IndyPL eResources Available with a Library
Card
Below please find some highlighted resources of special interest to K-12 schools and
their students who have library cards.

Axis 360
Students have access to tens of thousands of ebooks and eaudiobooks through Axis
360. The majority of schools will login to Axis 360 via one of three IndyPL URLS.
Kids: https://indyplkids.axis360.baker-taylor.com/
Teens: https://indyplteens.axis360.baker-taylor.com/
Combined kids and teens: http://indypl.axis360.baker-taylor.com/
Librarians prefer this site because it shows everything. Schools may prefer
one of the other two sites because they don’t show everything.
Schools that participate in Axis 360 Community Share have a school URL and either
upload their students’ library card numbers or use Clever for authentication.

Streaming video
On IndyPL’s Download and Streaming page (https://www.indypl.org/books-moviesmusic/download-stream), both Kanopy and Hoopla offer movies and TV shows, most
educational. Kanopy offers documentaries for high school classes. Kanopy also
has a Kids collection available for unlimited use during the school closures.

Online databases
For students needing to do research, there is a rich variety of research sources to be
found at https://www.indypl.org/research. Databases may have a subject focus or
an audience focus and include information gleaned from magazines, journals,
websites, newspapers, and reference works. Databases have different funding
sources. Some are provided by the State Library or by IndyPL. Databases used
often by high school students are funded by the Marion County Internet Library, part
of the Central Indiana Community Foundation’s Library Fund. Provided below are
descriptions of three databases of particular interest to schools.
National Geographic: IndyPL subscribes to the online databases from National
Geographic for Kids (http://ezproxy.ilibrary.org/login?
url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/imcpl_indy?db=NGMK) and National
Geographic Virtual Library. Both contain magazines, videos and ebooks that can be
used for research or recreational reading. Note that the ebooks may be read
simultaneously, so a teacher could assign a whole class to read a book about
penguins or alternative energy, for example.
July 2020

 CultureGrams
http://ezproxy.ilibrary.org/login?url=http://online.culturegrams.com
Reports on more than 200 countries detailing the history, daily life, and customs of
people around the world. Resources include audio files, maps, statistics,
photographs, biographies of well-known people, and a recipe collection.
Explora
A research portal tailored by grade level offering a variety of browsing categories
organized by popular topics. Includes many current informational text ebooks. All
topics are also searchable using a variety of filters including reading level.
Explora for Elementary Schools
http://ezproxy.ilibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
authtype=ip,geo&geocustid=s8475741&profile=ehk5
Explora for Middle Schools
http://ezproxy.ilibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
authtype=ip,geo&geocustid=s8475741&profile=mssrc_ic
Explora for High Schools
http://ezproxy.ilibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
authtype=ip,geo&geocustid=s8475741&profile=src_ic
Database descriptions were taken from our research page or from the publisher.

July 2020