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Lynch Elementary School: Mrs. Jenkins - Oregon Regions

Deschutes Public Library Online Resources

In the “Online Resources” section of the Deschutes Public Library website (www.deschuteslibrary.org/onlineresources), check out the databases in the Homework category! Use your library card (including Library Linx cards) to log in, or use them at a public library. Do a keyword search or browse the categories in these databases for magazine and journal articles covering your topic.

Kids InfoBits
  Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Covers Geography

Discovering Collection
  Discovering Collection offers easy access to award-winning content based on national curriculum standards. Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, DC provides a premium selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips.

CultureGrams
  Concise, reliable, and up-to-date country reports on 182 cultures of the world. Also includes reports for each of the United States and a special Kids edition.

Student Resources in Context
  Covering all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, Student Resources in Context provides a premium selection of reference material, more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts.

World Book Encyclopedia
  Online access to all articles from the 22-volume print World Book Encyclopedia set, and much more.

Books

Most books on Oregon will be located using the call number 979.5. Here's a search to get you started.

Websites

Encyclopedia Brittanica
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/431674/Oregon

Internet Public Library
www.ipl.org/div/stateknow/or1.html

The Library of Congress for Kids
www.americaslibrary.gov/es/or/es_or_subj.html
America’s story from America’s Library

Oregon bluebook
www.sos.state.or.us/bbook/kids/index.htm
Explore Oregon

Oregon Department of Agriculture
www.oregon.gov/ODA/pages/regions.aspx
Growing regions of Oregon

The Oregon Encyclopedia
www.oregonencyclopedia.org/

Oregon Historical Society
www.ohs.org/