Search Tools

• Awesome Library
• CyberSleuth Kids
• Infotopia – for students of all ages.  Searches find only sites recommended by teachers, librarians, and educational and library consortia.
• KidsClick
• KidRex
• KidTopia – InfoTopia for younger students.
• Quintura for Kids

• CIA World Factbook
• Factmonster
• Information Please Almanac

• Atlapedia
• Merriam-Webster’s Atlas
• National Geographic Xpedition Atlas

• The Bible Gateway
• Bible Memory for Children

• American Heritage Dictionary
• Word Central (dictionary)

• Poetry
• Spelling City

• Math Practice (Lemonade Stand, A+ Math, Mathemagician, and others)

• Copyright-friendly music and sound – each site listed has its own guidelines, so read carefully!
• Creative Commons Image Search
• Legal music – a list of legal music download sites, promoted by MusicUnited.
• Pics4Learning – copyright-friendly images especially for teachers and students
• Sharing-friendly resources for film making – more music, pictures, and fonts

• Copyright Kids
• Plagiarism Webquest
• Research Helper

• Animal Diversity Web
• PeriodicTable.com
• Science With Me

Some of our research tools are subscription based or available through the Michigan eLibrary.  They will only work at school.  If you aren’t at school, you can use them via the links below with your KDL library card, your GRPL library card.

• Biography in Context – use your library card number from KDL or GRPL
• Kid InfoBits – use your library card number from KDL or GRPL
• SIRS Discoverer – use your library card number from KDL or GRPL

Ada Christian School Librarian, Sara Reinders, Posted this on her website: