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Online Reference Databases
Online Reference Databases
How do I get into these Databases?
For most databases, you can sign in with your school Google account.
If that's not working, check the database passwords list for those that require a different login.
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Swank K-12 Video Streaming
Swank K-12 Video Streaming
Bethlehem now subscribes to SWANK K-12 Streaming through Capital Region BOCES' School Library System's Instructional Media Service.
Swank Streaming allows our faculty to have access to several hundred films to use in the classroom.
These films are for academic, curricular use only and students do not have access to the Swank catalog. Teachers must use a special "share" link, which can be assigned right to the students to watch on their own 1:1 devices.
Bethlehem Specific URL (sign in with google)
Citing Sources/Taking Notes
Citing Sources/Taking Notes
style sheet 2016.pdfBCHS Style Sheet
BCHS Style Sheet
General Magazines, Journals, & Newspapers
General Magazines, Journals, & Newspapers
This periodical resource provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources, including the New York Times.
This collection of scholarly journals and general interest titles covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences.
This general-interest periodical resource allows users to find the information they want quickly, with intuitive searching that ensures they tap into quality sources.
Magazines, newspapers, primary sources and videos at 9th through 12th grade levels
Gale In Context | Middle School
Magazines, newspapers, primary sources and videos at 5th through 9th grade levels
Full-text newspaper database with several New York newspapers including the New York Times from 1995 on, and over 1,000 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers
Resources provide researchers with valuable information on any topic imaginable, including the Times Union.
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Databases for information about general topics from a combination of sources
Databases for information about general topics from a combination of sources
Excellent for Pro-Con perspectives
Sooth.fyi is an ad-free search engine designed for students and educators to find reliable information online without commercial or dubious content. It features a curated index of high-quality sources, and includes tools for critical thinking and digital literacy, such as displaying NewsGuard and AllSides bias ratings alongside search results. Sooth also provides research tools like note-taking and citation generators, and collaborative features for users to share research collections.
Full-text articles on a variety of research topics as well as research and information skills and tools
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Tools to help students do more effective scholarly research and support educators as they teach the core information literacy principles of finding, evaluating, and using information
All newspaper, magazine, and reference book content is 100% full text, editorially-selected and indexed from over 2,200 reliable, high-quality global sources. The collection includes reference materials such as encyclopedias and trusted periodical titles.
ProQuest SIRS Issues Researcher
Thousands of editor-reviewed, authoritative newspaper and magazine articles, graphics, charts, maps, primary sources, government documents, multimedia, as well as critical thinking questions, and timelines broaden student comprehension of each topic. A Research Guide organizes a student’s research inquiry process.
A source for researchers seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news
Gale In Context | Opposing Viewpoints
A range of perspectives on many important issues, with over 21,000 pro/con viewpoints, includes a variety of resource types: reference, news, primary sources, multimedia and more
Choose which Gale databases to search in at the same time, even all of them!
Access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines
Subject Specific
Subject Specific
A combination of resources (books, magazines, websites, journals, etc) organized by topic
Arts:
Arts:
Millions of high-quality images and media from some of the world’s top photo archives, museums, libraries, scholars, and artists, including rare materials not available anywhere else
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Gale | Business Insights: Essentials
Company profiles, industry reports and financial reports, as well as business magazines and newspapers
History
History
Language and Culture
Language and Culture
World Edition contains primary-source reports on 209 countries and territories—including every United Nations member state—focusing on 25 cultural categories, including language, personal appearance, greetings, visiting, family, life cycle and more.
States and Provinces Editions feature colorful, easy-to-read reports that describe the diversity and history of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia and all 13 provinces of Canada. Each report includes maps, flags and symbols, as well as sections on history, economy, geography, population, indigenous peoples and recipes.
Exclusive features include video clips and slideshows, a worldwide photo gallery, interviews with adults and children and a unique recipe collection with five local recipes for each country. Plus, infographics, create-your-own data tables and charts help put dozens of facts into perspective. Generate citations on the fly, play Text-to-Speech audio on demand or link text to Google Drive or Classroom with the click of a mouse.
Spanish
Accurate and age-appropriate content in Spanish for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students and students learning Spanish
Gale OneFile | Informe Académico
Spanish interface provides access to Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals both from and about Latin America
Music
Music
Royalty-free music library
Science
Science
Social Sciences
Social Sciences
Technology
Technology
Electronic Reference Books
Electronic Reference Books
These full text reference books just might be the answer to your research question!
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Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias
Includes Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools
A source for all grades (Pre-K-12) and all reading abilities
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