Book Safari
Database of children's book reviews created by the Children's
Department staff of the Ela Area Public Library. Each review
contains information about the author, number of pages, copyright
year, age range, and a brief written description. The age range is
determined by a variety of professional book review publications.
Check It Out
Database of teen book reviews created and maintained by teen
volunteers and librarians at the Library. The intended age range is
7th grade and up.
NoveList
An extensive database of fiction for adults, teens and children,
offering enhanced subject access and full-text reviews, Author Read-alikes,
awards, theme-oriented book lists, Book Discussion Guides, Book
Talks, and Feature Articles for a wide range of reading interests.
Something About the Author
Information about your favorite authors directly from the book. An easy-to-use source for librarians, students and other researchers, each volume in this series provides illustrated biographical profiles of approximately 75 children's authors and artists. This critically acclaimed series covers more than 12,000 individuals, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers.
TumbleBook Library
The TumbleBook Library is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated,
talking picture books) TumblePuzzles, and TumbleQuizzes, as well as
TumbleResources for teachers. TumbleBooks are created from existing
picture books from children's book publishers and converted to the
TumbleBook format.
AtoZ Maps
AtoZMapsOnline.com is the worlds largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.
CultureGrams
Country reports deliver an insider's perspective on daily life and
culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the
world's people. Also, includes information about the 50 states, a
photo gallery, famous people section, and recipe collection.
Researching a particular country? Here you'll find information about the country's history, geographical characteristics (e.g., population, language), social customs, family life, leisure activities, food, religion, holidays and festivals, clothing, and arts.
Global Road Warrior (In-Library Access Only)
Global Road Warrior (Remote Access Only - Please type in the first 8 digits of your library card number)
This database is the ultimate geography guide! You can find facts on population, official language(s), education and literacy, embassies/consulates, money and banking, maps, and GEOGRAPHY data on over 175 countries.
Daily Life Online (Includes Daily Life throughout History)
Information about domestic, economic, intellectual, material,
political, recreational, and religious life for the ancient world,
medieval world, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, & 19th centuries, and the
modern world.
History Resource Center - US
History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the entire "American Journey Online" series.
History Resource Center - World
History Resource Center: World is a comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronlogic research materials for the study of world history. From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals.
eLibraryPlus
Provides students with access to several hundred full-text
magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of
maps, pictures, web links, and audio/video files.
SIRS Discoverer
General reference database for grades 1-9 with three reading levels
of age-appropriate full-text articles and images selected from
hundreds of sources.
Facts.com Reference Suite
Provides access to news and facts ranging from October 1940 to the
present day, including information about current events, statistics,
health, science, and controversial issues. Includes access to Facts
On File World News Digest, Issues and Controversies, Today’s Science
On File, The World Almanac Reference Database, and the World Almanac
Encyclopedia.