Great Research Databases for Teens

Search these online research databases to help you with your homework, career or education research, or satisfy your curiosity! For a full list of databases provided by the library, click here.

 

Culture Grams   Click here if inside the library | Click here if outside the library
Subscriber barcode = your library card number
Includes cultural information, recipes, maps, facts, symbols, timelines, statistics, glossary and more. Click on the Kids Edition.


Grolier Online
    Click here if inside the library   |   Click here if outside the library

Online encyclopedias including Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, Amazing Animals of the World and America the Beautiful.


InfoTrac - Student Edition

Specifically designed for secondary school students, providing instant access to screened, age-appropriate content from magazines, newspapers and reference books. The ideal alternative to random Web searching, InfoTrac Student Edition covers a wide range of subjects, from science, history and literature to political science, sports and environmental studies, offering reliable, authoritative content for classroom assignments and general reference research.


Lands and Peoples
   Click here if inside the library   |   Click here if outside the library
An encyclopedia of countries, cultures and current events for middle and high school students.


LitFinder (Poems/Stories/Essays)

Search for poems, short stories and essays.


Mango Languages
Mango Languages is an online language-learning system that teaches actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages.


Opposing Viewpoints
Contains pro and con viewpoint articles, biographies, federal agency and special interest group overviews, podcasts and a dictionary.


Oregon Career Information Systems
   Click here if inside the library   |   Click here if outside the libraryExplore education and financial aid options, learn about different occupations, and  get help with your job search.

 

Student Resource Center
Search magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, biographies, radio & TV news transcripts, state/province reports, primary source documents, photos, maps & flags.