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Van Buren District Library
is your Back to School Toolkit!

VBDL is a gateway to online databases
that can supplement your children’s education at any age!

Check out KIDS.MEL.org and  TEENs.MEL.org!

A sample of what awaits:

Pre K – 2^nd grade:

Britannica School Learning Zone: An activity-centered learning site to explore, play, read, and build technology skills. Letters, numbers, geography, shape and more!

Pre K – 5^th grade:

Scholastic Book Fix: An fun and interactive experience for beginning readers. Explore fiction and non-fiction works that are designed to increase understanding and fluency.

Early World of Learning: Follow Trek and Taffy the cat around the world learning about colors, numbers and other fun things. Strengthen reading foundations with stories, activities and videos.

Kids InfoBits: Especially for beginning researchers. Geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history sports, and more.

Grades 3-4:

Britannica School: Find information on countries, animals and people in articles, media and a world atlas. Watch and learn!

Grades 5 – 7:

Britannica School: Homework help and discover learning. Explore maps, photos, articles, famous people and places, compare countries and tour the USA!

Grades K – 8:

eBook K-8 Collection: Fiction and nonfiction books you can read online – for school or fun!

NoveList K-8 Plus: Find just the right book by subject, age, awards won, Lexile Reading levels, state standards, books made into movies and more!

High School:

Britannica School: Primary sources for quick facts and in-depth information on history, geography, people, places, science and more.

InfoTrac Student Edition: Updated daily. Access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts and reference books. Current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Heading to College?
Check out MelCollegeBound!

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