Online ResourcesResearch Databases |
Where can I locate magazine, journal, newpaper and reference articles?
Periodicals, journals, newspapers and magazines can all be accessed from the online database subscriptions. In addition, thousands of references sources and books are also digitized and searchable from these sites. To access these sites from home you will need the user names and passwords provided to you on the yellow cards distributed in English classes. You can also pick up a copy of the yellow card from the circulation desk in the media center.
American Government subscription website guides students in connecting the most-talked-about issues of our day with the foundations of government. In addition to daily UPI Washington news, students can analyze political cartoons and learn about different viewpoints through political commentaries. Along with short videos, quotes, abstracts, and more, this website includes comparisons of the United States' and other nations' political and economic systems.
American History investigates the people, events, and themes of our nation's evolution. Using primary and secondary sources to integrate American politics, science, culture, philosophy, and economics, this authoritative database explores the ongoing development of the United States.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources, to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Includes access to viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
Science Resource Center is an in-depth, curriculum-oriented science database that provides a one-stop resource for all science-related research needs. This resource reflects curriculum trends and focuses on key concepts taught in school classrooms such as earth science, science history, life science, physical science, science and technology, space and much more.
SIRS Decades features more than 5,000 hand-selected primary and secondary source articles highlighting key events, movements, people, and places in 20th-century America. Coverage includes documents, letters and memos, editorial cartoons, streaming video, websites, photographs, maps, advertisements, and published articles.
SIRS Knowledge Source is a comprehensive online interface providing integrated access to thousands of full-text articles, documents, and graphics from SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, and SIRS Renaissance. Thousands of full-text articles from domestic and international sources exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues are available.
Student Resource Center Gold is a fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 1,000 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips. Includes Student Resource Center-Health Module.
World Book Online Reference Center is an excellent source of reliable, easy to understand information for students. World Book Online offers all the features of the print encyclopedia plus links to maps, web sites, and other print articles.
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a variety of reference titles in eBook format. Users can search a single eBook or our entire collection. Currently we own three sets on world biographies, the Encyclopedia of Biomes, the St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, UXL American Decades, World War I and World War II Reference Library, 30 volumes of Novels for Students, and a variety of other titles in medicine and world cultures.