Elementary Research Aids

Explora Elementary

This interface is designed specifically for elementary school students according to their needs and search abilities. This interface is graphically rich and provides access to age-appropriate materials. Includes topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research and 60,000 top videos from the Associated Press.

Learn more:

• Basic Search

• Explora for Primary School Users Tutorial

• Scavenger Hunts

• Explora Promotion Kits

Ebscohost Primary Search

Primary Search®, designed specifically for elementary school students contains full text for more than 80 popular elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, providing students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. The database also provides the American Heritage® Children’s Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin and thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags.

For the Primary Search Reference eBook Collection, click here.

School Center--Learning Express Library

Lessons and study aids to improve Math and English Language arts skills.

Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia

This online encyclopedia is one of the most widely used and well-regarded reference works in the English language.

Ebsco eBooks Nonfiction

A research database for school libraries that provides content representing a wide spectrum of works, including popular series from top book publishers. It contains searchable full text for more than 1,300 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on animals, weather, holidays, adventure, sports, Native Americans, United States, Canada, biographies, nature, civics and more.

Ebsco eBooks (K-8)

This collection is created for K-8 students and the educators that work with them. The eBook K-8 collection contains over 10,500 titles chosen to support a quality learning experience for K-8 students across all subject areas taught in elementary and middle schools. The collection also features a selection of Teacher Resources to support educators and administrators.

All titles are available with unlimited simultaneous user access. If you would like more information about the reading app, speak with Mrs. Cottle.