Burns Park Elementary School: research links

Burns Park School Media Center online electronic catalog.

Articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books. Covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, states (click on Geography), history, sports, and more. Enter keywords or click on pictured subject category. For Grades K-6. Username and Password available from Miss Erdstein in the Media Center.

A database of more than 5,000 records of interest to kids. The contents of the database have been selected, annotated, and categorized by a team of librarians.

KidRex is a fun and safe search for kids, by kids! It is powered by Google Custom Search™ and use Google SafeSearch™ technology.

A search engine designed exclusively for young people ages 6 to 12. It's a free, safe, fun way for kids and their parents to quickly and easily research school topics like science, math, geography, language arts, and history in a search environment that's safer and more age-appropriate than traditional, adult search engines.

Very popular. All sites are carefully checked to ensure that they are appropriate for kids ages 7-12.

Access the Ann Arbor District Library's home page.

More than 700 "amazing, spectacular, mysterious, colorful websites for kids and the adults who care about them" selected by the American Library Association.

Includes sections on homework help, reference resources, search engines, and fun sites

Download eductional movies from United Streaming. Paid for by the Washtenaw Intermediate School District. Username and Password available from Miss Erdstein in the Media Center.

Discover what it's like to be a kid in other countries and states with reports on daily life and culture, including holidays, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people in 68 countries, and all 50 U.S. states and District of Columbia. Username and Password available from Miss Erdstein in the Media Center.

Homework is a breeze when you have the best articles from more than 1,600 magazines, newspapers, and books--plus thousands of completely kid-friendly websites for learning. Username and Password available from Miss Erdstein in the Media Center.

Study any topic with a big set of more than 130 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, websites, and audio/video files--selected for kids.Username and password available from Miss Erdstein in the Media Center.

TeachingBooks.net provides original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators and a wealth of multimedia resources on K-12 books that generate enthusiasm for books and reading.

This is a student-friendly search engine with over 180,000 educator-selected online resources. To access it, you must first login to Michigan LearnPort. Then, click on the "links" tab. Then, click on the Nettrekker icon. Clicking on the "Elementary" tab is highly recommended.

An image search service with more than 3,000,000,000 pictures.