Educational Resources

California K-12 Digital Resources:

Online content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gale, ProQuest research databases, and Book Connections are available — at school, at home, in libraries, on laptops, on phones — to all.

These digital resources are provided for all California students from the California State Library.

Encyclopaedia Britannica (PreK-12)

A comprehensive interactive resource for research and learning for grades K-12. Includes correlations to California Content Standards and other valuable teacher resources. Post links directly to each school level, elementary, middle or high.

Britannica School Elementary

Britannica School Middle

Britannica School High

Britannica Escolar

Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.

Gale Interactive: Science

Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.

Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.

ProQuest Databases (Grades 3-12)

CultureGrams

Concise social, cultural, and political information on countries, U.S. states, and provinces around the world. (Grades 3-12)

SIRS Discoverer

A general reference database providing safe, reliable, curriculum-aligned content and features for use by students and educators. (Grades 3-9)

SIRS Issues Researcher

Pros and cons on 360+ (and growing) complex social issues with relevant, credible information that tells the whole story on the major questions of the day.  (Grades 6+)

eLibrary

Guided Research edition delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content including more than 11,000 Research Topics (Grades 6+)

eLibrary

Database Edition General reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers. (Grades 6+)

Schools & Educators Complete

eBook subscription database of over 13,000 titles that supports English Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Studies, Health, Physical Education, Information Literacy and Technology. (Grades 9+, possibly some content for Middle School, also includes professional development content for faculty)