Accessing Databases from Home

Students at Enatai are learning to be responsible digital citizens. They are also learning that information can be viewed in a variety of formats-- audio, video, print, and online.

Our school district subscribes to a number of online databases to support student learning. Students use many of these databases in their classrooms and in the library.  These databases are also accessible from home through the library catalog, or directly through the library blog. If you did not a receive a bookmark with the password information that was handed out on Back to School Night, feel free to contact the librarian. (Due to license agreements, password information cannot be shared on our blog.)

Just what are these databases all about?

• Choose from 4 databases:  Animals, Earth and Science, Social Studies, or Biographies
• Includes a read-aloud feature, photographs, videos, and games
• Designed for beginning researchers, especially in grades K-3

 

 

• Includes 25,000 encyclopedia articles & numerous reference articles
• Other features include: Today in History, online dictionary, videos, audio, and science projects
• Students looking for more detailed information at a higher reading level should try World Book Student (accessible by clicking on "Switch to another World Book Site" on the bottom of the World Book Kids page)

• Read e-books on your computer or iPad
• Includes a growing collection of Sasquatch Award nominees, non-fiction, picture books, chapter books, and books that enhance the curriculum
• (Note: If there is a title you would like to have available in e-book format, please send a request to the librarian.)

• Animated talking picture books in English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, and French
• Includes some non-fiction titles
• Bonus: puzzles, quizzes, games, and book report forms
• Narrate and record your own books

CultureGrams

• Includes 187 reports on cultures of countries at a simple reading level
• Also includes facts about all 50 states
• Includes timelines, photos, recipes, interviews, fun facts and more

 

• Designed for students in grades 1-9
• Includes full-text articles and images from more than 1,900 domestic and international newspapers, magazines, and government documents
• Provides access to vetted weblinks, current events, maps of the world, biographies, and encyclopedia articles