Magazines Online: Databases for Youth
Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in grades K5 featuring a kid-friendly, easy to navigate graphic interface. The most popular search
method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based
topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text 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.
Full-text periodical titles include:
Appleseeds
Boy’s Quest
Calliope
Cobblestone
Dig
Environman
Fun for Kidz
Geography Connections
Get Smart about Drugs
Highlights for Children
Humpty Dumpty’s Magazine
Jack & Jill
Ranger Rick
Science Matters
Skipping Stones
Staying Healthy
Using Maps series
Full-text reference titles include:
Blackbirch Kid's series
Eye Openers series
First Facts series
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedias
Merriam Webster's Elementary Dictionary
Tribes of Native America series
Wild Wild World series
Junior Edition
Now with over 330 titles, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high
and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines,
newspapers, reference books, podcasts and more for information on current events, the
arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Currently it searches over 1,435,000 articles.
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Full-text periodical titles include:
American Heritage
Biography
Boys’ Life
Faces: People, Places, and Cultures
Football Digest
Footsteps
Girls’ Life
Hopscotch
Kids Discover
Junior Scholastic
National Geographic Kids
Science News for Kids
Stone Soup
USA Today
Full-text reference titles include:
Blackbirch Maps
Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary
The Reader's Companion to American History
The World Almanac and Book of Facts
Student Edition
Now with over 1100 titles, this periodical database is designed for high-school students
with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and
reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture,
health, people, government, history, sports and more. Currently it searches over 10
million articles.
Full-text periodical titles include:
Astronomy
Audubon
Baseball Digest
Career World
Computerworld
Consumer Reports
Get Money for College
Journal of the Southwest
Knight Ridder/Tribune
Life
Macworld
National Geographic (Spanish edition as well)
Parenting
Poetry
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Scholastic Art
Smithsonian
Teen Magazine
US Newswire
Full-text reference titles include:
Asimov's Chronology of Science & Discovery
Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature
Columbia Encyclopedia
Constitution of the United States
Great Thinkers of the Western World
Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary
Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Quotations
Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Other databases for students
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Computer Database: News and reviews of hardware, software, electronics,
communications and the application of technology
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Informe: Created just for Spanish-speaking users; searches Spanish language
periodicals
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General Reference Center Gold: General interest periodicals on current events,
popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, etc.
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General Science: Popular and scholarly periodicals on all science and technology
fields
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Gale Virtual Reference Library: Encyclopedias and specialized reference sources
for multidisciplinary research.
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Pop Culture: Periodicals on popular culture, including sports, the arts, film, women’s
interests, and more
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US History: Journals, mostly scholarly, on state and national history
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Vocation, Careers & Technical Education: Industry and popular magazines on a
wide range of professions, plus periodicals on job seeking and career development
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World History: Mostly scholarly journals on world history and cultures
Beth Crist, Outreach & Community Services Coordinator
New Mexico State Library
800-340-3890
Magazines Online is funded in part with a grant from the Institute of
Museum and Library Services which administers the Library
Services and Technology Act.
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