Educators

Services provided by the library

Check our list of databases, where students can find quality, online resources to use for their assignments.

Books 2 U: Booktalkers visit schools and afterschool programs.
School Corps: School Corps provides curriculum support (Buckets of Books, booklists and webliographies), as well as teacher workshops and classroom visits to present library resources.
Talk It Up!: Find great ideas for running a book discussion group, along with more than 150 discussion guides for individual titles.
Educator library cards: How to get a library card to use at work.
Library card applications: Print out a PDF of the Multnomah County Library card application to share with your students. Students can take the application into any Multnomah County Library location to get a card, or educators can contact School Corps about getting library cards through the mail.
Central Library Tours, Trainings and Group Visits: Are you taking your students to visit Central Library? Find out what services the library offers for student groups.

Booklists: The library has created lists of books for kids, books for teens, and curriculum-related books to use in the classroom.
Websites about kids' books: These sites will help you find reading suggestions for your students.
Homework Center: Homework websites by topic, selected by library staff, including Live Homework Help.
Homeschooling: Everything you need to teach at home from guides to booklists and other services.
Public-School Library Planning Project: Read the final report of this grant-funded project.
Reading Levels for Books: Resources to help you identify the reading levels for books.