Science & Technology

The award-winning ABCmouse curriculum is designed to help young children build a strong foundation for future academic success. ABCmouse is 100% educational, with more than 10,000 learning activities across all major subject areas: reading, math, science, social studies, art and music—including more than 1,200 of those learning activities in Spanish (for children ages 2-8+).

First-time users will need to make an account.  When creating your account, choose Louisiana, St. Tammany Parish Library, enter your library card number, and click submit.  You will then create your account using an email address and password.  ABCmouse can be shared by up to three children in a household, each with their own avatar, profile and progress-tracking on the ABCmouse Step-by-Step Learning Path.

The Physical Review journal collection of 14 leading peer-reviewed research journals includes Physical Review Letters, Physical Review X, Physical Review, and Reviews of Modern Physics. They are provided by the American Physical Society (APS) which is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance the knowledge of physics.

BookFlix inspires kids to discover the joy of reading while building both real-world knowledge and beginning reading skills. With classic animated stories from Weston Woods, thematically paired with more than 140 authentic nonfiction ebooks from Scholastic, BookFlix strengthens students’ early literacy skills, confidence, and curiosity (for ages 3 to 8).

Hundreds of full color and black and white non-fiction downloadable e-books for ages preschool to 18.

Please note: Please choose Guest User option to access the e-books. 

Update your computer skills with this resource. Take self paced courses on a variety of popular software tools, including Microsoft Office suite, Adobe Design products, and more.

Over 550 reference e-books covering a wide variety of subjects.

This resource includes basic computer instructions, as well as email and social media courses.

EBSCOhost offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers:

• Academic Search Complete, opens a new window
• AHFS Consumer Medication Information, opens a new window
• Alt HealthWatch, opens a new window
• Audiobook Collection (EBSCOhost), opens a new window
• BIR Entertainment, opens a new window
• Book Collection: Nonfiction, opens a new window
• Book Index With Reviews, opens a new window
• Business Source Complete, opens a new window
• CINAHL, opens a new window
• eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), opens a new window
• ERIC, opens a new window
• Ethnic Diversity Source, opens a new window
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, opens a new window
• GreenFILE, opens a new window
• Health Source - Consumer Edition, opens a new window
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, opens a new window
• History Reference Center, opens a new window
• Humanities International Complete, opens a new window
• Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, opens a new window
• MAS Ultra - School Edition, opens a new window
• MasterFILE Premier, opens a new window
• MEDLINE, opens a new window
• Middle Search Plus, opens a new window
• Military & Government Collection, opens a new window
• Primary Search, opens a new window
• Psychology And Behavioral Sciences Collection, opens a new window
• Regional Business News, opens a new window
• Religion And Philosophy Collection, opens a new window
• Science Reference Center, opens a new window
• SocINDEX With Full Text, opens a new window
• SPORTDiscus, opens a new window
• Vocational And Career Collection, opens a new window

Specializing in reliable content for students and teachers, Explora provides information from the world's leading magazines and reference books in the EBSCO databases. Browse categories organized by popular topic with overviews that provide a starting point for your research, or use the simple search that quickly delivers relevant results, including primary source documents, news articles, and Associated Press videos.

Fact Monster is a free reference site for students, teachers, and parents. Get homework help and find facts on thousands of subjects.

Gale Courses offers a wide range of highly interactive, instructor led courses that you can take entirely online. Courses run for six weeks and new sessions begin every month. Topics include:

• Accounting and Finance
• Business
• Computer Programs
• Healthcare and Medical
• Language and Arts
• Law and Legal
• Personal Development
• Teaching and Education
• Technology
• Writing and Publishing

This resource requires a valid St. Tammany Parish Library card. 

Literary criticism, author biographies and business resources. Includes Twayne's and Scribner. This resource requires a valid St. Tammany Parish Library card as a Login ID. 

Gale In Context: Elementary delivers trusted, age-appropriate digital content. Through newspaper and magazine articles, videos, images, and graphics, elementary students can learn about everything from animals and outer space to famous artists and favorite athletes. The database is visual and intuitive, and rewards students’ efforts by developing comprehension and research skills to prepare them for middle school—and a lifetime of learning.

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints covers today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This research database is a rich resource for debaters and includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, infographics, and more. The content covers current events, news and commentary, economics, environmental issues, and political science. This resource requires a valid St. Tammany Parish Library card as a Login ID. 

This resource provides tech tutorials and life skills lessons that are available for free.

EBSCO's GreenFILE provides well researched information about the human impact on the environment.

EBSCO's Home Improvement Reference Center is designed to assist homeowners in do-it-yourself home repair, maintenance, and remodeling projects. Step-by-step instructions for thousands of projects in the areas of plumbing, outdoor, woodworking, electrical, and decorating are provided in high-quality PDF files.

Just for Kids offers a kid-safe, advertisement-free, media platform where young patrons can learn, explore and enjoy.  Just for Kids has the educational videos that children want to watch—from Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Franklin, Arthur, to The Berenstain Bears, and more! These videos are sure to entertain, educate and inspire young patrons. Games, songs and interactives will keep these early learners interested and engaged as they discover a learning environment that is fun, safe and entertaining.  Kids will also have access to audiovisual adaptations of outstanding picture books from Weston Woods®, Rabbit Ears Entertainment, Vooks, Highlights for Children, and more!

Provides free learning tools and lessons for kids from grades K-College.

A comprehensive interactive learning platform of tests, courses, software tutorials, and career preparation for students and adults. This resource includes:

• Adult Core Skills Center, opens a new window
• Career Preparation Center, opens a new window
• College Admission Test Preparation Center, opens a new window
• College Students Center, opens a new window
• Computer Skills Center, opens a new window
• High School Equivalency Center, opens a new window
• Job & Career Accelerator, opens a new window
• Recursos Para Hispanohablantes, opens a new window
• Student Success Skills Center, opens a new window

National Geographic Kids provides immersive, digital content that takes kids ages 7-14 on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. This digital resource provides full issues of National Geographic Kids magazine as well as National Geographic Kids books, videos, and images on a student-friendly platform to make learning more accessible.  National Geographic Kids can be used at the library, home, or on-the-go via smart phones, iPads, and tablets. 

This website provides recent research and data on current global problems such as poverty, climate change, and war. Our World in Data is a project of the Global Change Data Lab, a non-profit organization based in the United Kingdom.

Search through over 70 popular magazines for elementary school research with primary search. All full text articles contain lexile levels.

This collection of ebooks offers information on a variety of topics, including health, history, and science.

Science fair project ideas

EBSCO's Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. The database features more than 2,066,400 records with subject headings from a 19,750+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 777 journals dating back to 1908. This database also includes full text for more than 820 books and monographs, and full text for 13,947 conference papers.

World Book Advanced is a powerful research tool that includes full encyclopedic and multimedia databases supplemented with online books, primary sources, website links, back in time articles, special reports, and more.

An encyclopedia designed for middle school and jr. high students, World Book Discover features easy to read articles and includes reading comprehension questions to help students focus on key concepts. Please Note: This resource works best with laptop and desktop computers.

Browse a selection of World Book's acclaimed series of nonfiction titles in e-book format.

Learn about people, places, animals, sports, and more. Includes videos, images, maps, and games.

This comprehensive database includes engaging content, built-in features, and fun tools specifically designed to make knowledge accessible and easy-to-find for all kids in elementary through middle school.

Offering a comprehensive set of curriculum-based drills, World Book Wizard is a personalized way to help students master skills in Science and Social Studies.