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Research and Inquiry

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Saved by Katie Day
on November 25, 2008 at 9:16:15 am

Search Engines:

Primary School General Search Engine:

Searches general information websites, suitable for primary school students, including:

Wikijunior Books, Simple Wikipedia, the Internet Public Library Kidspace, Yahoo Kids Reference, and Encarta

Another good general search engine for kids is

Or try the regular

-- it clusters search results into meaningful subcategories that you can choose from.

School Databases:

(only available when on school computers)

Junior Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica

(only available when on school computers -- unless you get a username/password to use from Ms. Day)

Junior School Kids Page

Secondary School Library Collection

(only available when on school computers -- unless you get a username/password to use from Ms. Day)

SIRS Knowledge Source

[NB: this is intended for secondary school students,

so you may find it a bit difficult]

The National Library Board (NLB) of Singapore:

Search NLB online catalog (OPAC)
for books

NB: You must have an NLB library card to borrow books.

Go to the list of NLB digital library databases for children

NB: You now DO have to a member of the library to use these,

You also need to register to be a Digital Library user.

See Ms. Day for more information.

Try these databases:

A good general database for lower primary school students is

EBSCOHost Searchasaurus

Some good general databases for upper primary students is

EBSCHost Primary Search Premier

Grolier -- The New Book of Knowledge

Some good general databases for middle/secondary school students is

EBSCOHost Academic Search Premier

EBSCOHost MAS Ultra - Public Library Edition

ProQuest Research Library

(Upper primary and secondary school students, see also Research Tools for Older Students)

(Extended Essay students, see the EE UWCSEA wiki)

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