We encourage our students to use the Connecticut Digital Library and our subscription database Grolier Online as a first step when searching for information online as reliable and objective information can sometimes be difficult to find on the Internet. Search results on Grolier Online provide a list of links to web sites that have been evaluated and contain information on the search topic. If a search of the internet is still necessary see below for a list of "Kid-Friendly" seardh engines that students may wish to use.

Subscription Databases

http://go-middle.grolier.com/

Grolier Online Encyclopedia Access to an award winning reference resource containing seven different encyclopedia (in varied reading levels), Ebsco periodical database and web links through one search. Accessible from home with a user name and password available in the media center.

Connecticut Digital Library.

http://www.iconn.org

This is the link to the main screen which searchs all of the available resources simultaneously. Use from home requires a public library card number

INFOTRAC Junior. This is a direct link to the InfoTrac Jr. database. Contains Articles and curriculum-related materials selected especially for grades 6-8. such as the Columbia Encyclopedia, magazine and newspaper articles. Accessible from home with a public library card number.

Internet Search Engines

Please note: when students search the Internet in school, an Internet filter is used. The same filters will not be in effect when children use these links at home.
Yahooligans

http://www.yahooligans.com

One Key (Google for Kids)

http://www.onekey.com

Ask Jeeves

http://www.ajkids.com/

Kids Click

http://www.kidsclick.org/

CyberSleuth Kids

http://cybersleuth-kids.com/

Family Friendly Search

http://familyfriendlysearch.com/

Metasearch engines (searches multiple search engines)

Ithaki 4 kids

http://www.ithaki.net/kids/

Lycos Zone

http://www.lycoszone.com/

Webcrawler

http://web.webcrawler.com/d/search/p/webcrawler/

Newspapers

Connecticut Digital Library Newspaper Collection Contains full-text coverage of the Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Hartford Courant, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.
www.il.proquest.com/pqdauto use this link when accessing from school.

http://iconn.org/cgi-bin/auth2/auth_direct_login.pl?db=iCONNnews use this link when accessing from home

The Hartford Courant Historical full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating back to the 18th century. As part of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers program, every issue of each title includes the complete paper-cover-to-cover-with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.

The Register Citizen Local News
http://www.registercitizen.com

The Republican American
http://www.rep-am.com

Links for Biographical Information

Gale Biography Resource Center

The Biography Channel A great source of information about famous people free on the Web.
http://www.biography.com

Women of the Century Take a look at these biographies of some phenomental women.
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/womenofthecentury/phenomenalwomen/index.html

Lugares en español para niños

http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ALSC/Great_Web_Sites_for_Kids/Great_Web_Sites__Lugares_en_Español_para_Niños.htm