Kansas State Library

Free resources available to all Kansas residents.

Databases
Find information on a wide range of subjects. Includes the World Book online in English and Spanish.

Live Homework Help
Connects Kansas students and adult learners with live tutors. Includes help with GED and citizenship prep and a Career Center for help with resumes, job search and interviews.

Audio Books, Music and More
Browse and search hundreds of titles to download to your computer, transfer to a portable device, or burn onto a CD.

Thriving in Tough Times
Find help with figuring out how to refinance your home mortgage, where to turn if you've lost health insurance, and more.

More Online Resources

WyCo Help
Find community organizations in Wyandotte County.

Kansas Health Online
Find quality information and news about medical conditions, health insurance, and health care policy.

Kansas City, Kansas Public Library Online Resources

 

Search Multiple Databases

Alphabetical or Subject List of Subscription Databases

Subscription Children Databases

Children's Core Collection (Available from home with KCKPL Library Card)
Annotated list of fiction and nonfiction books and magazines for children from preschool through sixth grade, along with review sources .

CultureGrams (Available from home with KCKPL Library Card)
Concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world.

Grzimeks Animals Online (Available from home with KCKPL Library Card)
Online version of Grzimeks Animal Encyclopedia covers more than 4000 species.

HomeworkKansas (Available from home with KCKPL Library Card)
An after school tutoring service that connects Kansas students one-on-one with live tutors..

Kids InfoBits (Available from home with KCKPL Library Card)
A Gale database for beginning researchers from Kindergarten through Grade 5.

Kids Search (Available from home with KCKPL Library Card)
An EBSCO search interface designed for elementary and middle school students.

NoveList K-8 (Available from home with KCKPL Library Card)
Fiction readers' advisory tool for K-8 grade levels.

Science Online (Available from home with KCKPL Library Card)
Comprehensive, curriculum-oriented overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines

Searchasaurus (Available from home with KCKPL Library Card)
Dinosaur-themed search interface designed for elementary and middle school students.

Something About the Author (Available from home with KCKPL Library Card)
Biographical profiles of children's authors and artists.

TumbleBooks (Available to everyone in the library and at home)
Animated picture books, educational games and reading comprehension quizzes.

World Book Kids (Available from home with Kansas Library Card)
General reference for younger readers based on the World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia. A KANFIND and KAN-ED Online Database Service.

World Book Online (Available from home with Kansas Library Card)
Includes World Book Kids, World Book Student, World Book Advanced and the Spanish-language Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos. A KANFIND and KAN-ED Online Database Service.


Subscription databases offer direct and easy access to reliable citations and full text articles from a variety of publications, including newspapers, magazines, government documents, encyclopedias, transcripts and academic papers.

KCKPL appreciates the database resources provided through the KANFIND and KAN-ED Online Database Service, and sponsored by the Kansas State Library, KAN-ED, Kansas Regents Libraries, the Johnson County Library, the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, and Olathe Public Library.