• Research Tools!

  • These databases have been purchased by Albemarle County for use by its students and require an ID and Password when used at home.



    You may ask your child or call Ms. Payne to get the password to have access to the resources

FEATURED TITLES

  • Blackbirch KidBlackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the United States
    An alphabetical presentation of brief statistics, maps and pictorial information about each of the fifty United States, as well as U.S. territories and possessions. Coverage includes geography, state history, population, ethnic groups, natural resources, famous natives, and vital statistics. For students in elementary schools.
  • Blackbirch KidBlackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World
    An alphabetical presentation of brief statistics, maps and pictorial information about every country in the world. Coverage includes geography, industry, population, ethnic groups, climate, religion, education and daily life. Includes a special section of political, topographical, and thematic world maps. For students in elementary schools.
  • Business Leader Profiles for StudentsBusiness Leader Profiles for Students
    Profiles of significant contributors to business and industry, past and present, written especially for high school students.
  • Checks and Balances: The Three Branches of the American GovernmentChecks and Balances: The Three Branches of the American Government
    Presents easy to understand information about the inner workings of the federal government. Includes historical overviews and examinations of the day-to-day operations of each branch, as well as Constitutional duties and obligations of each branch, specifics related to eligibility, elections and appointments of key positions, changes since 1776, the future of each branch, and other topics. For student and general audiences.
  • Constitutional Amendments: From Freedom of Speech to Flag BurningConstitutional Amendments: From Freedom of Speech to Flag Burning From Freedom of Speech to Flag Burning
    Provides the history and social context of the amendment process, covering each of the 27 amendments. Significant issues, events, figures, movements and judicial/legislative actions in the history of each amendment are also covered chronologically.
  • Contemporary FashionContemporary Fashion
    Provides biographical and critical coverage of primarily U.S. designers, milliners, footwear designers, fashion companies and textile houses. Entries include a biographical summary; primary and secondary bibliography that includes articles and exhibition catalogs; and a signed, critical essay written by an expert in the field as well as photographs.
  • Contemporary PoetsContemporary Poets
    Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of poets from around the world, written by subject experts.

    Electronic Resources

  • Kids InfoBits
  • Culture Grams
    A database of many of the countries of the world
  • Student Resource Center Junior

    • Encyclopedias

  • World Book Encyclopedia
  • Britannica Online Encyclopedias
  • Annals of American History
  • Grolier

    • Magazine Articles

  • EBSCOHost

    • Dictionaries

  • Merriam Webster
  • VisuWords

    • Video Databases

  • United Streaming
    See Ms. Payne for this one.
  • Brain Pop

    • Database Access with your Library Card

  • Find It Virginia
  • eLibrary