Transparent Language Online is now available FREE at the Plymouth Public Library. Whether you’re starting at the very beginning with a new alphabet or you’re an intermediate learner looking to enhance your vocabulary and grammar knowledge, Transparent Language Online can help. Available for learning 110+ languages, plus English as a Second Language (ESL) materials for […]
Kid-Friendly Databases
Britannica Public Library Edition For Kids
Britannica Public Library Edition for Kids includes both the Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia and Compton’s by Britannica geared to middle school students behind an interface designed for the younger public library audience. Features of Britannica for Kids include: Video, animation, and audio clips; help on writing research papers, book reviews, science reports, and oral presentations; Biography Browse; […]
Gale Resources, K-12
Numerous distinct collections including kid-friendly, literary, cultural, health, legal and business databases. Includes Biography in Context, Research in Context, Gale Literary Sources, Kids Info Bits, and much more. Databases can be searched individually, by selection, or across multiple areas by using the “power search option.” Links to the Boston Globe, New York Times, and various editions of the Encyclopedia […]
Kids InfoBits
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 popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree.
NoveList K – 8 Plus
From picture books on up to young adult, in NoveList K – 8 Plus you can find information on children’s books indexed by subject, age, awards won, Lexile Reading Levels, Common Core standards, books made into movies, and other categories. Provides reviews in each book’s description from a variety of sources. (Use your Plymouth Public Library card […]