Databases for Children

A source for all grades (Pre-K-12) and all reading abilities. Available at three levels–elementary, middle, and high.

Children, Kids, & Teen Collection Only Thousands of digital comics and graphic novels available with unlimited simultaneous access (no holds, no waiting, no limits on checkouts).

Offers elementary children a safe place to find answers to their questions, practice research skills, and explore a broad range of subjects like animals, arts and music, social studies, and more.

Created specifically for middle school students, Research In Context combines the best of Gale’s reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Categories cover a range of the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, literature, and many more. Research In Context provides engaging reference, periodical, and multimedia content supporting national and state curriculum standards for grades 6 to 12 in language arts, social studies, and science. Middle school students will benefit from an interface that delivers a combination of the highly visual design and navigation preferred by younger users as well as the authoritative content and user-focused tool set needed to support middle school assignments and coursework.

Tumble Book Library Premium is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they’ll love. Tumble Books Premium databases are easy to use, and feature unlimited access from home! Patrons can read as many books as they want, when they want, and on any device. There are no check-outs, holds, or bulky downloads. Books are available instantly.