McKenzie Learning Commons

The mission of the McKenzie School Learning Commons Info Zone is to encourage the love of reading, provide access to resources in diverse formats to meet the needs of our students and staff, and ensure they are effective users of information and ideas.

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Research Resources

These subscription databases require usernames and passwords for access outside of our school. Please supervise your children when they are using the Internet, just as we do at school, to determine what you feel is appropriate for them.

Three levels of encyclopedia articles, a dictionary, atlas, websites, images and videos.

Database for primary students that provides leveled text, educational games, and multimedia tools for investigating topics.

More than 120 animated stories from Weston Woods paired with a best-selling nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic.

Culture Grams provides reference information to help foster understanding and appreciation of the world's cultures and people.

World Book is an online encyclopedia for grades K-8. An encyclopedia gives information on many subjects and is typically arranged alphabetically.

Image Quest is a database of searchable images students can use for projects.

A-Z is an online encyclopedia just for animals

Social studies and science research database for grades 3-5. Includes leveled-texts and multimedia tools to help teach research concepts.

National Geographic for Kids is a great place to go if you want information, photos, or videos on something related to science or social studies.

A place where natural curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages.

Free stock photos shared by talented photographers.