Databases

Better than Google! Use these databases to get reliable information for your research projects.

*Students! If you wish to use these resources at home, you must obtain usernames and passwords for these databases from Ms. Furlong.

Social Issues / Controversial Topics

General reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, historic, economic, political, government and global issues. Articles are selected from more than 1,200 domestic and international newspapers, magazines, journals and government publications.

http://sks.sirs.com

This covers today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. It helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, creating presentations and more.

http://galesupport.com/novelGeo/novelGeoLink.php?loc=nysl_ca_tamarac&db=OVIC

This database contains over 12,000 journals and reference sources, many of which are peer-reviewed and full text. It has extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more.

http://galesupport.com/novelGeo/novelGeoLink.php?loc=nysl_ca_tamarac&db=AONE

Health Information

Teen Health and Wellness provides middle and high school students with nonjudgmental, straightforward, standards-aligned, curricular and self-help support. Topics include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, green living, financial literacy, and more.

https://teenhealthandwellness.com/

Social Studies

World History Collection: this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field.

http://galesupport.com/novelGeo/novelGeoLink.php?loc=nysl_ca_tamarac&db=PPWH

U.S. History Collection: this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in US History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field.

http://galesupport.com/novelGeo/novelGeoLink.php?loc=nysl_ca_tamarac&db=PPUS

America's Historical Newspapers (1690 - 2000)

Find news articles covering topics in government, politics, social issues, culture, literature discoveries, inventions and more from hundreds of primary sources . Find news and eyewitness accounts and pro/con articles of events, issues and daily life in the colonies or during the Revolutionary War, westward expansion, the Civil War, Reconstruction, industrialization, the Progressive Era, World War I, the Great Depression, Vietnam War, World War II, Civil Rights Movement, Cold War, globalization and other eras.

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=EANX-K12

Access World News - International and Domestic Perspectives for Research Papers, Debate and Speech

This comprehensive news collection is ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level.

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=AWNB

ELA

TeachingBooks.net provides original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, and a wealth of multimedia resources on K–12 books to support reading and library activities for all grades and content areas.

https://www.teachingbooks.net

Multimedia

BrainPOP: Animated Science, Health, Technology, Math, Social Studies, Arts & Music and English movies, quizzes, activity pages and school homework help for K-12 kids

https://www.brainpop.com/