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All Science Fair Projects

Find ideas for elementary, middle, and high school leve science projects. Search by topic.

CountryWatch
Get information about any country in the world. Find out about the country's government, trade, environment, population, current events, and geography. You can find maps too!

FACTS.com
FACTS.com answers your questions about news and people of the last 60 years. A great database for finding out what happened on a specific date in the past (such as your birthday!).

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

This is an online encyclopedia that you can use to research any person, place, or thing you want to know more about.

How Stuff Works

Unlock the mystery about how things work. Find explanations for things related to science, home, health, money, travel, and people.

KidsSearch   
A fun way to find information from encyclopedias, magazine articles, and reference books.

Live Homework Help
Get free homework help via the Internet by using our Live Homework Help tutoring service. Tutors are available in math, science, social studies, and English. For adults, tutors are also available for resume help, GED prep, citizenship, preparing to go back to school, and proofreading. Spanish-speaking tutors are available in math, science, and social studies. The SkillsCenter Resource Library offers worksheets, tutorials, study guides, and standardized-test preparation. For all ages. 

Hours: Sunday-Friday 4-11 p.m., Saturday 2-9 p.m.
Spanish-speaking tutors: Sunday-Thursday 4-10 p.m. 
The SkillsCenter Resource Library is available 24/7.

Middle Search Plus  
Find information in more than 140 popular magazines for middle school students. There are also thousands of biographies and historical essays, primary source documents, photos, maps and flags.

Newsbank (Click here if you are at the Nashua Public Library.)

Newsbank (Click here if you are home or at school.)
Here's a good place to find newspaper articles, including the Telegraph from 1998 to the present and the Union Leader from 1989 to the present.

Novelist K-8

If you're looking for a suggestion of a good book to read, use Novelist K–8. This database is all about fiction. You can look up authors, books, plots, and book series.

Primary Search  
Find information in more than 70 popular magazines for elementary school students

Searchasaurus

This is a fun, colorful way for you to find encyclopedias, pictures, magazine and newspaper articles, and a dictionary. It has a tutorial to help you learn how to use it, and a special Fun Facts section too.

World Book Online

This is the online World Book Encyclopedia. It has articles, pictures, video, audio, an atlas, a dictionary, and current events. It also has information to help your parents and teachers help you with your research.