magazines, including National
Geographic and Consumer Reports.
Middle Search Plus-
Provides full text for over 120 magazines covering general
topics appropriate for middle and jr. high school students.
Newspaper Archive
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This
database can be accessed only at the library.
NoveList:
Lets
you search for fiction books by title, author, series name or topic.
Searchasaurus-
(EBSCOHost) provides information and
magazine articles for children middle school age and younger.
Student Research Center
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by topic or by keyword to find useful homework sources that cover a wide
variety of topics (e.g., math, history, science, social studies, arts, and
current events). For grades 6-12.
Teen Health and Wellness :
The Teen Health &
Wellness Database does a great job providing teens with information that
is relevant to the issues that they face. Beginning with the databases
home page, teens are drawn to this interactive site. Teens are able to
read personal stories from other teens, as well as asking a doctor
questions and participating in a survey. They are also able to search
by topic for articles that cover a wide range of interests. Each
article that is written is reviewed by a medical doctor. Overall, this
is a valuable database to have for teens.
Ask Colorado - free
online information service allowing you to chat live with a librarian in
Colorado 24/7 (except major holidays).
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