Secondary Resources

ABC Clio

ABC-Clio Provides digital resources for patrons, educators, and students on complex topics at the secondary and collegiate level.  For Public Library access, ask your Media Center Coordinator for the LVUSD login credentials.  Select the database that you want to search at the bottom on the screen.  Available databases include American History, World History Ancient and Medieval Eras, World History Modern Era and Daily Life through History.

Britannica School 

is the go-to site for learning more about any subject—for all grades and all reading abilities—offering thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Websites, and three separate databases—Elementary, Middle, or High.

Also available in Spanish.

Pro Quest

Use this link for SCHOOL ACCESS.  ProQuest Central is a multidisciplinary resource that brings together many of ProQuest’s most important, complete databases in science, technology, education, social sciences, humanities, and news. This database solves the problem of preparing students for college level academics by giving them access to a variety of sources, types of content, and multiple subjects using an interface that is widely used in higher education and prep school

Sirs Issue Researcher provides background and current analysis necessary for the research and understanding of 350+ current and pervasive Leading Issues. Analysis and opinions cover the pros, cons, and everything in between on the most researched and debated social issues. Issues are organized from major topical areas into Leading Issues, and then broken down to Pro/Con subtopics.

Alexander Street

Streaming video, audio, and text library databases that promote research, teaching, and learning across disciplines, including music, counseling, history, business and more.

ArtStor has now migrated into JStor, so using the same login info as JStor, you can access all of the resources you used to at Art Stor on JStor.

Pro Quest

Use this link for SCHOOL ACCESS.  ProQuest Central is a multidisciplinary resource that brings together many of ProQuest’s most important, complete databases in science, technology, education, social sciences, humanities, and news. This database solves the problem of preparing students for college level academics by giving them access to a variety of sources, types of content, and multiple subjects using an interface that is widely used in higher education and prep school

 Scholarly resources on JSTOR include Archival and Current  Journals, Books, and Primary Sources.  Password information can be found in your school library.

Sirs Issue Researcher provides background and current analysis necessary for the research and understanding of 350+ current and pervasive Leading Issues. Analysis and opinions cover the pros, cons, and everything in between on the most researched and debated social issues. Issues are organized from major topical areas into Leading Issues, and then broken down to Pro/Con subtopics.

Biography

Gale In Context: Environmental Studies -- Broadens student understanding of environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.

Essential and balanced information regarding crucial international issues.

Gale Literary Sources integrates full-text literary content with metadata and subject indexing and provides workflow tools to analyze information. You can research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across your library's Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.

Includes hundreds of topics of pressing issues of our time.

Access to driver's license practice tests and online manuals in English and Spanish available on DRIVING-TESTS.ORG

Learning Express offers help with test prep including AP Exams, SAT, ACT and GED.  It includes practice  drills, lessons and study guides.  You must create a username and password to use this system.

Gale Courses offer a wide range of free online classes, led by expert instructors. Courses run for six weeks and new sessions begin every month.  Check out the courses on SAT and ACT prep.