Looking for passwords? Go to your HCSD student bookmarks > Library folder > "the blue sheet". Please do not share passwords outside of HCSD.

Contact Ms. Gilchrist for more research help.

WORLD BOOK ONLINE- access via Clever and login with Google credentials.

California K-12 Digital Resources

Online content from Encyclopaedia Britannica and ProQuest research databases are available — at school, at home, in libraries, on laptops, on phones — to all.

These databases are provided for all California students from the California State Library. For more help in using these resources, see Ms. Gilchrist. 

Encyclopaedia Britannica (PreK-12)

A comprehensive interactive resource for research and learning for grades K-12. Includes correlations to California Content Standards and other valuable teacher resources. 

ProQuest (Grades 3-12)

* The icons above and main links below work for accessing these resources on your school campus. Students and staff with the district/school's off-campus access name and access codes should use the "Off-Campus Access" links below when using from public libraries or other non-school locations.

• • CultureGrams - Concise social, cultural, and political information on countries, U.S. states, and provinces around the world. (Grades 3-12)

  • CultureGrams Off-Campus Access

  • SIRS Discoverer - A general reference database providing safe, reliable, curriculum-aligned content and features for use by students and educators. (Grades 3-9)

  • SIRS Discoverer Off-Campus Access

  • SIRS Issues Researcher - Pros and cons on 360+ (and growing) complex social issues with relevant, credible information that tells the whole story on the major questions of the day. (Grades 6+)

  • SIRS Issues Researcher Off-Campus Access

  • eLibrary - Guided Research edition delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content including more than 11,000 Research Topics (Grades 6+)

  • eLibrary Guided Research Off-Campus Access

  • eLibrary - Database Edition General reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers. (Grades 6+)

  • eLibrary Database Edition Off-Campus Access

  • ProQuest Central Student - designed to bring instant results to users across thousands of journals, magazines, newspapers, videos, reports, and more. This resource brings together some of ProQuest's most used databases in education, humanities, psychology, science, social sciences, and news. (Grades 9+, IB, AP, College Prep)

  • Central Student Off-Campus Access

Library Links : several different databases by subject (science, biography, history, point of view, and more!) Students have a bookmark for Library Links.  Password is on "the blue sheet."

SF Chronicle online login  Read the SF Chronicle online. See "the blue sheet" for login and password information.

Encyclopedia.com search 49 different encyclopedias and oodles of dictionaries/thesaurai all at once

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary/Thesaurus You can search for definitions, synonyms, or antonyms with this great online resource. It even includes a word of the day.