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Explore the World’s Cultures and Creatures with National Geographic | Digital...
National Geographic: People, Animals, and the World goo.gl/a4M5b Grade Level: Grades 6 and up “National Geographic: People, Animals, and the World” is part of the National Geographic Virtual Library....
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An Endearing Creature, A Forbidding Environ | Touch and Go
Spring may have finally arrived here in the Northeast, but penguins are never out of season with kids. The latest entry in Nosy Crow’s “Rounds” series is a blend of fact and fiction offering...
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Things That Vroom | Touch and Go
From Max Holecheck’s Edsel McFarlan’s New Car to Byron Barton’s Boats, we’ve reviewed a number of apps featuring vehicles and transport in our column. But as long as there are kids fascinated with the...
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Rourke eRead and Report: Fiction and Nonfiction ebooks for K-12, with...
Rourke eRead and Report www.rourkeeducationalmedia.com Rourke’s “eRead and Report” database provides one-stop shopping for schools and libraries seeking informational ebooks. Each title is not only...
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Art and Artifice: Museum Adventures on the iPad | Touch and Go
From the Louvre to the Hermitage, most major museums have produced apps highlighting important items in their collections. Some institutions have also created reference tools, such as the Tate Modern...
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Dust Off Your Headphones: It’s ‘Beethoven’s 9th’ for the iPad | Touch and Go
Touch Press has followed their rich and satisfying Orchestra app, which showcased individual instruments, musicians, and the London Philharmonia’s conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, with this tribute to...
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A Fiske College Sampler | Touch and Go
For the college bound, the “Fiske College Guides” have always been go-to resources. Along with information on hundreds of academic institutions, the books offer to-do lists for a successful college...
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SLJ Reviews Rosen’s database ‘Digital Literacy’
If ever there was an ideal product for the 21st-century student, this is it. Rosen’s new database, Digital Literacy, is the Ellis Island for today’s middle and high school students and their teachers....
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A Summer App Recap | Touch and Go
For those of you who have been sitting under a shade tree or on a beach these past two months—and we hope that’s most of you—we’re offering a recap of app reviews published over the summer. The list...
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SLJ Reviews Air & Space Smithsonian Magazine Archive Database
Combining an industry and educational standard in the field of aerospace with a recognized leader in the world of science and arts, the Air & Space and Smithsonian Magazine Archive Database is...
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BiblioBoard Review | Online Reference | October 2013
BiblioLabs’s interesting new hybrid offers thousands of public domain ebooks as well as images and other primary sources, and, unusually, a way for users to save locally created materials for patrons...
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How to Start through Creating Citations: ProQuest Research Companion | Online...
For many students new to the game of research papers, the task can appear overly daunting. And with ever shrinking budgets and increasing class sizes, teachers and instruction librarians find...
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Lessons from Aesop | Touch and Go
It’s been my experience that second and third graders most appreciate listening to and reading fables. They can laugh at the foibles of some characters, admire the cleverness of others, and the...
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Science Made Simple: A Review of the Today’s Science Database | Reference...
With every link and article, with every illustration and helpful tip, it is clear that Infobase had one thing in mind in revamping Today’s Science: student success. This database is attractive in...
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A Look Back and a Look Forward | Reference Online |October 2014
These recent online databases, from Rosen and World Book, take on science and history, respectively. While Rosen’s Core Concepts: Chemistry is just the thing for budding young scientists, World Book’s...
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Reaching a Range of Users, from the Youngest to the Oldest | Reference Online
This month, we highlight databases for both the oldest and the youngest patrons. Sparticl’s in-depth, well-designed, and free resource brings together the best science material on the Web. With World...
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The Ebook Dilemma: Thoughts on Selecting the Right Ebook Model | Tech Tidbits
My husband and I are both high school teacher librarians but in different districts. This is mostly awesome as we share ideas, innovations, and solutions. But sometimes there is also a bit of envy...
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Scienceflix: An In-Depth Exploration to Tempt Budding Scientists | Reference...
Billed as “Science for the Next Generation,” Scholastic’s ScienceFlix is a highly engaging digital resource that offers students an in-depth examination of more than 30 subject areas. Eye-catching and...
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AfterSchool Edge: Keep Them Edutained | Reference Online
AfterSchool Edge pulls together different games into a tablet or desktop computer. Though more entertaining than academic, this is a quick and easy way to offer gaming options to the elementary school...
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Britannica ImageQuest: One image database to rule them all | Reference Online
Five years ago, Britannica released ImageQuest, a comprehensive, beautifully curated compendium of images. It’s back and better than ever, with a million new options for kids of all ages. Britannica...
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