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To use our subscription databases from home, get the login/ password from the media center.
 World Book Online
Excellent source of reliable, easy to understand information. Offers all the features of the print encyclopedia plus links to maps, web sites, and other print articles.
Gale Infotrac
Student Resource Center Gold
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 Health Module.
Gale Infotrac
Opposing Viewpoints
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.
Gale Infotrac
Science Resource Center
In-depth, curriculum-oriented science database that provides a one-stop resource for all science-related research needs. 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 more.
SIRS
SIRS Knowledge Source
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.
SIRS
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.
ABC-CLIO American Government
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, includes comparisons of the United States' and other nations' political and economic systems and directories of contact information for nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies.
CultureGrams
Offers concise, reliable, up-to-date country reports on 190 cultures of the world. It goes beyond mere facts and figures to deliver an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.
NoodleTools
Generate, edit, and publish an MLA Works Cited list or APA References list that complies with the rules of the current MLA Handbook and APA Publication Manual. NoodleBib takes care of punctuation, alphabetization and formatting, producing a polished source list for import into Word.
Bridges -- Choices
Start exploring the world of careers and education options! Helps users match future careers with their interests and abilities. Includes detailed profiles of hundreds of careers, as well as concrete steps on how to prepare for them.
Howard County Library Databases
Use your Howard County Library card and pin number (request a pin number from the library) to access many online reference sources. Click on "Databases."
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