Research Databases

Rhode Island’s Statewide Reference Resource Center.

Provides a safe, trustworthy environment for students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects or homework. Provides students with easy-to-use features and age-appropriate content from the world's leading magazines and reference books.

Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. 

Full text of popular, elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).  Includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, with easy-to-read entries written specifically for kids.