It's time to research, but are you feeling overwhelmed? Have no fear, the library databases are here!
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EBSCOhost
Helpful for all subjects, at all levels of research
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - Over 25,000 entries that cover many different subject areas. Similar to Britannica.
TOPICsearch - Over 150,961 full-text articles from 475 diverse sources like newspapers, periodicals, biographies, pamphlets, etc.
Newspaper Source - Cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers, as well as full text television & radio news transcripts.
Health Source (Consumer Edition) - Provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines that delve into topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
MAS Ultra (School Edition) - Contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. Also provides more than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.
Advanced Placement Source - Contains more than 5,550 full-text academic journals and magazines, and over 502,000 photos, maps and flags, all designed to meet the extensive needs of high school students enrolled in various academically rigorous courses.
JSTOR
Helpful for all subjects, at high levels of research
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
Current Events
Helpful for all subjects, at low, mid- and high levels of research
New York Times
Newsela
TopicSearch (See EBSCOhost data bases above)
Teachers' Corner
Both sources are found in the EBSCOhost database collection (link at top of page).
ERIC - The Education Resource Information Center provides access to educational literature and resources. This database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
Professional Development Collection - Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.
GALE Databases
Helpful for English, History, Global Politics, and general Social Sciences, at higher levels of research
Literature Resource Center - An online literature database with up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context - Includes overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues.
World History in Context - A broad collection of scholarly analysis and award-winning full-text periodicals, reference works and primary documents on the most significant people, events, and topics in world history.
Reference Encyclopedias
Helpful for all subject, general overview or low to mid levels of research
Britannica School - Three different levels; wide variety of sources, including primary and videos on many subjects
World Book - "Student" product is suitable for high school; Arabic is also available, but mostly for younger students
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - Part of the EBSCOhost databases; see link above.
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