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American FactFinder
(Web)
Contains demographic/census data for zipcodes, cities, states, and other geographic entities.
Audience:
Middle School & Above
CultureGrams
(ProQuest)
Contains state and country profiles, photographs, biographical articles, and recipes from around the world.
Audience:
Elementary School & Above
Encyclopedia Americana
(Grolier)
Contains encyclopedia articles on a broad range of topics.
Audience:
Elementary School & Above
Encyclopedia of Animals
(Ebsco)
Contains encyclopedia articles on animals.
Audience:
Elementary School & Above
Grolier Kids Online
(Grolier)
Allows you to search seven databases simultaneously: The New Book of Knowledge, Multimedia Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Americana, Amazing Animals of the World, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples and the New Book of Popular Science.
Audience:
Elementary School & Above
History Resource Center: US
(Gale)
Contains maps, timelines, primary documents, and reference and journal articles on American history topics.
Audience:
Elementary School & Above
InfoTrac OneFile
(Gale)
Contains reference, journal, and newspaper articles on a broad range of topics. Highly recommended resource for beginning any research - academic, professional, recreational, or consumer driven.
Audience:
Middle School & Above
Kentucky Encyclopedia
(University of Kentucky Press)
Contains encyclopedia articles on a broad range of Kentucky topics: places, people, events, and more.
Audience:
Elementary School & Above
Lands and Peoples Online
(Grolier)
Contains maps, flags, and reference articles about the land, people, economy, and history of countries around the world.
Audience:
Elementary School & Above
Learning Express Library.com
(LearningExpressLibrary.com)
Contains practice exams for academic and career tests (SAT, ACT, GED, ASVAB, GRE, MCAT, LSAT, Postal Exam, etc.)
Audience:
Middle School & Above
MasterFILE Premier
(Ebsco)
Contains reference, journal and newspaper articles on a broad range of topics.
Audience:
Middle School & Above
Middle Search Plus
(Ebsco)
Contains articles from middle school magazines on a broad range of topics and the text of important historical US documents.
Audience:
Middle School & Above
Multimedia Encyclopedia
(Grolier)
Contains encyclopedia articles on a broad range of topics.
Audience:
Elementary School & Above
New Book of Knowledge
(Grolier)
Contains encyclopedia articles on a broad range of topics, world history timelines, science experiments, and more.
Audience:
Elementary School & Above
New Book of Popular Science
(Grolier)
Contains encyclopedia articles on science topics, biographies of scientists, suggested science projects, science news, and sky maps.
Audience:
Elementary School & Above
Primary Search
(Ebsco)
Contains articles from elementary school reference books and magazines on a broad range of topics and the text of important historical US documents.
Audience:
Elementary School & Above
Searchasaurus
(Ebsco)
Contains reference, magazine, journal and newspaper articles on a broad range of topics.
Audience:
Elementary School & Above
TOPICSearch
(Ebsco)
Contains newspaper and magazine articles on current events and popular issues.
Audience:
Middle School & Above
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