IHS LIBRARY

Ithaca High School Library, Ithaca NY

open Mondays through Thursdays, 8:30-4:30; Fridays, 8:30-3:40 during school

IHS students: if you need to connect with us for assistance with research, access to ebooks and audiobooks or just to chat, please go to our Contact page.

Need to return IHS Library Books or IHS Textbooks? Drop them off in our return bin by the ICSD Board Building, 400 Lake St. Or drop off at TCPL, the library in downtown Ithaca: they have generously offered to take ICSD books. Click here for more information.

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General Databases

Includes pro-con articles and summaries on hot topics, general reference, government documents & arts and humanities resources
Pro-con articles on contemporary issues with topic overviews, opposing viewpoint editorials, statistics and primary source documents
A one-stop source for news, magazine, and periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and academic disciplines; millions of articles
Subject-specific databases, including health, business, environment, arts & gender studies 
Academic peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters & primary source documents
Cross-curricular content that reinforces the development of skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation.  
Includes art image gallery,  teacher resources, environmental issues & consumer health
Find articles about local and regional New York State issues
Electronic reference for literature, biography, history, arts, multicultural studies and more
Electronic reference on literature, authors and history
Millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including podcasts and radio/TV transcripts

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

General encyclopedia

Literature & Literary Criticism

Information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes
Full text poems, short stories, plays, author biographies, and criticism
Find good reads, reviews and author bios, as well as read-alikes and book discussions
Search our large permanent collection of  literary criticism reference titles for critical essays, biographies, and summaries
Current and comprehensive literature database with a very broad representative range of authors and their works including a deep collection of full-text critical and literary analysis 

History: U.S.

Primary sources, news, and analysis that provides valuable context for major events, wars, cultural trends, and people in American history 

History: Global

Primary sources and multimedia content shed light on ancient societies and cultures as well as current global issues 
Award-winning reporting and analysis on current social and political issues 
Information on all nations including history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
Information on contemporary global issues.

Science

ntextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics, this database showcases how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues
Millions of journal articles covering biological sciences, computing, engineering, and technology 
Coverage of agriculture and its related fields, from practical aspects of farming to cutting-edge scientific research in horticulture 

Health & wellness

The world’s largest medical library, with information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues. Always reliable and up-to-date 
Covers the complete range of health care topics, full-text periodicals, reference books, and videos demonstrating medical procedures
Covers all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine 
From the National Institute of Health, this comprehensive database looks at addiction science with updated and detailed information on all subjects.

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