NoveList Plus
NoveList Plus is a comprehensive readers' advisory resource for fiction and nonfiction.  With its intuitive interface and extensive feature content, NoveList Plus will help you to answer the question of what to read next.  NoveList Plus features specific sections for Teens, Older Kids, and Younger Kids.  Resources for kids and parents include book discussion guides, grab and go book lists, and picture book extenders. 

Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context

Features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. Log in to the secure databases with your library card and click "Gale Databases."

Junior Edition 

Now with over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Log in to the secure databases with your library card and click "Gale Databases."

Kids InfoBits 

 

Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Log in to the secure databases with your library card and click "Gale Databases."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kids Search - Middle & Elementary School
Powered by EBSCOhost, Kids Search makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.  A great resource for kids doing research projects for school, current events assignments, or for fueling the curious mind!

 TumbleBooks
Children's resource that includes TumbleBook Library, an online collection of animated, talking picture books; TumbleReadables, an online collection of read-along chapter books; and TumbleTalking Books, an online collection of streaming audio books.  Also includes educational puzzles and games!

  Student Research Center - High School & Middle School
EBSCO's Student Research Center makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type—magazines, reference books, newspapers, encyclopedias, biographies, etc.  A great resource for students to conduct research for paper, projects, or just for enrichment.

Gale Student Resources In Context

Did you know there's a new way to search our library's kids' materials? Go to our catalog and click Kids' Library to sort our catalog by subject area, making it easier for kids to find the books they're looking for! (Note: Search results also include books from other base libraries, so make sure to select results that say "Barksdale.")