I highly recommend Santa Clara County Library District Online Library (including ebooks, databases, encyclopedias, newspapers, online tutoring, etc.). Good resource for mission and state reports!
username: S + Student Perm ID + CUSD (for example, S123456CUSD)
password: Birth month + 00 (for example, May = 0500
NOTE: For ebooks, select "Kids eReading Room". Do NOT click on button that says "Back to main collection".
Click here to find info on
Britannica Online (easy-to-read articles and age-appropriate reference and learning materials)
ProQuest-CultureGrams (cultural information about countries)
ProQuest-SIRS Discoverer (multidisciplinary database for upper grades covering curriculum areas such as history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology)
TeachingBooks.net (adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's books)
EPIC!
and more!