Student Resources
Here you will find links to DCSD resources to help you find books or conduct research as well as other websites you may want to access easily.
For updated usernames and passwords for the databases below contact your teacher or school librarian.
Pebble Go
Family of four research databases covering Animals, Science, Biographies, and Social Studies (K-2)
Username: Ask your teacher or teacher-librarian
Password: dekalb
Britannica ImageQuest
Millions of rights-cleared images from one trusted site
Username: Ask your teacher or teacher-librarian
Password: dekalb
Galileo
If you go through Galileo, you can get to many of the other databases from there!
Password: Ask your teacher or teacher-librarian
Worldbook encyclopedia
Collection of age appropriate information, games, and resources to help students with research and learning new things.
Username: Ask your teacher or teacher-librarian
Password: dekalb
Destiny ebooks and book requests
Online library catalog to search for books and digital resources. You can see all the books we have in the library from this catalog.
Username: S+Student #
Password: mydestiny
Sora ebooks
A digital library offering both ebooks & audiobooks. Go to Sora in Launchpad or download the free Sora app. You can read AMAZING books from anywhere! Watch my tutorial on the "Book Access during Virtual Learning Page"
Username: S +Student#
Brain Pop
Subscription renewal coming soon
Britannica School- Elementary
Encyclopedia articles on all topics; downloadable videos; mapped to standards; separate interfaces and reading levels for elementary, middle, and high school.
Galileo Password: See your teacher or teacher librarian
Explora
Magazine and journal articles on all topics and Lexiles are available for many.
Sirs Discoverer
Magazine articles on all topics and Lexile levels are available for the sources.
Ebsco eBooks
The eBook K-8 and High School collections (EBSCO) and Ebook Central (ProQuest) provide more than 45,000 titles covering topics you’ll find on your library shelves, such as animals, the solar system, social issues, social studies topics, sports, biographies, fiction and more
Escolar Online
Spanish-language knowledge-building resource with primary and secondary levels of content, articles, images, videos, “Animal Kingdom” and “Did You Know?” features. Includes news feeds from reputable sources. Double-click on a word to see English translation.
2020-2021 Digital Resources Flyer -- No PW.pdf