Library: Children & Teens

Websites

We suggest these websites as reliable sources for gathering information as you work on school assignments. Click on a subject heading to reveal the related websites.

General Subject Guides

• BrainPOP
• Ducksters
• Internet Public Library KidSpace
• Internet Public Library TeenSpace

Animals & Insects

• A-Z Animals
• The Bronx Zoo
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Dinosaurs
• The Elephant Sanctuary of Tennessee
• National Wildlife Federation
• Wildlife Conservation Society

Biography

• Biography Search from A&E
• Biographies of U.S. Presidents
• Biographies of U.S. First Ladies
• FactMonster Biographies

Encyclopedias

• Fact Monster (encyclopedia)
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

History & Government

• America’s Story (Library of Congress)
• Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government (U.S. Government Printing Office)
• CIA World Factbook
• Countries of the World
• Digital History
• Mission US
• National Geographic 50 States for Kids
• Official Website of the State of New Jersey
• Smithsonian Learning Lab
• World Atlas

Math

• Coolmath4kids
• Hooda Math
• Math is Fun
• Purplemath (middle and high school)

Science

• Federal Emergency Management Agency for Kids
• NASA for Students (space)
• NASA Planets
• National Geographic Kids
• National Hurricane Center
• Online Tornado FAQ
• Science News for Students
• U.S. Dept. of Energy for Kids
• USGS Science Topics

Magazines/Newspapers +

EBSCOhost includes these two choices in their Magazines & Newspapers list:

• Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
• Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular middle school magazines. Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.

EBSCOhost also includes Explora Primary Schools for students, a database specifically designed to be easy for students to use, with topic overviews and easy-to-browse categories.