Primary Search, designed specifically for elementary school
libraries and public library children’s rooms, contains full
text for more than 70 popular, elementary school magazines. All
full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator
(Lexiles). In addition to the full text, this database offers
indexing and abstracts for nearly 100 magazines. Examples of
publications covered in Primary Search include: Appleseeds,
Boys’ Life, Cobblestone, Cricket, Highlights for Children,
Hopscotch, Jack & Jill, Ladybug, Ranger Rick, Science World,
Spider, SuperScience, Time for Kids, Turtle, and many more. This
database also provides the American Heritage Children’s
Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and an Image
Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps and flags. Many full
text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or
scanned-in-color. Full text backfiles go as far back as 1990,
while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as 1985. -
Introduction to EBSCOHost - Basic Searching - Reading