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An all-in-one reference library, this includes the complete encyclopedia plus related articles, videos, and websites, as well as a dictionary, thesaurus and world atlas.

Millions of images which are rights-cleared for non-commercial, education use.

Provides access to thousands of full-length videos and clips, and result lists can be refined by grade levels 3-5 and 6-8.

Thousands of pages of cultural, historical and statistical information content on the countries of the world. Even the youngest students can get everything they need for a report with assistance from older folk.

An Ebsco research database designed especially for elementary school-age children, rich in graphics with easy-to-browse categories.

An Ebsco research database designed especially for middle school students, rich in graphics with easy-to-browse categories. It searches across a number of Ebsco databases including History Reference Center, MasterFILE Premier (a journal database), Newspaper Source Plus, Science Reference Center, and Nonfiction eBook Collection for HIgh Schools.

The ultimate resource for a report on a famous person, this contains over 600,000 biographies from the ancient world to the present. Valuable for even the youngest researchers, although they may need a little assistance from Mom or Dad.

Formerly Kids InfoBits. For our youngest researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5, GIC: Elementary features a colorful, visually appealing graphical interface. "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." KI also contains lots of images, maps, charts, and tables. And Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary too!

Includes historical map collections, outline map sets, earth science maps, reference atlases, current events, and games. Includes a virtual field trip library as well as maps designed for Kindergarten-Grade 3. Much content is also available in Spanish for use with language classes and ESL.

Features the entire magazine archive 1888 - present.

Designed for elementary school libraries, Primary Search is a full-text database providing popular children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedic entries and a vast image collection of photos, maps, and flags.

Provided by the CT State Library's researchIT CT program, RBDigital offers thousands of audiobooks and ebooks. Click +View by Genre to limit to Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, and many other fiction and nonfiction genres, such as fantasy, history, literary fiction, science, sci-fi, sports, travel, women's fiction and more. You can also filter by availability. And go to your app store for the mobile app.

Register for RBdigital by following these simple steps:
1. Create a user name and password.
2. Use ctstatelib20 for the access code.
3. Provide first name, last name, e-mail, and postal code.
4. Check the box to accept the terms of service and privacy policy.
5. Click on the register button.