Databases by Subject -- Children & Young Adult

The following databases are designed for Children & Young Adults. Use these article databases to find articles in scholarly journals, magazines, conferences, etc.

Kids InfoBits (Children K-5) (Full-Text)
Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in kindergarten through grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Junior Edition - K12 (Middle Schools Students) (Partial Full-Text)
This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Student Edition - K12 (High School Students) (Partial Full-Text)
This database is designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

International Children’s Digital Library (Children ages 3-13) (Full-Text)

A database with the goal of having more than 10,000 outstanding historical and contemporary children’s books from around the world available in at least 100 languages. These books allow children to appreciate diverse cultures, languages and ideas, as well as explore books from their own cultural heritage. An excellent resource for parents, teachers, librarians, international scholars, and researchers of children’s literature.

ALA Great Web Site for Kids http://www.ala.org/greatsites

An organized directory of sites selected by members of the American Library Association using rigorous evaluation guidelines to assure high quality content, authority and "strength of character."

Ask Jeeves For Kids http://www.ajkids.com/

At Ask Jeeves For Kids, answers have been examined for appropriateness. At Ask Jeeves For Kids, no site that is on the CyberPatrol block list is supposed to be listed.

Awesome Library http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

Over 14,000 sites have been classified into a directory, specifically organized for teachers, students and parents. Information can be found by browsing or searching.

Education World http://www.education-world.com/

Over 500,000 sites of interest to educators. Browsable or searchable, with the ability to narrow in by appropriate grade level. Launched in spring 1996.

Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/

Reference provider Information Please produces this site which provides facts and information oriented around the needs of children.

Family Source http://www.family-source.com/

This focused crawler-based service has indexed nearly 1 million kid-friendly URLs.

FirstGov for Kids http://www.kids.gov/

From the U.S. Federal Citizen Information Center, this directory provides links to government-related kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations, grouped by subject.

Kids Search Tools http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm

Search a variety of kid-safe search engines from a single page.

KidsClick! http://www.kidsclick.org/

Backed by librarians, KidsClick lists about 5,000 web sites in various categories.

SearchEdu.com http://www.searchedu.com/

Index of pages built by crawling education web sites.

Teach-nology.com http://www.teach-nology.com/

Directory of web sites for teachers and educators.

TekMom's Search Tools for Students http://www.tekmom.com/search/

All-in-one search page for kid search sites and research resources.

ThinkQuest Library http://www.thinkquest.org/library/

A free educational resource featuring 5,500+ websites created by students around the world as part of a competition.

Yahooligans http://www.yahooligans.com/

Yahoo for kids, designed for ages 7 to 12. Sites are hand-picked to be appropriate for children. Yahooligans is
the oldest major directory for children, launched in March 1996.