Recommended Links for Homework
Online Databases - High Quality!
Any of our sponsored online databases below in the highlighted blue section can be used for school projects as each article you find was originally a PRINT RESOURCE, i.e. magazines, newspapers, journals, reference books, etc. The original print citation is given for each article.
The support of the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Tourism and Culture
is gratefully acknowledged.
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In 1968 Bernhard Grzimek, the famous zoologist and Director of the Frankfurt Zoo, published the Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Gale updated the print set in 2004, including new articles and commissioning additional images. Grzimek's Animal Life on the web provides students and researchers with a dynamic, interactive resource that fosters more discussion and critical thinking skills. This product uses the content from the encyclopedia to provide unequaled coverage on more than 4,000 species, and includes more than 11,000 images, videos, illustrations, and maps.
Geared towards Kindergarten to Grade 5 level. 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.
Login: sopl58 ; Password: school PebbleGo is an award winning pre-K to grade 3 database for reading and research. Your PebbleGo database includes built-in reading and research tools for emerging readers. Leveled text, educational games, and multimedia help teach concepts to your youngest researchers.
Login: brockvillepl ; Password: libra The TumbleBookLibrary is a collection of animated, talking picture books. TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books which we have licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format. There are also games, puzzles and more!
User name: brockvillepl ; Password: login TumbleReadables is an online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Sentences are highlighted as they are being read and the pages turn automatically. |
Grzimek's Animal Life 
Junior Edition
TumbleBook Library 
Elf Child Safe Browser
Elf Child-Safe Browser which provides 100% safe Internet use for your child, conveniently in your home.
The Elf browser allows your children to safely explore carefully chosen, highly engaging free-use educational resources on the Internet. Your children can work on their own and you can feel comfortable knowing that they are visiting ONLY sites that are wholesome, educational, and fun.
This is ALWAYS accomplished because Elf checks every piece of content before it is displayed to ensure that the material is coming from a site that has been specifically approved them.
Elf maintains these high quality links in the areas of math, science, geography, reading, music, arts, writing and reference. Children have a chance to vote for their favourite sites within the Elf browser and these “Top Links” are listed on the main page. In addition to the educational content, there is a fun/riddle area filled with safe activities for all ages of children.
For more information about this new service, please contact us 613-342-3936. In order to obtain a copy of Elf, please email us at info@brockvillelibrary.ca. We will need your first and last name, library card # and your email address. We will then send you the file to install Elf browser on your computer as well as supporting documentation.
Supporting Documentation
If you do not have an email address or do not wish to provide us with it, you can download ELF from our Early Children's Literacy station using your own thumb drive. If you do not have the Internet at home at all, we provide free access in the children’s area of our library.
These search engines have been designed specifically with kids in mind. With lots of graphics, these "kid friendly" search engines will provide an excellent start for homework resources.
Here you will find encyclopedia resources, almanacs, world records, and general fact sites.
Access to english and other language dictionaries, interactive word games, and grammar style guides.
Find out about notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
These links are geared for students and teachers of Canadian studies, and anyone else interested in Canada's past.
All the sciences, from Astronomy to Zoology, can be found in this collection of web sites.
These sites offer exercises for grammar, verbs, vocabulary and pronunciation, practice quizzes, games, as well as dictionaries.
Learn about the treasures, lifestyles and beliefs of many ancient civilizations.
Improve your math skills with this collection of interactive games, puzzles, flashcards and worksheets.
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