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Databases index periodical literature and general reference sources. They provide abstracts and/or the full text of articles published in magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference works. Databases are updated daily.

** New Databases **

  Global Issues in Context

  Grzimek's Animal Life

  Opposing Viewpoints

Middle School Databases

Biography Resource Center

An excellent source of full text biographical information from ancient times to the present. This database also includes some images and references to other sources.

Cobblestone

Provides access to the full text of articles in Cobblestone, Calliope, Classical Calliope, Faces, and Odyssey magazines, covering the following subject areas: American history, world history, contemporary world cultures, geography, physical science, astronomy, earth science, archaeology, and general social studies and science topics.

eLibrary

Over 2,500 full-text and multimedia reference sources, including magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus maps, pictures, and multimedia (audio/video) files.

Grzimek's Animal Life

A comprehensive resource for information on mammals, amphibians, birds, reptiles, fishes, invertebrates, biomes, environmental issues, migration, and all animal-related topics. Includes facts about the animals, sound recordings, photographs, videos, and news articles.

InfoTrac Junior Edition

This database is designed for students in Middle School with over 330 titles, cross-searchable with E-Books, and provides access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, and sports.

 

Upper School Databases

ProQuest

An essential research tool that provides abstracts and full-text articles from over 2,000 general interest and subject specific magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers.

Academic ASAP

Provides access to articles in scholarly journals, news magazines and newspapers from the arts and humanities to social sciences, science and technology.

Annals of American History Online

Biography Resource Center

An excellent source of full text biographical information from ancient times to the present. This database also includes some images and references to other sources.

eLibrary

Over 2,500 full-text and multimedia reference sources, including magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus maps, pictures, and multimedia (audio/video) files.

Gale Database Collection

This collection includes the following cross-searchable databases: Expanded Academic ASAP, Biography Resource Center, General Reference Center Gold, InfoTrac OneFile, InfoTrac Student Edition, Computer Database, LegalTrac, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Military & Intelligence Database, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy among others.

Global Issues in Context

InfoTrac General OneFile

Provides access to a variety of full-text magazines, newspapers and reference works on current events, arts, science, popular culture, health, government, history, and social sciences.

InfoTrac Newsstand

A full-text newspaper resource that allows you to search articles by title, headline, date, author or topic. It provides you with articles from over 1,000 major U.S. local, regional, and national newspapers as well as leading papers from around the world.

InfoTrac Student Edition

Gives access to over 1,100 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database provides access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, and sports.

Opposing Viewpoints


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