Database descriptions

Database content and access options / for passwords, Ask a Librarian.

• Discus password is required for offsite access for these popular databases:  

  • Academic Search Premier - Academic journals for scholarly research

  • Biography in Context - Biographical information

  • Bloom’s Literature - Literary research on writers and their works throughout history and the world

  • Britannica - Encyclopedia and related content on three levels: ES, MS and HS,  teacher resources

  • CultureGrams - Provide snapshots of the world’s cultures

  • Opposing Viewpoints - Database of contemporary social issues

• Gale password is required for offsite access for these popular databases:  

  • Global Issues in Context - Multidisciplinary resource covering current world issues, conflicts and events from a global perspective

  • Gale eBooks - Reference books covering all disciplines

  • Literature Resources from Gale - Broad range of authors and their works including a deep collection of full-text critical and literary analysis

  • Science in Context - Today's most significant science topics and their relationship to real-world issues

  • US & World History in Context -Chronicle of the great cultures and societies that have formed human history

• Passwords always required for these popular databases

  • Jstor - Scholarly content from books and peer-reviewed journals covering all disciplines.  

  • SalemPress - Reference books online which duplicate JICHS hard copies.