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SUBSCRIPTIONS SITES

Auto
All Data Pro

Biography    MLA citation
Biography in Context

College and Career    MLA citation
Career Cruising

Encyclopedias    MLA citation        
World Book

Literature     MLA citation
Litfinder
Literary Reference Center
Magill on Literature
Magazines, etc.    MLA citation
CQ Researcher
eLibrary
EBSCO
   MAS Ultra
   TOPICsearch
FirstSearch
Global Issues in Context
Infotrac
JSTOR
SIRS
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Student Resource in Context
Wilson Omnifile

Newspapers    MLA citation
EBSCO
   AP NewsMonitor Collection
   Newspaper Source
   Newspaper Source Plus
   WebNews
Historical Newspapers

Science     MLA citation
Health Source - Consumer
Science in Context
Teen Health and Wellness


Social Science     MLA citation
American Government
American History
CountryReports
Daily Life Through History
Global Issues in Context
State Geography
World Geography
World History -Ancient/Medieval Eras
World History - Modern Era






E-REFERENCE BOOKS

Science     MLA citation
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Endangered Species of North America

Social Science     MLA citation
Americans at War
Bowling, Beatnicks, ad Bell Bottoms
Cities of the World
Early Civilizations in the Americas
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
Encyclopedia of World Cities
Encyclopedia of Modern Middle East & North Africa
Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture
UXL American Decades
UXL Fashion, Costumes and Culture



EDUCATIONAL TOOLS

Atomic Learning
BrainPop

 


DATABASE DESCRIPTIONS

 

MAGAZINES

CQ - useful for political issues, social issues, charts and graphs.  Find articles since 1991 on health, international affairs, education, environment, technology and U.S. Economy. 
Company: Congressional Quarterly.
Elibrary includes magazines, books, newspapers, pictures, maps plus TV and radio transcripts. 
Company: ProQuest
EBSCO includes Literary Reference Center, OmniFile, Newspaper Source Plus, Ap NewsMonitor Collection, ERIC, Topicsearch, Professional Development Collection, Newspaper Source, Health Source, MAS Ultra, and Web News.
Company: EBSCO
MAS Ultra includes full text for nearly 500 popular high school magazines, full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection of photos, maps, flags, color PDFs, and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.
Company: EBSCO
TOPICsearch includes full text for articles from diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
Company: EBSCO
Firstsearch includes journal articles, research studies, worldcat book search, 8 full text databases, can search in 5 languages and covers all subjects. 
Company: OCLC
Global Issues in Context  includes a variety of sources and media formats to present a rich analysis of issues; social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, and cultural.
Company: Gale
Infotrac includes magazines and journals. 
Company: Gale
Jstor includes academic journals of humanities, social sciences and sciences. 
Company: Jstor
SIRS is a current issues researcher by topic includes articles, almanacs, maps and images. 
Company: Proquest
Opposing Viewpoints in Context includes both sides of social issues, controversies, also has statistics, government data and laws. 
Company: Gale
Student Resource in Context includes magazines, newspapers, reference, primary documents and multimedia. 
Company: Gale
Wilson Omnifile includes material from a full text only database for learning and research.
Company: EBSCO
 

Auto

All Data Pro is a resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information.   

 

NEWSPAPERS

EBSCO includes Literary Reference Center, OmniFile, Newspaper Source Plus, Ap NewsMonitor Collection, ERIC, Topicsearch, Professional Development Collection, Newspaper Source, Health Source, MAS Ultra, and Web News.
AP NewsMonitor Collection includes top world-wide news from Associated Press on a continuous basis.  This colllection includes AP Top News, WorldStream, Financial News, AP Online, U.S. Politics & Gonvernment, and 50 state reports.
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 U.S. and international newspapers.  The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S) newspapers.  In addition, full text television and radio news transcripts are also provided.
Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full text articles.  In addition, the database features more than 857.000 television and radio news transcripts.
Historical Newspapers - dating back to 1850 from: Chicago Defender; Chicago Tribune; New York Times; Washington Post
ScienceSource Collection - Articles, biographies, and abstracts covering science topics from 1987 to the present

 

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

World Book Encyclopedia includes three encyclopedias:  World Book Kids, World Book Student and World Book Advanced.  
Company: World Book
 

SCIENCE

Health Source - Consumer  provides access to nearly 80 full text consumer health magazines.
Company: EBSCO
Science in Context includes articles from magazines, newspapers and reference books. Updated daily it also has timelines, primary documents and biographies.
Company:  Gale
Teen Health and Wellness is a health database for teenagers.  It includes articles on a wide range of topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, family life and diversity.  
Company:  Gale

LITERATURE

Litfinder covers poetry, short stories, essays, speeches, plays and authors.  It includes text, summaries, explanations and biographies. (Some text is in Spanish) Company:  Gale
Literary Reference Center includes poetry, short stories, book reviews, articles, essays, authors and synopses. It also has literary journals, plot summaries, biographies, interviews, literary reference books and encyclopedias.  
Company:  EBSCO
Magill on Literature includes Masterplots, Masterplots II, Cyclopedia of World Authors, Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, Magill's Literary Annual 1990-2002, Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, and Magill Book Reviews.  In addition, this database also includes critical surveys;  Magill's Choice: Notable Poets, Magill's Choice: Shakespeare, Magill's Choice: 100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction, and World Philosophers and Their Works.
Company:  EBSCO

 

COLLEGE AND CAREER

Career Cruising

A career guidance and planning system.  It includes detailed occupation profiles.  Company:  Anaca Technologies Ltd.
 


