Homework Help

The following pages and resources might be helpful for kids in elementary and middle school. Access to some resources requires a Washington County Library card.

CultureGrams
Learn about the history, customs, and everyday life of countries around the world. Three editions: World Edition features concise, reliable, and up-to-date reports on 190 countries; Kids Edition features a colorful collection of 68 country reports perfect for school projects and homework assignments; States Edition offers kid-friendly reports on all 50 states. Switch between editions with a simple click.

Kids InfoBits
For students in kindergarten through grade five. Includes more than 100 full-text, age-appropriate magazines, more than 6,400 searchable, indexed images, Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary and 1,200 maps, flags and seals and over 1,700 colorful charts and graphs. Subject categories include animals, arts and entertainment, geography, health, history and social studies, inventions and technology, plants, people, science and math, sports, stories and literature, and transportation.

World Book Online for Kids
Developed especially for young public library patrons. Offers easy-to-read articles and a wealth of engaging multimedia, games, science projects, interactive tools, and activities.

Junior Reference Collection
Provides middle school and high school students access to biographies; information on authors and their works; data on science and scientists; information on states, nations and provinces; resources for the study of African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native North Americans and Asian Americans; information on foods and recipes of the world; and more.

Student Resource Center Gold
Aimed at middle school and high school students. Including content based on national curriculum standards in major subject areas such as history, literature, science and social studies.

Multnomah County Library’s Homework Center Page
A great collection of resources.

Oregon Libraries Network: L-Net
Chat online or email with a reference librarian, 24 hours a day.

Oregon School Library Information System (OSLIS)
Research guides and links to many resources.

ALA/ALSC Great Websites for Kids
This rich site is full of resources for both fun and study, and is broken down into categories, such as Sciences, History & Biography, Mathematics & Computers, and Social Sciences. Individual links indicate appropriateness for grade levels from pre-K through parents and teachers. Created by the American Library Association's Association for Library Science to Children.