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Includes full text articles and images from over 1,600 newspapers, magazines and government documents. Magazines include Boys' Life, Discovery Girls, Highlights, and Jack and Jill.

Online resources

More than 500,000 current and historical photographs and graphics and audio files can be searched by date, place and subject. Hundreds of photographs are added to the archive daily. To learn more, check out the

Find in-depth information including the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Indexes, abstracts and full text formats are available.

A variety of reference sources for elementary and middle school students including magazines, timelines and almanacs. To learn more, check out the Facts for Learning tutorial.

Easy-to-use all-in-one search tool to find magazines & newspapers articles, dictionary & encyclopedia entries, and images on a wide variety of topics. For more information, check out the Kids Search tutorial.

Suggested for middle and junior high research, full text information is available from more than 150 magazines – some from as far back as 1990. All articles are assigned a reading level indicator.

Use the title of your favorite books or your favorite author to find similar books. For more information, check out the NoveList tutorial.

Search for articles from more than 60 magazines for elementary school aged children.

Searches multiple reference sources for children, including an encyclopedia of animals, magazine searches, photos, maps, and more.

Full-text articles and graphics from newspapers and magazines for elementary and middle school students. To learn more, check out the SIRS Discoverer tutorial.

Easy to use all-in-one search tool to find magazines & newspapers articles, dictionary and encyclopedia entries, and images on a wide variety of topics. For more information, check out the Student Research Center tutorial.

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Websites

A directory of sites selected by members of the American Library Association using rigorous evaluation guidelines.

Links to websites and other resources about online safety, designed-for-children search engines and other educational resources.

Here, you can discover what Abraham Lincoln had in his pockets on the night he was assassinated. (You will be surprised.) Or you can read about other "Amazing Americans" such as Buffalo Bill Cody and his "Wild West" show; the heroism of Harriet Tubman, who helped many slaves escape bondage; the music of jazz great Duke Ellington; or the inventions of Thomas Edison.

Websites are carefully selected by an editor based on quality, depth of content and safety.

Learn all about animals with fun, animated, interactive activities.

A directory provides links to government-related kids’ sites from the U.S. Federal Citizen Information Center.

One-page cartoons showing 5-to-15 year-old kids 'How To' build things." Choose the comic of choice to find a graphical way to build such things as a marshmallow shooter, an ice board, and a duct- tape body double.

About 5000 websites are listed in this well-organized directory created by librarians.

Sports Illustrated for kids

TekMom’s Search Tools

All-in-one page of search engines and reference tools geared towards kids and students.

Hand-picked websites appropriate for kids ages 7 to 12.

Zillions: Consumer Reports for Kids