The Michigan Electronic Library
Mel.org
For
Michigan
residents
only!
Contains:
Articles from books, pictures, newspapers and
magazines.
Maps
Video and audio transcripts of TV and radio
shows.
http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/k6/do/search
Type in a word or question
You can limit your answer to books, magazines,
newspapers, maps, pictures, audio/video, and or
transcripts from TV and radio.
In the advanced search you can also put in
dates.
This is a good place to search for
current events!
Good elibrary question:
Should schools have uniforms?
Limit your answers to the first 50. This is
the first response, from a magazine:
School Uniforms: Awesome-or Awful?; Tarshis,
Lauren
Scholastic Scope 11-21-2011
MORE AND MORE SCHOOLS ARE TELLING
STUDENTS WHAT TO WEAR. BY LAUREN TARSHIS
Has a graphic interface,
You can move from a broad subject to a
narrower topic using the subject-based topic
tree.,
Content is from the best elementary reference
sources and magazines.
This database covers geography, current events,
the arts, science, health, people, government,
history, sports and more!
Kids INfoBits
You can click on the picture for Social Studies information. You
can also type in a search term:
Social Studies,
Us History,
Declaration of Independence, leads to this citation:
"The Declaration of Independence: From
Colonies to States." First Facts About U.S.
History. Online Edition. Blackbirch Press,
2003. Reproduced in Kids
InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2011. http://galenet.
galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits
Kids INfoBits is a good place to go for research
on school subjects.
Country Information!
Includes: the World Edition, States,
and Canadian Provinces
Downloadable slideshows and streaming videos,
Build-your-own sortable data tables and graphs,
Interviews with native children and adults,
printable maps and flags,
Sound files for the national anthems and country
names.
Great place to find pictures!
Narrow your search from the world, to a
continent, to a country.
You can also look for information by typing in a
search term.
To Sum Up:
• Mel.org gives Michigan residents access to
many databases.
• Elibrary elementary, Culturegrams, and Kids
Infobits are especially for elementary
school.(That’s YOU!)
• All three databases are full text
• You can find information in all of them by
typing a search term in a search box.
• Kids Infobits also has a subject tree. Find your
information by narrowing your subject.
• Kidsinfobit is good for current AND historical
events
• Elibrary is good for current events
• Culturegrams is for country information only