Subject Guides: Online Resources for K-12 Students, Educators, and Families: Resources for K-12 Teachers

State-Licensed Resources

To use the Digital Maine Library databases below, you will need to be able to show that you live in Maine. This can be done several ways, including having a Maine IP address, Maine residential address, or valid Maine library card. For more information, visit Getting Started with Digital Maine Library.

Teacher Reference Center
A database providing access to teaching-related scholarly articles, provided to Maine residents by Digital Maine Library.
NoveList K-8 Plus (Digital Maine Library access)
A database providing access to information about books for children, from picture books to young adult titles. Provided to Maine residents by Digital Maine Library.
LearningExpress Library
A database that provides access to skillbuilding and test preparation resources. Provided to Maine residents by Digital Maine Library.
Maine InfoNet Download Library
Provides access to electronic books and audiobooks. Users must have a library card from a participating Maine library; library content can be accessed through a web browser or the CloudLibrary app on smartphones/tablets.
Digital Maine Library
A collection of databases about various topics, available to all Maine residents.

Open-Access Resources

Khan Academy
Khan Academy, begun by Salman Khan as a way to help a family member study math, is a collection of educational readings, videos, and activities across academic fields and dealing with various topics.
Artstor Public Collections
An online collection of 1.3 million publicly available images of artworks.
LibriVox
LibriVox is a website that hosts audio recordings of books in the public domain; its recordings are also in the public domain within the United States.
OpenStax Textbooks
This program, started by Rice University in 2012, has created more than twenty open online books written and peer reviewed by educators, with an emphasis on creating textbooks for courses that traditionally have a high number of enrolled students.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg, founded by Michael Hart, is an online repository of books that have entered the public domain in the United States. This source is particularly useful in finding older works of literature, philosophy, etc.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
This site, hosted by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C., provides internet access to the complete works of William Shakespeare--poetry and plays.

Curriculum Resources

UMaine Cooperative Extension Educational Resources
Provides links to educational resources categorized by grade level, from coding to crafts and math to music.
PBS Learning Media: Mathematics
Videos, interactive lessons, lesson plans, and other resources related to math.
National Science Foundation Classroom Resources
Links to different educational resources related to various scientific topics.
PBS Learning Media: Science
Videos, interactive lessons, lesson plans, and other resources related to science and scientific topics.
National Endowment of the Humanities Lesson Plans
Includes lesson plans about art and culture, history and social studies, and literature and language arts.
Library of Congress History Lesson Plans
Lesson plans about various historical subjects, intended for students in grades 3-12.
Getty Museum Art Lesson Plans
A searchable collection of art lesson plans, primarily for K-12 students.
PBS Learning Media: The Arts
Videos, interactive lessons, lesson plans, and other resources related to the arts.
PBS Learning Media: Health and Physical Education
Videos, interactive lessons, lesson plans, and other resources related to science and scientific topics.

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