Student Resources
Explore these online resources for free with your DBRL library card.
Black Freedom Struggle in the U.S.
VISIT THIS RESOURCE. Discover primary source documents including historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more related to critical people and events in African American history.
Book Collection: Nonfiction – Elementary Edition
LOG IN TO THIS RESOURCE. Search the full text of more than 1,300 popular nonfiction books for elementary school students on subjects like animals, weather, holidays, sports, Native Americans and more.
Book Collection: Nonfiction – High School Edition
LOG IN TO THIS RESOURCE. Search the full text of more than 2,450 popular nonfiction books for high school students on subjects like careers, health, life skills, ethnicity, sports, technology, history, science and more.
Book Collection: Nonfiction – Middle School Edition
LOG IN TO THIS RESOURCE. Search the full text of more than 3,100 popular nonfiction books for middle school students on subjects like health, life skills, ethnicity, sports, adventure, technology, history, science and more.
Brainfuse HelpNow
LOG IN TO THIS RESOURCE. Provides live, online tutoring for elementary through college students in a variety of subjects, including writing and test prep.
Access to this resource ends December 31, 2024.
CultureGrams Online
LOG IN TO THIS RESOURCE. CultureGrams Online offers World, Kids, Canadian Provinces and U.S. States editions in which you’ll find maps, statistics, photos, famous people and recipe collections. Plus, you can create customizable data tables to help put dozens of facts into perspective.
Explora
LOG IN TO THIS RESOURCE. Find articles and facts for research papers, class projects, or homework from the world’s leading magazines and reference books.
Lerner Maker Lab
EXPLORE THIS RESOURCE. Lerner Maker Lab offers a variety of crafts, recipes and other kid-friendly projects for hands-on fun.
MAS Ultra – School Edition
LOG IN TO THIS RESOURCE. Designed for high school students, this database contains full-text articles, biographies, primary source documents, reference books and images on topics ranging from science, history and literature to political science and more.
Read It!
LOG IN TO THIS RESOURCE. Designed for middle and high school students and English Language Learners that need background knowledge in a variety of subjects. Topics covered include: history, civics & culture, life skills, literature and science. Each article is short and includes photos, diagrams and maps. A “Listen” feature highlights words as they are read. A “Translate” feature offers translation into 34 different languages.
SIRS Researcher
LOG IN TO THIS RESOURCE. General reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.
World Book Early Learning
LOG IN TO THIS RESOURCE. Through narrated stories with word-by-word highlighting, interactive games and reference material, young learners can build vocabulary, comprehension, phonics and reading fluency. (Formerly Early World of Learning)