SOCIAL SCIENCE

American Government

American Government explains the foundations of our government, connects these concepts to the issues of the day, and examines the strengths and weaknesses of the political and economic systems of the United States by comparing them to those of other countries.Contains over 12,000 primary and secondary sources, including 1,200 documents, 4,000 images, 200 maps, and 200 audio/video recordings and has over 2,100 biographies, including portraits of important historical and current government figures.


American History

A remarkable survey of American history from 1350 to the present, organized chronologically and thematically, linking reference, curriculum, and analysis of current events which includes Nearly 15,000 primary and secondary sources, including overview essays, biographies, government and court documents, photos, maps, audio/video clips, statistics, and Over 100 topical overviews and nearly 3,300 biographies of famous political and military figures.


Americans at War

An online reference book which Covers major American conflicts from the Colonial Wars through the War on Terrorism in the context of cultural and social events and conditions on the home front. Illustrated articles cover both biographies and topics such as civil liberties, media, politics, popular culture, religion, memory and national identity, civic celebrations, monumental art, literature, the roles of women and minorities, veterans, science and technology, humor, and music.


Bowling, Beatnicks, and Bell Bottoms

An online reference book  which covers popular culture in America from 1900 through 1999. Topics include economy, sports, film, fashion, and how American lived during each decade.


Cities of the World

An online reference book of current information on cultural, geographic, and political conditions in 193 countries and their cities covering six continents, based on the Department of State's Post Reports and include maps and photos if cities around the globe.


CountryReports

information about countries of the world, which focuses on current events and political issues as well as the history, geography, economy, population, and the customs and cultures of the people who live there.


Daily Life Through History

In Daily Life through History students and researchers can discover details about past eras that make historical accounts relevant and meaningful from their modern-day perspectives and compiles information from over 45 Greenwood single- and multi-volume reference works.


Early Civilizations in the Americas

An online reference book of the history of the regions of the American continents in which two of the world's first civilizations developed: Mesoamerica (the name for the lands in which ancient civilizations arose in Central America and Mexico) and the Andes Mountains region of South America (in present-day Peru and parts of Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Ecuador).


Encyclopedia of Food and Culture

An online reference book of food and its place in human culture and society, presented through 600 alphabetically sorted entries. Features multidisciplinary coverage of such topics as comfort food, ethnicity and food, medieval banquets, and nutrient composition, among many others. Includes photographs, illustrations, sidebars, recipes, menus, and timelines.


Encyclopedia of Modern Asia

An online reference book which covers modern Asia, defined as extending from Japan in the east to Turkey in the west, and from Kazakhstan in the north to Indonesia in the south. Presents more than 2,600 alphabetically arranged entries covering such subjects as countries, cities, regions, natural features, religions, social issues, languages, people, events, customs, politics, and economics.


Encyclopedia of World Cities

An online reference book of 50 cities from all over the world, including information on each city's history, neighborhoods, museums, parks, transportation, geography, holidays and festivals, population profiles and much more.


Encyclopedia of Modern Middle East & North Africa

An online reference book which covers the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa, with major sections on Colonialism and Imperialism, the World Wars, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the United Nations involvement in the region. Each country in the region is reviewed, detailing its population, economy and government.


Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

An online reference book that spans the globe to explain the issues behind crimes against humanity and human rights issues as they relate to individual countries and the world at large. It traces the history of events that qualify as genocide and crimes against humanity, profiles perpetrators and heroes, and explains international laws and law proceedings aimed at ending genocide and crimes against humanity.

 

St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture

An online reference book about the events, products and people who shaped and influenced society, which includes biographies on politicians, actors, athletes, musicians, and other notable figures during the twentieth century.


United States Geography

This interactive database delivers an unbeatable combination of authoritative research sources, standards-aligned lessons and activities, and coverage of recent events for all 50 U.S. states and Provides nearly 19,000 primary and secondary sources, including state flags and seals, 2,600 images, 150 maps, and multimedia clips.


UXL American Decades

An online reference book which covers 20th-century events and social history beginning in 1900 and ending in 1999. Each decade is covered in one volume. Topics for each decade include: Headline Makers, Topics in the News, Arts and Entertainment, Business and the Economy, Education, Government, Politics, and Law, Lifestyles and Social Trends, Medicine and Health, Science and Technology, and Sports.


UXL Fashion, Costumes and Culture

An online reference book which Provides a broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric times to the present day. Examines more than 430 items of human decoration and adornment, ranging from togas to turbans, necklaces to tennis shoes. Explores how and why items were created, the people who made them, and their uses. This set shows how clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear reflect the different cultural, religious, and societal beliefs.
 

World Geography

World Geography: Understanding a Changing World provides online tools that develop students' global literacy, focusing on the geographical, political, social, economic, and cultural forces that are increasingly important in our globalized world and Contains almost 200 overviews of countries around the world, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, providing a portrait of each nation’s location and people culture, recent and early political history, and economy, plus more than 500 maps, including political and topographical by country and world region and includes more than 1,700 biographies of important political and cultural figures


World History

Ancient/Medieval Eras --  covers human history in all corners of the globe—from prehistoric times up to the beginnings of the Renaissance with Nearly 6,600 primary and secondary sources and 1,200 biographies of important figures.
 

World History

Modern Era -- Provides in-depth coverage of the history of all regions of the world from 1500 to the present with over 7,300 primary sources, over 80 era explorations, more than 3,500 biographies of political leaders and other important figures, and over 250 country overviews of nations.
 
 
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