MackinVIA is where to find all of our school's ebooks.
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This YouTube playlist shows how to find ebooks, and assign or share ebooks with your students.
EPIC! ebooks offers a free teacher account for you and your students to use Monday through Friday, 7 am - 3 pm.
IMPORTANT! To use EPIC after school, your students' families need to sign up for a subscription.
Walk-through to set up your teacher account on Epic. See Educator Resources for more help.
Storyline Online book videos have copyright permission from the publisher to read the books aloud to a public audience.
Overview of Pebble Go features, all of which are in Pebble Go Next too.
Capstone Connect lets you search Pebble Go and Pebble Go Next, and it gives you the direct link to share in [Your LMS Platform here]. No passwords or logins needed.
World Book Kids Encyclopedia is best for students in kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade.
Articles have read-aloud features (in a robot voice).
World Book Student Encyclopedia (also in Spanish) is introduced in 3rd grade during library class.
Most students in 4th grade and above should be using this version. Articles have read-aloud features (in a robot voice).
This tutorial from Monroe County Public Libraries shows the features of World Book Student (starting at 1:10).
Britannica Kids is an online encyclopedia with some free articles. Your school will need a paid subscription to use all of the features.
More research websites with video tutorials
More research websites with video tutorials
Research Wagon is a research and information website written by a practicing elementary teacher-librarian.
National Geographic Kids is a trusted resource for science facts and some social studies content.
This tutorial from the Paul Sawyier Public Library shows how to search and use the National Geographic Kids website.
Wonderopolis has questions (wonders) and answers in kid-friendly language.
DK Find Out has many captioned photos with information for elementary students.
DOGO News Articles has current event news for elementary students.
Paid accounts get added features, such as audio and simplified content.
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