http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/ under the “Resources and Research Tools.” You will need to go through EBSCO to access them. While you can get to this through AEA you also can use EBSCO to get to this as well which is linked through Iowa AEA online http://www.iowaaeaonline.org/ and selecting EBSCO as well.What is it: This helps to find articles and information on topics students might be researching. This
searches current newspapers, magazines, books and encyclopedias, animal
s, biographies, radio and news transcripts, state and province reports, primary source documents, and photos.A student can search and have all the results or limit the results by clicking on the type of information they want (i.e. just magazines or newspapers). Additionally when students get their list of results on the left they also can narrow their topic down. For example with “Volcanoes” it gave options for “United States” and “Volcanic eruptions.”
One advantage of the magazines is the inclusion of the Lexile scores which helps to give the reading level and difficulty of the text. This way if students do know their lexile range, they can look at an article and know it’s difficulty prior to even opening the article. Reading level is also sometimes included for the state reports. The photo option when selected individually, will give a thumbnail of the photo if it is available. Lastly there is an additional encyclopedia and dictionary
that students can search for information. This can be a great addition to Encyclopedia articles that students might find through Worldbook. 
Searchasaurus - K-5 (left)Kids Search 6-8 (pictured above) Student reseach center 6-12 (right)
