Fun Resources for Kids

 These resources require either a valid library card number from a participating library

or a Michigan Drivers License or State ID.

Big Universe: A World of Online Children's Books. Look at one of the books online or create your own and share it with others!

Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project.  The largest collection of illustrated antique books online.

Homework Help

African American World:  A great site for African American History from PBS.

CIA-The World Fact Book: Information on countries including geography, people, governemntm, economy, communications, transportation and military.

 eLibrary Elementary: Recommended for: K-12. All full text. Video, audio, books, pictures, magazines, maps, newspapers, & transcripts of TV and radio shows.  

 InfoTrac Junior Edition: Recommended for: Middle and Junior High School. Full text. Over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.

 InfoTrac Student Edition: Recommended for: High School. Mostly full text. Over 1,100 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this database gives access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.

Kids InfoBits: Recommended for: K-6. All full text. Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Occupation Outlook Handbook: The Occupational Outlook Handbook tells you the training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, working conditions for hundreds of different types of jobs.

SIRS Discoverer Deluxe: Recommended for: K-9. All full text. A children's database of articles, books, video, audio on all topics. The interface is appropriate to children and includes reading levels, teacher's help pages, over 3,000 maps, and more. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only. 

 SIRS Renaissance: Recommended for: High school, College and University. Full text. Provides dynamic information on the following topics: architecture and design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy and religion, and visual arts. Full-text articles are selected from more than 1,200 domestic and international publications. Many articles are accompanied by full-color images, including art reproductions, photographs, and illustrations. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.

 Student Edition: Now with over 1100 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Yahoo! Kids StudyZone: Some common homework resources provided by Yahoo!