Parkland Library | Kids Info Bits

Promote your child's interest in life long learning by accessing Kids Info Bits through the Parkland Library!

Kids Info Bits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. The database gives children access to 60 magazines, reference books and newspaper articles.

It is graphic driven – easy to use! Categories include Animals, Plants, People, Geography, Science and Math, Stories and Literature, History and Social Studies, Transportation, Inventions and Technology, Health, Arts and Entertainment and Sports. Students can also run a search using a Topic Tree or browse a Subject Guide. The Advance Search screen allows the added flexibility of narrowing your search to specific fields including title/headline, author, subject, full-text, date of publication or a specific source such as a magazine or reference work.

Kids Info Bits also comes equipped with a Backpack. You can use it to save documents of interesting in order to create a bibliography or search list. In addition to saving documents you can also set up a predefined search using Info Marks. Its a great way tracking the latest articles that are posted to the database on a topic of interest.

You can also search the Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary using Kids Info Bits. Other popular reference sources that can be browsed using this database include:

Kidbits 2nd Edition

Kid's Almanac of Geography

Kid's Visual Reference of the World

Blackbirch Encyclopedia of Science and Invention

Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provence's

Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations

Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States

This resources is highly recommended for teachers and at home instructors of young children.

In order to access this service you must enter your library barcode number.

For more information on how to use this service please visit take a Guided Tour.

If you need searching or technical assistance a member of our Reference Staff will be happy to assist you. Please contact the Reference Desk during our hours of operation at (954) 757- 4200.

Coverage: Full-text. Current year only.
Produced By: Thompson - Gale
Access: Home access available for Parkland Cardholders Only.