Online Databases
Database |
Description |
Recommended Use of Database |
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American History
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Information on modern era American history including biographies, primary-source documents,
essays, glossary terms, maps, quotations, timelines, photos, audio, video, and statistics
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History and social studies research on modern American History
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| AP Images | A resource for primary source new photos from the Associated Press
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Current, relevant photos, graphics, maps, timelines, logos, and graphs are available on this
database
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CQ Researcher
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The CQ Researcher explores single issues in the news in depth each week. Topics range from political, social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. | Social issues research |
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Culture Grams
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Detailed information on world geography, including culture, government, history, and current news on countries | Maps and research on countries for geography and foreign language projects |
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EBSCO
Host
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Full text magazines, newspapers and reference books | Health, psychology and history research, includes ERIC |
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E-Library
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A graphically organized database of full text magazines, newspapers, reference books, pictures and transcripts of radio and television programs | Research on all topics |
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First Search
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Advanced scholarly database of full text articles and abstracts (short descriptions of articles) | Scholarly journal articles, professional staff development
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Grolier Online
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A general purpose American encyclopedia
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Basic information, includes useful weblinks
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Info Trac - Scribner
Writers
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Focuses on authors and English topics | Author and literature research |
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Info Trac - Student
Resource Center
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Genereal use database which includes full text magazines, newspapers and reference book articles | Biographies, history, science and literature |
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Information Please
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An almanac, atlas, and thesaurus | Research on statistics and countries |
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Literature
Finder
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Full text resource for poems, short stories, essays, plays, speeches, and literary criticism | Research on authors and their works |
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Novelist
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A reader's advisory tool, searchable by genre, author, and subject
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A guide to identify books you would like to read with discussion group guides and teacher materials for many titles |
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Reference
E-Books |
Reference books delivered via the web. Search for what you need in great reference book sources. hundreds of books available. | All those great reference books but now you may search them... |
| SIRS Decades | Primary and secondary sources for the history, culture and daily life divided into decades for 20th Century America. | Research for topics divided by decades. Great timelines with photos, videos, articles, posters, speeches, maps and charts, and editorial cartoons. |
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SIRS Researcher
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More in-depth full text articles on many subjects | Research about health, economics, business, science and history |
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Web Feet
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Links to Web sites on various school-related topics | Web sites evaluated for school use by subject experts |
| Visual Thesaurus | Creates maps of words, including parts of speech. | Can be used in any subject. Includes translators. |
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World Geography
ABC-ClIO
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Detailed information on world geography, including culture, government, history, and current news on countries | Maps and research on countries for geography and foreign language projects |
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World History ABC-CLIO,
Ancient
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Includes biographies, primary-source documents, essays, glossary terms, maps, quotations, timelines, photos, audio, video, and statistics | History and social studies research on ancient world history |
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World History ABC-CLIO,
Modern Era
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Information on modern era world history including biographies, primary-source documents, essays, glossary terms, maps, quotations, timelines, photos, audio, video, and statistics | History and social studies research on modern world history |