Databases for Kids
Below are listed databases that might be useful for school-aged children or parents helping with homework. Click on a database title to access that database. Click on an information icon for more information about that database. Most of these databases are only accessible to current students, faculty, and staff of Covenant Seminary. Don't have access? See our list of free databases.
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| Database | Description | Info |
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| Elementary School | ||
| Kids InfoBits |
General information source for children in K through 5th grade, featuring an age-appropriate visual interface. Contains 99 full-text magazines, over 100 books, and 3,000 searchable images. |
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| Searchasaurus |
A search service designed for young learners. Content includes 85 elementary school magazines, a built-in encyclopedia and dictionary, plus educational books, newspaper articles, and thousands of photos, maps & flags. Data sets included: Primary Search · Book Collection: Nonfiction (Elementary School Edition) · Newspaper Source. Also included for teachers: Academic Search Premier · ERIC · Professional Development Collection. |
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| Middle School | ||
| Discovering Collection |
See description below. |
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| Kids Search |
A search service designed for students in the middle grades. Content includes more than 140 popular middle school magazines,thousands of biographies and historical essays, a built-in encyclopedia and dictionary, plus educational books, newspaper articles, and thousands of photos, maps & flags. Data sets included: Middle Search Plus · Book Collection: Nonfiction (Middle School Edition) · Newspaper Source · Science Reference Center. Also included for teachers: Academic Search Premier · ERIC · Professional Development Collection. |
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| High School | ||
| Discovering Collection |
Topics: History, literature, biography, science, and social sciences. Sources: Overview essays, critical analyses, biographies, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia elements. Indexing: 16,800 topic overviews, 28,000 biographies, 3,000+ literature plot summaries, 13,500 pieces of literary criticism, hundreds of primary source documents, and hundreds of plays & poems. Full-Text: All items. |
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| Science Reference Center |
Topics: Biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology, and wildlife. Full-Text Content: 182 periodicals, 725 reference books, 23 encyclopedias, 812 essays, 3,790 full-length biographies. |
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| Student Research Center |
A search service designed for high school students. Content includes nearly 500 popular high school magazines, 85,670 biographies, 107,000 primary source documents, 360 reference books, plus educational books, newspaper articles, and thousands of photos, maps & flags. Data sets included: MAS Ultra—School Edition · Book Collection: Nonfiction (High School Edition) · Newspaper Source · Science Reference Center. Also included for teachers: Academic Search Premier · ERIC · Professional Development Collection. |
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| Test Preparation | ||
| Learning Express Library |
Over 300 online practice tests and test preparation ebooks for SAT, ACT, GRE, LSAT, Advanced Placement, civil service, military, real estate, law enforcement, citizenship, TOEFL, ESL, basic skills for elementary, middle, and high school, and much more. Materials available for all ages—elementary through adult—and each practice test provides instant scoring and customized feedback. Free registration with the Learning Express site is required to access the practice tests. |
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