Allen W. Roberts Elementary School
Library/Media Resource Center
Mrs. Brandee Conover
Library Media Specialist
908-464-4707 ext. 7171
ONLINE CATALOGS:
Click 'Preferences' to select the school database you wish to search. For evaluated websites from 'Web Feet', search the entire database.
Public library catalog and databases.
RESEARCH ENCYCLOPEDIAS:
New Book of Knowledge
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Americana
New Book Of Popular Science
Lands and Peoples
America the Beautiful
Amazing Animals of the World
For Educators: Teacher Resources
An online environment for creativity and wonder in learning. World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia, terrific for younger readers, English-language learners, and reluctant readers.
Student Edition
(for elementary students and up). Britannica Learning Zone Pre K-2 interactive atlas, online art activities, interactive games, audio and videos, vocabulary builders for geography, numbers, time, sounds, and much more.
GEOGRAPHY DATABASES - COUNTRY INFORMATION:
Explore the countries of the world and global events. Included in the CountryWatch Youth Edition is a combination of background information on specific countries, current events coverage, flags, maps and colorful international images.
Country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture. In-depth reports covering 200+ countries, the United States, and Canada.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FINDERS:
Novation
Educational search tool for K-12 schools, brings digital resources into the classroom in a safe, relevant and engaging way, making it faster and easier to provide a more personalized and productive learning experience for every student.
Search by subject for links to over 400,000 web sites on school subjects that have been chosen by teachers and librarians.
PERIODICAL ARTICLES (and other online research databases):
Periodicals
Searchasaurus
Kids Search
Novelist K-8
Biography Collection Complete
More than 2,000 full-text and multimedia sources including newspapers, magazines, books, maps, pictures, audio/visual, and transcripts.
