Middle School
This section is made for students in 6th-8th grade!
Dive into research projects, explore Utah, and unleash your curiosity with our Reference, Utah Resources and General Collections. Let's learn!
Reference Collection
Culturegrams
is a reference resource for reliable cultural information on the countries of the world.
Gale in Context:
Middle School
is a database created specifically for middle school students, combining reference content with age-appropriate videos, images, and more.
Gale In Context:
Opposing Viewpoints
Supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts; presents all sides of important issues.
National Geographic Kids
Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Best for children aged 6–14.
Scrible
is a resource to help students organize their research, build a works cited, and summarize information in one place. Register with school email address.
SIRS:
Issues Researcher
A curated collection of articles, primary sources and multimedia content across various subjects.
Sora
Connects students and educators to a vast collection of eBooks and audiobooks.
Soundzabound
has royalty free music library and sound effects licensed for education usage.
TeachingBooks:
Middle School
Helps readers gain a deeper understanding of the books they're reading and explore the authors' work in more detail.
World Book Online:
Middle School
In-depth articles, biographies and current events for middle school research.
Utah Resources
Counties of Utah
Click anywhere on the map of Utah to see pictures and learn more about that county.
SLTrib's Photo Archives
contains over 171,000 images from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Utah Digital Newspapers
has a collection of digitized and searchable newspapers from 1850 through the present.
Utah State Archives
is a direct link to Utah's Division of Archives and Records Department.
General Resources
DocsTeach
is a tool to use when viewing and annotating documents from the National Archives.
Library of Congress
is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the national library of the United States.
Mountain West Digital Library
is a portal to digital resources from universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies in Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming.
National Archives
an independent agency of the United States government charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records.
National Library of Medicine
provides a link to the world's largest medical library.
NetSafe Utah
provides online videos and resources for kids, teens, parents and educators.
Research databases and materials may not be appropriate for all ages. Users are advised to follow information literacy standards and practices.