Youth Online Resources
Bookflix
Thematically paired fiction and nonfiction titles are designed to bridge learning-to-read and reading-to-learn. Animated classic storybooks introduce early learners to the delights of reading while sparking curiosity, creating a natural springboard into the paired nonfiction text for deeper discovery.
Bright by Text
Bright by Text is a program that provides information on child development and local resources to parents and caregivers of children prenatal to age 8. Available in English and Spanish, Bright by Text sends text messages right to your cell phone. Text FAMILYPLACE to 274448 to sign up.
Britannica Learning Zone
Britannica Learning Zone provides teachers and administrators with tools for customizing lessons and generating student reports.
Encyclopedia Britannica School
Multimedia, reading-level appropriate nonfiction content for K12 students and educators. Content includes encyclopedia articles, images, multimedia elements, eBooks, novels and essays, a translation tool for 50+ languages and read-aloud functionality. Includes lexile ranges and is aligned with MDE Academic Standards across a variety of subjects.
Explora for Middle School
Designed to meet the unique needs of its users, Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.
Explora for Primary Students
Designed to meet the unique needs of its users, Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.
Gale Databases
Complete listing of over 60 Gale Research databases, including Biography, Science, U.S. History, and World History in Context.
Hoopla
Borrow eBooks, eAudiobooks, music, movies, and TV shows with no waiting! Titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later.
Middle School Reference Search Plus
Middle school magazines and reference books including thousands of biographies, primary source documents, over a million photos, maps and flags. Subjects covered include history, current events, science, sports and biographies.
NoveList K-8 Plus
Recommendations for children’s fiction and nonfiction. This resources offers extensive reader’s advisory services including read-alike titles, series, and authors as well as professional reviews, reader reviews, articles, lists, genre overviews, discussion guides and more. Books are also tagged with appeal factors.
Overdrive Kids
Download children’s ebooks & audiobooks to your computer or mobile device. The books return automatically and there are no overdue fines!
Primary School Reference Search
Children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedia entries, and an image collection designed for elementary school libraries.
TumbleBooks
An online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach the joy of reading in a format children will love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which children can read, or have read to them.
World Book Early World of Learning
Content for emergent readers in preschool, Kindergarten and early elementary ages. Helps young learners build vocabulary, comprehension, phonics and reading fluency. Read-aloud narration of classic stories, nursery rhymes, interactive games and original videos.
World Book Kids
World Book for older elementary school aged children. World Book’s mission continues to focus on developing a collaborative digital learning platform that is backed by editorial excellence, invaluable resources, and effective tools that support personalized teaching and learning—serving over 100 million students across 65+ countries.
eBooks K-8 Collection
The eBook K-8 Collection contains titles chosen to support a quality learning experience for K-8 students for subject areas taught in elementary and middle schools. Content aligns with Common Core Curriculum Standards. The collection also features a selection of teacher resources to support educators and administrators.