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FREE Research Databases
The library has subscriptions to many helpful online databases that are FREE for patrons of all ages. Try these databases to help in research projects.
Note: To use the databases from home, you must login with your library card first. Patrons working inside the library need not do this.
- CultureGrams Online lets you explore fun facts about countries and cultures worldwide.
- TumbleBooks.com is a fun resource filled with animated, talking picture books that help kids learn to read.
- NoveList covers published books, and is a great way to find new things to read.
- CollegeSource is a great resource when looking for a 2-year, 4-year, graduate, or other school.
There are many more that can be useful for school projects. Take a look at the databases page for more!
School Textbooks
The Brookfield Public Library has at least one copy each of all the current school textbooks from BrookPark, Congress Park, Lincoln, and S. E. Gross schools, for use in the library only. This can be a good thing to know some evening after supper when you realize you’ve forgotten your book at school! Copies can be made for 10� a page on our photocopier. Call the Youth Services Department for more details.
Our Favorite Homework Sites
We use these sites every year to help kids with major assignments. Let us know if there are any more we should add!
American Inventors & Innovators Student profiles of inventors and their inventions
AmericanPresident.org Click on "Presidency in History" for biographies of all the Presidents.
Catholic Saints and Angels Use the links on the left to find your favorite saints.
Discoverers Web Homepage Includes an alphabetical index of every explorer in history. Also try the Multnomah County Library Homework Center’s
Alphabetical List of Explorers.
Distinguished Women of Past and Present March is Women’s History Month!
The Encyclopaedia Britannica Guide to Black History Timeline, biographies, audio-video.
Encyclopedia Mythica Everything you need for your mythology report.
Theoi.com Our newest find for mythology reports. If Encyclopedia Mythica doesn’t have it, Theoi might.
Introduction to Biomes Scroll down for links to pages and photos for each biome.
Netstate.com and
50 States.com Two great sites for state reports.
Religions of the World A production of the BBC World Service.
Two good sites about America in the 1960’s: American Cultural History 1960-1969 (scroll down to find lots of good links) and The Psychadelic ‘60’s: Literary Tradition and Social Change (tons of good artwork)
World Flag Database Pictures and basic facts about the flags of all the nations of the world.
