Databases
What is a database?
Databases are online collections of information from journals, magazines, books and other sources authored by subject-area experts. Materials found in a database are invisible to a search engine such as Google. There are no advertisements, and they are updated daily so you can always get current information. Information in databases is very likely to be reliable, credible, and relevant. They are also likely to be at middle school reading levels.
To use any of the World Book databases shown below -- at school or at home -- use the following username & password: waucondagrade
To use any of the Gale databases shown below, sign in with the Google sign-in logo.
This tutorial shows you how to use topic pages within Gale In Context: Middle School to explore topics across all major subject areas.
This tutorial shows you how to use topic pages within Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints to research key issues and topics of debate.
This tutorial highlights some quick techniques for developing a research topic with the help of your Gale In Context resources.
This tutorial shares strategies for narrowing wide research topics, and using advanced search features to pinpoint documents within your Gale In Context resources.
This tutorial shows you how to use Highlights and Notes to keep track of key concepts and document sections within many Gale resources.
This tutorial shows you how to download results or use the Send to tool to add documents to Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive from many Gale resources.
This tutorial highlights the citation tools built into Gale databases and how use those tools to create citations or a Works Cited document. Though this video was created for another school and not MMS, it shows the same process that D118 students need to use.
This tutorial shows you how to use the Get Link tool found in many Gale resources to create persistent links back to documents, searches, and more.