Research Databases for Kids

Britannica School

Comprehensive encyclopedia for kids in Kindergarten through grade 5.
Includes a dictionary, thesaurus, videos, images, primary sources,
e-books, world atlas, and more.

Gale in Context: Elementary

Resources to meet research needs for kids in Kindergarten through grade 5. Includes curriculum support references, full-text age appropriate magazines, 2 newswires, graphs, charts, maps and over 2,500 searchable images.

Lerner Maker Lab

An accessible, interactive database of hands-on projects for grades 2-5. With a kid-friendly, easy-to-use design, Lerner Maker Lab opens a world of creativity with project ideas from crafting to cooking.

Little Pim

Little Pim is Mango Languages for kids. Vibrant animation and short video lessons incorporate words and highly engaging activities that are relevant to a child’s daily life, while providing the essential building blocks of a new language.

To access Little  Pim, chose one of the languages below, Click Explore, Click Little Pim, and then click on one of the lessons.

• Arabic
• Chinese (Mandarin)
• French
• German
• Hebrew
• Italian
• Japanese
• Russian
• Spanish
• Korean
• Portuguese
• English/ESL

You can also download the app on Android or iOS.

Local History Internet Archives for the Third Grade Project

Use the link above to search for your location in the library’s online reference books. To search for your location, include subject:”3rd Grade Local History Project” then your location and select “search text contents”. For example: subject:”3rd Grade Local History Project” congregational church [search text contents on]. Books that mention your location will pop up! Select each one and use the right side bar to flip between pages that mention your location and the arrows in the bottom left to turn pages.

National Geographic for Kids

Information from the world renowned resource specifically for kids!