LibGuides: Lower School Library: Home

LS Library Catalog

Click here for Lower School Library books

Library database passwords

Using the library's digital resources off campus?
Here's the link for usernames and passwords

eBooks

Capstone eBooks Grades K-4
Interactive digital books for young readers.
Destiny Discovery eBooks Grades 4-6
Digital chapter books and non-fiction books.
TumbleBooks eBooks Grades K-3
Interactive digital books and videos for young readers
Book Collection: Nonfiction for Grades 1-4
eBooks on animals, weather, holidays, adventure, sports and more.
Book Collection: Nonfiction for Grades 4-8
eBooks on health, technology, science, history, civics and more.

Copyright friendly

Britannica Image Quest
Copyright friendly photos and pictures that will automatically create citations.

Search for photos with a Creative Commons license
People designate their photos as Creative Commons licensed to allow everyone use of the photo.
Upper School Library's Aid to Copyright Friendly Images

Online encyclopedia databases

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS:

Pebble Go Online Encyclopedia for K-2
World Book Kids
Encyclopedia articles for elementary grade students.
World Book Student
Encyclopedia articles for background information. Recommended for grades 4-8.
Britannica
Encyclopedia articles for background information.
Exploring the Middle Ages Encyclopedia
From the fall of the Western Roman Empire, to the rise of Islam, and Western Europe in the Middle Ages.
International Wildlife Encyclopedia
Explore animals' lifestyles and physical features.
Wildlife and Plants of the World Encyclopedia
Explore plants and animal species.

Newspaper

Click here for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Newspaper

(ProQuest)
Newspaper articles from 2010 to present.

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Online databases

Explora Elementary (EBSCO)
Magazine and reference books for research.
Middle Search Plus (EBSCO)
Full-text of 140 popular, middle school magazines. Includes biographies, primary source documents, images, maps, and flags. Recommended for grades 4-8.

Online databases

Scholastic Book Wizard To level books A-Z

NoveList K-8 Plus
Fiction and narrative non-fiction book recommendations

Daily Life Through History (ABC-CLIO)
Topics and perspectives of daily life in past historical eras with essays, photos, maps, audio/visuals clips, and primary sources.

Recommended sites providing free access

Hawaii State Public Library provides print books and online resources.

The public library's Libby Overdrive eBook app is on student iPads.
- It requires a public library card for access.
Link to the public library book catalog.
Find free online resources at the public library here
- BookFlix eBooks for PreK-1
- Kanopy movie streaming
Link to sign-up for a temporary public library card

Sites to explore during our time off-

Audible by Amazon
Selected audiobooks for all ages.
Smithsonian Museum
Activities for kids and teens.
Story Time From Space
Features astronauts reading aloud from the International Space Station

Other libraries

L.S. and U.S. Library Catalog

School History Information

School History | 'Iolani School Archives
Did You Know? | 'Iolani School Archives
School trivia.
Hawai'i Pacific Collection | 'Iolani School Archives
The collection contains primary source materials related to Hawai'i and the Pacific including: news clippings, documents, maps, posters, Hawaiian language dictionaries, a photograph of Waikiki from the 1890s and Hawaiiana. It also includes the 2nd edition (1785) atlas to Captain Cook's Voyages that illustrate his third voyage and the scene of his death.

Lower School Library: Home

LS Library Catalog

Library database passwords

Using the library's digital resources off campus? Here's the link for usernames and passwords

eBooks

Copyright friendly

Online encyclopedia databases

Newspaper

Click here for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Newspaper

Online databases

Online databases

Recommended sites providing free access

Hawaii State Public Library provides print books and online resources.

The public library's Libby Overdrive eBook app is on student iPads.

It requires a public library card for access.

Link to the public library book catalog.

Find free online resources at the public library here

Link to sign-up for a temporary public library card

Sites to explore during our time off-

Audible by Amazon Selected audiobooks for all ages.

Smithsonian Museum Activities for kids and teens.

Story Time From Space Features astronauts reading aloud from the International Space Station

Other libraries

L.S. and U.S. Library Catalog

School History Information

Email Lower School Library

Using the library's digital resources off campus?
Here's the link for usernames and passwords

Audible by Amazon
Selected audiobooks for all ages.

Smithsonian Museum
Activities for kids and teens.

Story Time From Space
Features astronauts reading aloud from the International Space Station