Best Databases

The elementary section has larger print, visual navigation options, and includes categories on the home page like Animal Kingdom and Biographies. There is also a special feature called Britannica Fundamentals, which is designed for PreK-2^nd grade.

CultureGrams offers four editions: World, Kids, States, (U.S.) and Provinces (Canadian). Students can view information about geography, history, people, customs, and culture. Information in each of the different editions overlaps.

The Elementary edition of Gale in Context provides students with articles, photos, and videos on numerous topics. There are main categories on the home page such as animals, art and music, geography, health, sports, and technology.

Gale in Context: Biography provides focused results when researching people. Students can find summaries of famous people's lives and easily accessible facts about them, such as when they were born, their nationality, and their occupation.

This database offers students encyclopedic information on numerous topics through research articles. There is also an atlas, a built-in video collection called “Go Tube,” and a “World News” section with external links to newspapers.

Gale Interactive: Science has five main categories on its home page: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Human Anatomy, and 3D Printable Models. Students can find related information and even virtually dissect a fetal pig or explore the surface of other planets.