These URLs all relate to online database resources provided by states to K-12 students in the United States. Included in the listing for each state is a link to the department of education and the state library. Not all states provide these resources.
All links were tested and were active as of January 3, 2005.
Dan Fuller, Professor, School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University compiled this list with assistance from SLIS students Michael Kaufmann and Dale David.
Alabama
AVL - Alabama Virtual Library
http://www.avl.lib.al.us/
Databases
Elementary School
http://www.avl.lib.al.us/databases/elem.html
Middle School
http://www.avl.lib.al.us/databases/middle.html
High School
http://www.avl.lib.al.us/databases/high.html
Higher Education
http://www.avl.lib.al.us/databases/college.html
General Public
http://www.avl.lib.al.us/databases/public.html
Alabama Department of Education
http://www.alsde.edu/html/home.asp
Alaska
SLED - Statewide Library Electronic Doorway
http://sled.alaska.edu/index.html
List of links to sites for K-12 Students
Pre-teens
http://sled.alaska.edu/kids.html
Teens
http://sled.alaska.edu/teen.html
Databases for Alaskans
http://www.library.state.ak.us/databases/home.html
Alaska Department of Education
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/
Arizona
Arizona Department of Education
List of Links for students K-12
http://www.ade.state.az.us/students/kids.asp
Arizona State Library, Archives, and Records
http://www.lib.az.us/
Arkansas
Arkansas Department of Education
List of Links for students K-12
http://arkedu.state.ar.us/students/students_links_p1.html
List of Links for Educators
http://arkedu.state.ar.us/links/links_p1.html
Arkansas State Library
http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/
Traveler - An LSTA project administered by the Arkansas State Library
http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler/index.html
California
California Department of Education
http://www.cde.ca.gov/
California Learning Resources Network
http://www.clrn.org/home/
http://www.lessonplanbuilder.org/lessons/
California State Library
http://www.library.ca.gov/
California Digital Library
Public Version
http://www.californiadigitallibrary.org/
UC Student and Faculty Version - Higher Education
http://www.cdlib.org/
Colorado
Colorado Virtual Library
http://www.aclin.org/index.html
Colorado Department of Education
http://www.colorado.gov/education.htm
Colorado State Library
http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_library.htm
Connecticut
Icon - Connecticut Digital Library
http://www.iconn.org/
Connecticut State Department of Education
http://www.state.ct.us/sde/
Connecticut State Library
http://www.cslib.org/
Delaware
DelAWARE The Digital Library of the First State
http://www.state.lib.de.us/Collection_Development/Electronic_Resources/DelAWARE/
Delaware Department of Education
http://www.doe.state.de.us/
Delaware State Library
http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/collections/aghist/1420-001.shtml
Florida
Florida Electronic Library
http://www.flelibrary.org/
Florida Department of Education
http://www.fldoe.org/student/
Sunlink - Florida's K-12 Union Catalog
http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/default2.html
State Library of Florida
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/stlib/
Georgia
GALILEO - GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online
GALILEO - Kids
http://triton3.galib.uga.edu:80/cgi-bin/kidspage.cgi?nf=0
Georgia Department of Education
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/
Georgia Public Library Service / Georgia's State Library Agency
http://www.georgialibraries.org/
Georgia Public Library Service - Kid's Page
http://www.georgialibraries.org/kids/
Hawaii
Hawaii's Public Schools
http://doe.k12.hi.us/
State Library of Hawaii
http://www.librarieshawaii.org/
Hawaii State Public Library System - Electronic Databases
http://www.state.hi.us/libraries/hsl/databases.html
Idaho
LiLI - Libraries Linking Idaho
http://www.lili.org/portal/
Idaho Department of Education
http://www.sde.state.id.us/Dept/
The Idaho State Library
http://www.lili.org/
Illinois
Find It! Illinois
http://www.finditillinois.org/
Illinois State Library
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/
Illinois State Board of Education
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/
Alfy - Portal Kids Playground for teachers, parents and kids
http://www.alfy.com/index1.asp?FlashDetect=True
Indiana
INSPIRE - Indiana Virtual Library
http://www.inspire.net/index.html
INSPIRE - Indiana Virtual Library Kids' Links
http://www.inspire.net/inskid.html
Indiana Department of Education
http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/
Indiana State Library
http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/
Iowa
SILO - State of Iowa Libraries Online
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/SILO/index.html
Databases for Iowans
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for_ia_libraries/databases/index.html
Iowa Department of Education
http://www.state.ia.us/educate/
Links PreK-12 Resources
https://www.edinfo.state.ia.us/web/links.asp?l=ed00000
State Library of Iowa
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/index.html
Blue Skyways - a service of the Kansas State Library
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/
KANFIND and KAN-ED Online Database Service
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/library/databases.html
Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksbe.state.ks.us/
Kansas State Library
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/KSL/
Kentucky
Kentucky Virtual Library - Kentucky's Information Source
http://www.kyvl.org/
KYVL For k-12 Schools
http://www.kyvl.org/html/k12/k12.shtml
Kids - Research Rocket
http://www.kyvl.org/html/kids/portal.html
