VPL has a number of databases that can help you with your homework. You can use them in a Library Branch and from your home through the Internet -- all you need is a VPL library card and a Personal Identification Number. Note: Cookies are used in this part of the VPL Web site. A cookie is used when you login (but is gone when you get out of the system), and cookies are stored on your computer for some databases to work.
Britannica Online For Kids
For all students who want to find out who, what, when, where, why, and how! Includes two encyclopedias, a student dictionary and thesaurus, interactive timelines and other reading materials, videos and multimedia clips, age-appropriate magazine articles, recommended links, and much more!
EBSCO Animals
Provides indexing, abstracts, and full-text articles on topics relating to animals such as nature and habitat.
Electric Library Canada Elementary
Tailored towards elementary students, this online resource enables students to search for information on various topics in resources such as magazines, books, newspapers, images, maps, and TV and radio transcripts.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Provides online access to over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
InfoTrac Junior
This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and elementary 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. Coverage is from 2004 - current.
InfoTrac Junior (Graphics version)
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. Graphics Version
Kids InfoBits
For kids from Kindergarten to 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. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
NoveList K-8 --- Your Guide to Fiction
An electronic resource that contains materials for all Kindergarten to Grade 8 levels and includes picture books, children's chapter books and young adult titles. Allows young readers and teachers to search titles by favorite author name, title, series name, and theme or topic. Also provides lists of award-winning and recommended books. Includes thematic units for teachers.
Searchasaurus
Perfect for elementary students! Provides access to EBSCO Animals, Primary Search, and Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia in a fun dinosaur theme. Contains many full-text articles and covers a variety of topics.
TumbleBook Library
TumbleBook Library offers online eBooks for kids! Not only are the books animated, but they are narrated too! TumbleBook Library also offers books in French and Spanish.
