Youth
CreativeBug
CreativeBug offers unlimited access to over 1,000 online art and crafts classes taught by artists and creative experts, with more being added monthly. Patrons will have access to a personalized landing page where they can save favorite classes and receive personalized recommendations. Courses also include downloadable patterns, templates, and recipes.
Provided by the Orion Library
Explora for Middle Schools
Explora for Middle Schools provides hundreds of magazines and reference books for middle school students. This resource includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents. Subjects include history, current events, science, sports, and biographies, as well as photos, maps, and flags.
Provided by the Michigan eLibrary
Hiveclass
Hiveclass is the Digital Encyclopedia for youth sports training, a platform that makes it easy for families to access high quality, educational videos in various sports and activities. Whether you're exploring a new hobby, searching for additional instruction or looking to increase levels of physical activity, Hiveclass provides various options for all.
Provided by the Orion Library
Kanopy
Kanopy showcases more than 30,000 of the world's best films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indie and classic films, and world cinema. Films can be streamed from any computer, television, mobile device, or platform by downloading the Kanopy app for iOS, Android, Apple TV, Chromecase, or Roku.
Provided by the Orion Library
Michigan Authors and Illustrators
Find out about Michigan authors! Search for non-fiction, poetry, mysteries, romance, children’s books and much more. Find authors for presentations and visits. This is a great source for students looking for Michigan authors to read and teachers looking for Michigan authors to do events. This database is brought to you by the Michigan Association of Media in Education, the Library of Michigan and the Michigan Center for the Book.
Provided by the Michigan eLibrary
Primary Search
Designed for elementary school libraries, Primary Search is a full-text database providing popular children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedic entries and a vast image collection. Students can learn about a variety of topics, including endangered species, famous musicians, fitness and space exploration.
Provided by the Michigan eLibrary
World Book
World Book Online is a suite of online research tools that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites. Modules includes Early World of Learning, World Book Kids, World Book Info Finder, World Book Reference Center, World Book Timelines, World eBook, and Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos.
Provided in partnership by OTPL and MeL
BookFlix
BookFlix is an online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning. This engaging resource for children in grades PreK-3 will help early readers develop and practice essential reading skills and introduces students to a world of knowledge and exploration.
Provided by the Orion Library
Britannica School
With Britannica School, students can conduct research using thousands upon thousands of searchable encyclopedia and journal articles, images, videos, audios, curated primary sources with curriculum relevance, detailed maps, editor-recommended Web sites, learning games, a world atlas, and a wealth of how-to research tools. Choose from three learning entry points - Elementary, Middle, or High School - then select a reading level that matches each student’s ability.
Provided by the Michigan eLibrary
Libby
With an Orion Library card, residents can download and access digital books, audiobooks, and magazines using a compatible eReader, mobile device, laptop, or computer. When setting up the Libby app, search for "Midwest Collaborative for Library Services" to find the Orion Township Public Library.
Provided by the Orion Library
Middle Search Plus
Designed for middle school libraries, Middle Search Plus is a full-text database providing popular middle school magazines and reference books. Covering subjects such as history, current events, science and sports, it also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps and flags.
Provided by the Michigan eLibrary
PebbleGo Next
PebbleGo Next is the next step for researchers ready to graduate from PebbleGo to more robust content. PebbleGo Next covers content appropriate to grades 3-6 curriculum content at a reading level geared to those students with built-in reading and research tools such as read-along audio and word-by-word highlighting. PebbleGo's initial module covers States and American Indian studies.
Provided by the Orion Library
TumbleBook Library
TumbleBooks is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which kids can read, or have read to them.
Provided by the Orion Library