Research Databases
Are you doing Research? You have 24/7 access to our Databases! Ask the librarians or one of your teachers for access information or go to the FHS Library Media Center Google Classroom for Usernames and Passwords.
ABC-CLIO Database Home Page - ABC-CLIO, LLC is a publishing company for academic reference works and periodicals primarily on topics such as history and social sciences for educational and public library settings.
Abdo Digital Bookshelf - ABDO is a leading educational publisher of books and digital resources for today's school and public libraries.
The Black Freedom Struggle in the United States- a curated selection of primary sources for teaching and learning about the struggles and triumphs of Black Americans.
Cameron’s Collection for MS/HS - Supporting Teen Mental Health and Wellness
Checkology - Checkology is a free e-learning platform with engaging, authoritative lessons on subjects like news media bias, misinformation, conspiratorial thinking and more. Learners develop the ability to identify credible information, seek out reliable sources and apply critical thinking skills to separate fact-based content from falsehoods.
Comics Plus High School - ComicsPlus offers unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga through schools and libraries.
Discovery Education- provides engaging high-quality content, grab-and-go digital lessons, creative collaboration tools, and practical professional learning resources to give educators everything they need to engage all learners and create a lasting educational impact in any learning environment. Google Sign In
Facts on File Issues & Controversies - FACTS ON FILE Issues and Controversies helps researchers understand today’s crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture. It offers in-depth articles—each presenting both sides of an issue clearly, coherently, and without bias—made to inspire thought-provoking debates.
Findit! Online Research Databases - Find by Subject; Find by Format. Find by Subject (Scholarly Journals, Magazines, & Newspapers). FindIt! searches many of the Library's subscription databases and brings you results from a variety of different resources.
Flocabulary - Flocabulary is a learning program for all grades that uses educational hip-hop music to engage students and increase achievement across the curriculum.
Freeport Memorial Library - Accessing Freeport Memorial Library's research Databases Slides
Gale Biography In Context - is an engaging experience for those seeking contextual information on the world's most influential people. ... Biography is built on a foundation of more than 600,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study.
Gale Ebooks - Gale eBooks offers a means to integrate quality digital nonfiction content into a K-12 curriculum while providing a successful online research experience. With expert authoritative content from top publishers, teachers and students have access to trustworthy resources to enrich their learning, delivered through a user-friendly platform.
Google Arts & Culture- is an online platform through which the public can view high-resolution images and videos of artworks and cultural artifacts from partner cultural organizations throughout the world.
Google Scholar-provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
Issues: Controversy and Society - ABC-CLIO brings important issues in today's world to students' attention, highlighting the complete historical background, contemporary status, and global view of each. It provides students authoritative context, diverse expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources for truly understanding the issues that currently affect much of our global society, and for developing informed positions on those engendering controversy.
JSTOR-provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
Modern Genocide - ABC CLIO - Modern Genocide: Understanding Causes and Consequences covers 10 modern genocides in depth, providing definitive expertise on this delicate topic that may be used as a springboard for discussion of human and civil rights. It enables students to fully grasp the events of the genocides and the factors that led to them, showing readers repeating patterns in history and giving them the agency to work to diminish hatred that could lead to future genocides.
New York Times - is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
NewsBank - Explore and stay informed on local, national and international topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources from around the world to around the corner. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
Noodle Tools - NoodleTools is an online research management platform that promotes critical thinking and authentic research. Students stay organized as they evaluate information, build accurate citations, archive source material, take notes, outline topics, and prepare to write. Google Sign In
NOVELny : Students - Provided by the New York State Library, NOVELny connects New Yorkers to 21st century information. NOVELny is supported with temporary federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Proquest SIRS Issues Researcher-offering balanced content selections from more than 2,000 international sources. Analysis and opinions cover the pros, cons, and everything in between of 360+ social, scientific, health, historic, economic, and political issues. Editorially curated and created content including engaging Essential Questions, and viewpoint articles help build a solid foundation for understanding complex global issues. Documents and graphics in SIRS Issues Researcher are carefully selected according to strict SIRS criteria for content reliability, relevance, and age-appropriateness. Titles include: American History, The Christian Science Monitor, Economist, Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, Global Viewpoint, Maclean’s, National Geographic, and Newsweek.
Rosen Interactive eBook Collection - Interactive eBooks Collection with content for science and social studies.
Sora-Overdrive eBooks - OverDrive is a digital library offering both eBooks and audiobooks for the Webb community, anytime, anywhere! Sora (the student reading app) is the new user-friendly app that lets you access it through your laptop, phone or tablet. The Sora app was designed around the modern student reading experience. Getting eBooks and audiobooks from your school is quick and easy with Sora. Just sign in with your school account, then borrow and open books with one tap.
TeachingBooks - Book & Reading Engagement Kit: Home Edition (Teen Access)
For Children and Teens
Watch movies of authors in their studios
Experience 12,000+ read-along audiobook performances
Hear authors pronounce and tell the stories of their names
Enjoy 1,000+ complete book readings
Explore book trailers, Meet-the-Author recordings, and more
Support assignments about books and author studies
Find the right book for you (Reader's Advisory)
Teen Health and Wellness - provides middle and high school students with nonjudgmental, straightforward, curricular and self-help support, aligned to state, national, and provincial standards. Topics include diseases, drugs and alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide and bullying, green living, LGBTQ issues, and more.
For teens, by teens: Digital storytelling opportunities for teens including personal stories and video PSAs
All learners read and succeed: With text-to-speech, readers can select: male/female voice, 3 speeds, highlighting by word/sentence/both, text color, enhanced text visibility, and download articles as audio files!
Instant translation into 100 languages, including Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Korean, and more
Turnitin - Turnitin improves the student writing cycle by preventing plagiarism and providing rich feedback to students. Google Sign In
-Access a world of information at the library or at home
-Complete World Book Encyclopedia digitized, all 22 volumes, and more
-Additional resources: film, sound, 3-D panoramic views help to enhance the articles
-WB Digital aligns users with their appropriate learning level for their best experience.
Early World of Learning – Stories, classic tales, video clips, music, interactive learning games, print & do activities and more can be found for the preschool or beginning reader groups.
Kids, Student and Advanced World Book Online – These three access points provide progressively more complex articles. Special features appropriate for lower elementary, intermediate grades and high school include current events, games, links, today in history, research help and even citation builders, plus more.
Timelines – Captivate even a reluctant reader with this unique display of events in history, science, sports, technology and beyond. You can even create your own timeline of events.
Discover – A special collection of resources for varying ability levels and ages; from basic information and research aides to helpful hints on getting your own apartment. Check out this helpful life skills’ treasure trove.
World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos – Written in Spanish and integrated with World Book Kids for parallel English-language content for ESL students or for those wanting Spanish resources. Links to several Spanish language periodicals is just one of the special features.
World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras-ABC-CLIO - explores ancient civilizations, dynasties, and empires and profiles city-states, countries, and regions of the ancient and medieval world, providing a dynamic learning experience that encompasses intellectual developments, wars and cooperation, religion, cultural practices, and more from prehistory through to the beginning of the Renaissance.
World History: The Modern Era-ABC-CLIO - provides for a comprehensive study of the emergence of the modern world, covering the history of the world from 1500 to the present. Students will learn about the evolution of modern Europe since the Renaissance; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world; the global impact of the Industrial Revolution; revolutions in France and Latin America; imperialism; nationalism; World Wars I and II; growing global powers, and more.