A trustworthy environment for students in grades PreK through 5 to look up facts for class projects or fun, Explora for Primary Schools includes full-text articles from the most popular children's magazines and eBook content from top children's publishers as well as encyclopedia entries from Funk & Wagnalls. Lexile reading levels included.

Starting in Fall 2023, the public library user experience of Explora will more closely align with the INFOhio user experience.  The goal is that a student using Explora at school will have a similar set of resources and results when they use Explora at home or at their local library.  Here is what that will look like:

Old version of Explora for Primary Schools New version of Explora for Primary Schools
Old Explora Primary Resource List New Explora Primary Resource List



Go to Explora for Primary Schools now: https://ohioweblibrary.org/db/ebsco-explora-primary

Tutorials and Presentations

  • OPLIN Sneak Peek webinar (May 2023) - A first look at EBSCO's new Explora user interface
  • EBSCO Academy - Check this complete listing of videos, self-guided eLearning paths, and instructor-led tutorials

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