LibGuides: Education Resources: Homework Help

Library Databases

ABCmouse - In-LIbrary Use
ABCmouse - Home Use
The award-winning ABCmouse curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2-7+) build a strong foundation for future academic success. ABCmouse is 100% educational, with 5,000+ learning activities (books, puzzles, educational games, art activities, songs, etc.) across all major subject areas—reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music. Best of all, kids love it!
Academic Search Premier
This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Includes peer-reviewed full-text articles as well as indexed and abstracted articles, and searchable cited references.
Explora - Elementary
Ebsco search interface for grades K-5. Get topic overviews, browse by category and more.
Explora Middle/High School
Ebsco search interface for grades 6-12. Get topic overviews, browse by category and more.
LearningExpress
Practice tests and skills-improvement for grades 4 and up.
MAS Ultra
More than 700 popular general interest & current events publications with information dating as far back as 1975. Also School Image Collection of photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.
Middle Search Plus
Index, abstracts, and full text for popular middle school magazines. Also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.
Primary Search
Research for grade-school students.

How to Cite Sources

Online Resources

Citation Guide Books

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
ISBN: 9781433832154
Publication Date: 2019
The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition by The University The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff
ISBN: 9780226287058
Publication Date: 2017
MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America
ISBN: 9781603293518
Publication Date: 2021

General Homework Help Sites

Education - USAGov
Portal to kid's information about the government and other educational topics. Used to be Kids.gov.
Wolfram Alpha Search Engine
Wolfhram Alpha relies on it answers from a vast database of data, methods and algorithms for its computations. The search engine returns a page of results and or computations instead of a list of websites to look through.
FactMonster.com
This site contains multiple tools to help with homework such as an almanac, timeline, dictionary, encyclopedia and a wealth of other resources. An associated site, FunBrain.com has interactive educational games in math, reading, and literacy for ages K-8.
This Day in History
Lists historical events that took place on a particular date.

Math Homework Help Sites

Check the general homework help sites for links to other math related webpages.

Khan Academy
Over 3600 educational videos especially on math but also science and humanities.
The Math Doctors
Wolfram MathWorld
FunBrain
An assortment of math and number games for children in grades K-8.
WebMath.com
Sponsored by Discovery Education, Webmath is a math-help web site that answers specific math problems that are entered by the user.

Writing Homework Help Sites

Check the general homework help sites for links to other writing related webpages.

Purdue Online Writing Lab
The Writing Center - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
This college site offers concise, easy to read handouts on various aspects of writing that would be appropriate for high school level students.
Research & Writing Resources for Teens - Internet Public Library
Literary Criticism - Internet Public Library

Science Homework Help Sites

Check the general homework help sites for links to other science related webpages.

Science Fair Project Guide - Internet Public Library
Links collected by librarians to help students find out why and how to do a science fair project.
Science Buddies
Non-profit organization devoted to science education and helping students with science fair projects.
Twin Cities PBS Dragonfly TV
Dragonfly TV is a former PBS Kids television show (now produced solely by Twin Cities PBS) designed to get kids excited about science. This website complements the program and provides activity guides for each episode.
BBC Bitesize
Interactive site to teach children age 7-11 about living things, materials and physical processes.
USDA Educational Resources
Kids Environment Kids Help
Kids Environment Kids Health was created by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Department of Health and Human Services. It is an educational and informational resource for all ages that discusses topics like climate change, pollution, environment and health, and more. There are games, activities, and lessons for each one of these topics.
Weather for Kids
USGS Education Resources - Biology, Geography, Geology, Water and much more!
Eric Weisstein's World of Science
Science Kids
Provides fun activities, facts, projects, and experiments for children (geared towards grades K-5).