Databases
A leading reference for concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world. With world events increasingly affecting our lives, it’s more important than ever to educate students about the world around them. Provided through the Utah Education Network: ask the Children’s Reference Desk for the login credentials.
Provides students with easy-to-use features and age-appropriate content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books.
FUNK AND WAGNALLS NEW WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA
A general encyclopedia containing over 25,000 information segments appropriate for the research needs of school students.
Provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 341,655 photos, maps and flags.
Provides full text for more than 70 popular magazines for elementary school students. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator, and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
Provides free one-to-one tutoring and homework help for Orem Public Library card holders.
A virtual library created by the Utah State Library Division in cooperation with Utah’s public libraries. This resource is aimed at all Utah residents and serves Utah’s public schools and academic institutions, as well as patrons of public libraries.
Websites
State information resource links to state homepage, symbols, flags, maps, constitutions, representitives, songs, birds, flowers, trees.
BEN’S GUIDE TO U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR KIDS
Teaches kids from kindergarten through 12th grade about the federal government, from the U.S. Government Printing Office.
American Library Association’s recommended history and biography websites for kids.
Find current, culturally appropriate resources for teaching and learning about Utah’s Latino communities, heroes and events.
Online activities and background information from the Library of Congress to help students learn more about Native Americans.
Primary source collections exploring topics in history, literature, and culture developed by educators.
American Library Association’s recommended social sciences websites for kids.
The U.S. government’s official web portal where kids can safely learn about social studies.
The World Factbook is maintained by the CIA and provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
