Kids InfoBits

Kids InfoBits is the perfect educational product for today's young learners. It's a content-rich, authoritative, easy-to-use resource featuring age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related content covering a broad range of educational topics. It features a new, modern, graphical interface and improved navigation based on feedback from both our existing customers and student users. The design helps kids explore the product and gain comfort with database searching.
  • Visit http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/wat29713?db=ITKE
  • You will need a password - bulldogs - to enter site.
  • This resource contains -
    • A drilldown subject topic tree for users who need helping identifying a particular topic.
    • A simple and visually appealing graphic interface on the GaleNet platform.
    • Full-text proprietary reference content from Blackbirch Press that supports the K-5 curriculum.
    • Over 3,000 searchable, indexed images.

Gale Student Resource Center

​Gale Student Resource Center – This is where you will be able to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles online.

  • Visit http://bit.ly/whsgale
  • You will need a password – bulldogs – to enter the site
  • This resource contains –
    • 79,000 reference articles from acclaimed publications like American Decades
    • 15 million periodical and newspaper articles from the New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, and many others
    • 4,200 primary sources
    • 100,000 multimedia records, including charts, graphs, maps and tables
    • Video and audio content from NBC, NPR and many other respected sources
    • You have the option to print, email, download, bookmark, download an audio version of the article, and more!
  • Note: It is best to email or download articles as PDF files

Internet Public Library

Internet Public Library – Thousands of students and volunteer library and information science professionals have been involved in answering reference questions for our Ask an ipl2 Librarian service and in designing, building, creating and maintaining the ipl2's collections.

  • Visit www.ipl.org
  • You can find newspaper articles, reference resources , and more here
  • After 20 years of service, ipl2 is now closed permanently. You may continue using the ipl2 website. However, the site will no longer be updated, and no other services will be available.

Resources for Finding Free Images

www.google.com
Settings > Advanced Search
Under usage rights, select free to use
Search for photos

​www.flicker.com/commons
Go down to Search the Commons underneath the welcome information

www.pixabay.com
Search at the top
Do NOT use the first row of images (these are sponsored and not free)
If needing a larger image size, create a free account

www.photosforclass.com
Search at the top

www.morguefile.com
Search at the top

https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/
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WCUSD5 Libraries