Kentucky Department of Education
http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Default.htm
Louisiana
Louisiana Center for Educational Technology - K-12 Online Database Resources
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/lcet/328.html
Louisiana Department of Education
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/index.html
State Library of Louisiana
http://www.state.lib.la.us/
Louisiana Library Connection Databases
http://lalibcon.state.lib.la.us/
Maine
MARVEL! - Maine's Virtual Library
http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/
Maine State Department of Education
http://www.state.me.us/education/
Maine State Library
http://www.maine.gov/msl/
Maryland
SAILOR - Maine's Public Information Network
http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/
Maryland State Department of Education
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE
State Library Resource Center / Central Library
http://www.epfl.net/slrc/
Massachusetts
Magazine and Newspaper Articles
http://mblc.state.ma.us/books/magazine/index.php
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
http://www.mlin.lib.ma.us/flash3.html
Massachusetts Department of Education
http://www.doe.mass.edu/
Michigan
MeL - Michigan eLibrary
http://www.mel.org/index.html
Michigan Department of Education
http://www.mde.state.mi.us/
Library of Michigan
http://www.michigan.gov/hal
Minnesota
WEB PALS
http://www.pals.msus.edu/webpals/
MNLink Gateway
http://gateway.mnlink.org/WebZ/Authorize?sessionid=0&bad=index.html&next=startscreen
Minnesota Department of Education
http://education.state.mn.us/html/mde_home.htm
Mississippi
MAGNOLIA: k-12
http://nt.library.msstate.edu/magnolia/
MAGNOLIA for Elementary Students
http://library.msstate.edu/magnolia/Elementary/
MAGNOLIA for Middle School Students
http://library.msstate.edu/magnolia/MiddleSchool/
MAGNOLIA for High School Students
http://library.msstate.edu/magnolia/Secondary/
Mississippi Department of Education
http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/
Mississippi Library Commission
http://www.mlc.lib.ms.us/
Missouri
State Library Reference Services
http://www.sos.mo.gov/library/reference/Default.asp
KIDS!
http://www.sos.mo.gov/kids/
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
http://www.dese.state.mo.us/
Missouri State Library
http://www.sos.mo.gov/library/
Montana
Montana Library Network
http://montanalibraries.org/
Montana State Library
http://msl.state.mt.us/
Library and Information Services Department
http://msl.state.mt.us/lisd/index.htm
Montana Office of Public Instruction
http://www.opi.state.mt.us/
Nebraska
Nebraska Access
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/nebraskaccess/index.html
School K12
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/nebraskaccess/school.html
Nebraska Library Commission
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/
Electronic Library
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/nsf/nel.html
Electronic Databases
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/databases/
Kids Resource Pages
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/libdev/kids.html#ap
Nebraska Department of Education
http://www.nde.state.ne.us/
Nevada
Library Services - Clark County School District Library Services
http://www.ccsd.net/schools/library/index.html
Nevada Department of Education
http://www.doe.nv.gov/
Nevada State Library and Archives
INFONEVADA
http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/infonevada.htm
Nevada Kids Page
http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/kids/
CLAN - Cooperative Libraries Automated Network
http://www.clan.lib.nv.us/Polaris/
New Hampshire
Nhew Link - the Granite State's information Connection
http://www.nhewlink.state.nh.us/schools/databases.html
New Hampshire State Library
http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/
New Hampshire Department of Education
http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/
New Jersey
Electronic Resources - New Jersey State Library
http://www.njstatelib.org/Electronic_Resources/
New Jersey State Library
http://www.njstatelib.org/index.php
JerseyCat - Statewide virtual catalog and interlibrary loan system
http://www.jerseycat.org/
New Jersey Department of Education
http://www.state.nj.us/education/
New Mexico
Magazines Online - New Mexico State Library
http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/services_more.php?id=203_0_13_0_M38
New Mexico State Library
http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/index.html
New Mexico Public Education Department
http://www.sde.state.nm.us/
New York
NOVEL - New York Online Virtual Electronic Catalog
http://unix2.nysed.gov/gate/esubject.htm#NOVEL
New York State Education Department
http://www.nysed.gov/
New York State Library
http://unix2.nysed.gov/gate/remotedb.htm
North Carolina
NC LIVE - North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Education
http://www.nclive.org/
NC Wise Owl
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/
Student's Page
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/students.html
State Library of North Carolina
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/
North Dakota
LaND (Online Library Resources)
http://ndsl.lib.state.nd.us/ElectronicResources.html#K12
North Dakota State Library
http://ndsl.lib.state.nd.us/
ODIN - Online Dakota Information Network
http://www.odin.nodak.edu/webpals/home.html
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/
Ohio
INFOhio - The Information Network for Ohio's Schools
http://www.infohio.org/
Ohio Department of Education
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/
State Library of Ohio
http://winslo.state.oh.us/
Ohio Public Library Information Network
http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/
OPLIN Oh Kids!
