Databases

Provides students with a complete, multifaceted examination of the foundations of American Government and the political system.

Grade Level: 6-12

Subjects: Social Studies - American Government

ABC-Clio Information Services. “American Government.”ABCCLIO,https://americangovernment.

abc-clio.com/.

Provides students with hundreds of thousands of entries to investigate people, events, and stories of American history.

Grade Level: 6-12

Subjects: Social Studies - American History

ABC-Clio Information Services. “American History.” ABC-CLIO,https:// americanhistory.abc-clio.com/.

Provides access to over two million images and videos that can be used by both teachers and students for assignments, projects, lesson plans and much more. 

Grade Level: K-12

Subjects: All Content Areas                                   '

Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. “Britannica ImageQuest.” Britannica Digital Learning, 2019, quest.eb.com/.

Provides thousands of primary source documents in history, literature, science, law, politics, religion, and more.

Grade Level: 6-12

Subjects: All Content Areas

Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. Original Sources, 2019. https://os.eb.com/search.aspx

Provides encyclopedia articles on a variety of subjects with film clips, interactive learning games, photo galleries, journal articles, websites, and maps.

Grade Level: 2-12

Subjects: English, History, Science, Social Studies

Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. “Britannica School Edition.” Britannica Digital Learning, 2018, https://school.eb.com/leveles

Provides a collection of articles, images, maps, flags, charts, and graphs for use by a student doing research on a variety of subjects including animals, inventions and technology, sports, transportation, history, and stories and literature.

Grade Level: K-5

Subjects: All content Area

Gale (Firm). Gale in Context: Elementary. Gale Cengage Learning,http://find.galegroup.com/menu/start?userGroupName=hcpsc33&prod=ITKE.

Provides access to full-text articles from over 300 magazines and newspapers; over 40,000 biographies, essays, and criticisms; and over 10,000 maps, graphics, and photographs to use in research.

Grade Level: 6-8

Subjects: All Content Areas

Gale (Firm). Gale in Context: Middle School. Gale Cengage Learning, infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb

/patapsco_ms?db=MSIC.

Provides access to over fifteen million full-text articles from over 300 magazines and newspapers: over 100,000 multimedia records, and video and audio content from NBC, NPR, and other news sources. Students have access to hundreds of thousands of topic overviews, primary sources, biographies, and critical essays on various subjects including history, science and much more.

Grade Level: 9-12

Subjects: All Content Areas

(Firm). Gale in Context: High School. Gale Cengage Learning,http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/hcpub_hebron?db=SUIC. 

Provides access to encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Grade Level: 6-12

Subjects: English, Science, Social Studies, Technology

Gale (Firm). Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale Cengage Learning, http://find.galegroup.com/menu

/startuserGroupName=hcpub_hebron&prod=GVRL.

Provides access to over 150 reference science books from Gale Cengage. Includes over 7,000 biographies, 16,000 images and videos, and two dictionaries.

Grade Level: 6-12

Subjects: Science

Gale (Firm). Gale in Context: Science. Gale Cengage Learning, http://find.galegroup.com/menu/start?userGroupName=guilford_hs&prod=SCIC.

National Geographic Kids collection includes the complete run of the magazine from the first issue in 2009 to the present, as well as books, videos including Amazing Animals, images, and colorful photos. High-quality informational texts, fun features, and weird and wacky facts are available for primary, upper elementary, and middle school students.

Grade Level: K-8

Subjects: English, Science, Social Studies

Gale Cengage. National Geographic Kids. https://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/hcpsc33?.

Introduces students to the daily customs and lifestyles of cultures all over the world, as well as to their political, geographic, and economic structure. Database provides primary and secondary sources spanning thousands of titles and multiple media types.

Grade Level: 3-12

Subject: All Content Areas

ProQuest (Firm).CultureGrams. ProQuest. http://online.culturegrams.com/main/portal.php?a_username=howardcps&a_passoword 

Provides access to full-text articles and internet resources offering balanced content selections from more than 2,000 international sources. The database allows students to understand diverse perspectives on today’s complex social issues with relevant credible information.

Grade Level: 8-12

Subjects: All Content Areas

ProQuest (Firm). SIRS Issues Discoverer. ProQuest. https://explore.proquest.com/sirsissuesresearcher/home?accountid=1475

Provides full-text articles and images from over 1,000 newspapers, magazines, and government documents to be used by students in grades one through nine for research.

Grade Level: 4-9

Subjects: English, Science, Social Studies

ProQuest (Firm). SIRS Discoverer. ProQuest, https://explore.proquest.com/sirsdiscoverer/embedded/MZK3SIBAHQMYDXLZ.