Databases

All of the resources available to students through PowerLibrary. Appropriate for high school and middle school students.

An encyclopedia to research background information on topics.

View the greatest events in world history with photographs, audio sound bites, video, and graphics, for over 185 years. Over 3,000 photos/images/sound bites/graphics added daily including audio and visual snapshots. 

Watch videos and read books about Animals and Nature, Earth and Sky, People and Places,  Family and Community, Music and Rhyme, Adventure, and more. Enjoy read aloud with words highlighting and interactive games. 

Discover biographical and bibliographical information on more than 160,000 of today's most influential authors. 

More than 16,600 images. Over 1,700 kid-friendly charts and graphs. More than 600 high-quality educational videos are provided from resources including books, magazines, and news periodicals.

Information on a variety of topics to support middle school research for government, US and World History, Geography, Literature, Science, and Social Issues. Presents material in a highly visual way to help you find answers quickly. 

Full text science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other reliable sources. More than 280,000 high-quality science images from sources such as UPI, Getty, NASA, National Geographic, and the Nature Picture Library.

Learn about people, places, nature, history, and science from videos and ebooks on topics such as: American Indians, Ancient Civilizations, Farm to Table, Civil War, Continents, Thirteen Colonies, US Government, Natural Disasters, Earth Science, Experiments, Extreme Science, Nature, and more.