http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/ohkids/index.htm
Oh Teens!
http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/teenhome.php
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network (Higher Ed and State Library)
http://www.ohiolink.edu/
Oklahoma
Oklahoma digital prairie - your electronic library
http://www.odl.state.ok.us/prairie/index.htm
ODL Online - Oklahoma Department of Libraries
http://www.odl.state.ok.us/index.html
Oklahoma State Department of Education
http://sde.state.ok.us/home/defaultie.html
Oregon
Oregon State Library
http://oregon.Gov/OSL/
Oregon Department of Education
http://www.ode.state.or.us/
Pennsylvania
ACCESS PA - The ACCESS Pennsylvania Database
Power Library - Pennsylvania Online World of Electronic Resources
http://www.powerlibrary.org/Interface/POWER.asp
PDE - Pennsylvania Department of Education
http://www.pde.state.pa.us/
Commonwealth Libraries
http://www.statelibrary.state.pa.us/libraries/site/default.asp
Rhode Island
RILINK
http://www.ri.net/RILINK/index.html
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
http://www.ridoe.net/
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - Students
http://www.ridoe.net/students/homeworklinks.htm
State of Rhode Island - Office of Library and Information Services
http://www.lori.ri.gov/
Find it! Rhode Island
http://www.find-it.state.ri.us/
South Carolina
discus - South Carolina's Virtual Library - K-12
http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/discus/school.html
discus - South Carolina's Virtual Library - Discus Kids
http://www.scdiscus.org/
discus - South Carolina's Virtual Library
http://www.scdiscus.org/
South Carolina Department of Education
http://www.myscschools.com/
Know it all
http://www.knowitall.org/
South Carolina State Library
http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/
South Dakota
For Kids!
http://www.sdstatelibrary.com/forkids/
For Teens
http://www.sdstatelibrary.com/TeenCenter/index.htm
South Dakota Department of Education
http://www.state.sd.us/deca/
South Dakota State Library
http://www.sdstatelibrary.com/
Tennessee
TEL - Tennessee Electronic Library
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tel/index.htm
Tennessee State Library and Archives
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tslahome.htm
Department of Education
http://www.state.tn.us/education/
Texas
Digital Knowledge Central - a virtual library
http://dkc.esc20.net/
Library of Texas
http://www.libraryoftexas.org/
Texas State Library and Archives
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/
Texas Education Agency
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/
Utah
K-12 School's PIONEER
http://pioneer.uen.org/k12/index.jsp
Utah Education Network K-12
http://www.uen.org/k12student/
Public PIONEER - Utah's Online Library
http://pioneer.utah.gov/
State Library Division
http://library.utah.gov/
Utah State Office of Education
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/
Vermont
Vermont Department of Education
http://www.state.vt.us/educ/
VALS - Vermont Automated Libraries System
http://dol.state.vt.us/
Virginia
Find It Virginia
http://www.finditva.com/cgi-bin/main.cgi
Virginia Department of Education
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/go/VDOE/
Kids Commonwealth
http://www.kidscommonwealth.virginia.gov/home/
Resources for Secondary Students
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/studentindex.html
The Library of Virginia
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/
Washington
http://www.librarysmart.com/
Digital Learning Commons
http://depts11.u.washington.edu/lcommons/
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
http://www.k12.wa.us/
Kids and Students
http://www.librarysmart.com/working/LSPublic/02_kids.asp
Find It Washington
http://find-it.wa.gov/
West Virginia
Electronic Resources
http://librarycommission.lib.wv.us/E-resources.htm
West Virginia Library Commission
http://librarycommission.lib.wv.us/index.htm
West Virginia Department of Education
http://wvde.state.wv.us/
Wisconsin
Badger Link
http://www.badgerlink.net/
WISCAT - Online Catalog
http://www.wiscat.lib.wi.us/
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/
Reference and Loan Library
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dltcl/rll/index.html
Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dlcl/
Wyoming
GoWyld.net - Wyoming's Portal to Knowledge and Learning
http://gowyld.net/index.html
Wyoming Kids Sites
http://gowyld.net/wyoming/wykids.html
Online Databases
http://gowyld.net/dbases.html
Wyoming Department of Education
http://www.k12.wy.us/
Wyoming State Library
http://www-wsl.state.wy.us/
Other Links
To find a complete list of links to just the state libraries in the United States, use this link from the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/global/library/statelib.html#r23
For a complete list of links to the various state departments of education in the United States use this link:
http://www.recruitingteachers.org/channels/clearinghouse/deptedu.asp