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Online Databases and Resources with Descriptions and Links Available 2024-25
Online Databases and Resources with Descriptions and Links Available 2024-25
An extensive collection of online reference eBooks.
Academic Search Premier (all topic research articles)
2,393 active, full-text, non-open access journals and magazines, 2,082 active, full-text, peer-reviewed, non-open access journals,633 active, full-text, peer-reviewed, non-open access journals with no embargo, 1,847 active, full-text, non-open access journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus. Subjects Include Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Physics, Psychology, Religion and philosophy, Science and technology, Veterinary science
Academic OneFile Select (all topic research articles)
From art and literature to economics and the sciences, this resource for academic research integrates the full text of publications from across the disciplines and includes vocational/technical titles used by community college students, filling a specific need for curriculum-oriented collections. The combination of full-text scholarly journals and select general interest titles, for smaller academic libraries, is ideal.
American Government (social studies research articles)
Information about the political and economic systems of the United States and analysis and research support concerning key questions in the history and function of American government.
American History (social studies research articles)
From the explorers of the Americas to the issues of today’s headlines, this database investigates the people, events, and stories of our nation’s evolution.
Britannica Online Academic Edition (all topic research articles)
Delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information. The rich combination of Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools provides the variety of reliable sources that students need to consult when conducting thorough research – all in one database.
Britannica School (encyclopedia)
3 online encyclopedias in one. A search will return articles from all 3 encyclopedias so students can choose which level meets their needs.
Britannica Spanish Reference Center
Resources in Spanish for all ages in two unique interfaces, each with its own comprehensive encyclopedia: Enciclopedia Universal en Español for high school ages and up and Enciclopedia Juvenil for ages 6-12.
Classroom Video on Demand (informational and instructional videos for research and assignments)
Variety of educational sources including: ABC, including ABC Nightline, American Museum of Natural History,BBC,Cambridge Educational,CBC Television,Films for Humanities and Sciences,History Channel,Monterey Media.National Geographic,NBC including MSNBC and CNBC,The Open University. PBS Including Frontline, NOVA, Bill Moyers, Ken Burns, American Experience, NewsHour and More,Royal Opera House,TED Talks, Video Education America (VEA)
Culturegrams (statistical and research information on countries)
Up to date information on every country recognized by the UN from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. 25 categories are tracked including history, land and climate, religion, personal appearance, gestures, language, government, family, dating and marriage, etc.
Daily Life through History (multi-discipline research articles)
Covers history topics and research organized into time periods, from prehistory to current times. The database explores the daily lives of ordinary people through time and across the globe, providing details about family life, work, food, clothing, sports, language, literature, romance, education, gender roles, social customs, and more that cannot be found elsewhere and are an asset to student research.
Digital Literacy (how to navigate our digital world)
In the Digital Literacy resource, you can learn digital citizenship skills to navigate today's digital landscape. Database articles explore cyberbullying, digital research skills, citizen journalism, and more.Interactive activities guide students through project-based learning activities using digital tools to create: podcasts, PSAs, multimedia presentations, digital business plans, social media campaigns, and more.
Financial Literacy (personal financial information)
The Financial Literacy database makes economics and personal finance easy to understand and highly engaging. Articles explore macro-, micro-, and global economics as well as personal and household finance. Users will learn to manage credit and debt, save and invest with confidence, plan for college and retirement, and avoid fraud and scams.
General OneFile (all topic research articles)
Provides access to an unprecedented number of general reference magazines and key serials in a single resource. This database is useful to users conducting general reference queries, business searches, and current event research. The addition of a browse-by-subject feature allows users to easily view content of interest on the most popular and most-searched topics within several distinct categories, including news, current events, health, and computers and technology.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (all topic research articles)
An extensive collection of online reference eBooks.
Health and Wellness (health articles for use in classes or for personal information)
Teen Health and Wellness has up to date, non-judgmental curriculum and self-help support articles on diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health suicide, LGBTQ+, and more.
In Context: High School (all topic research articles)
Provides contextual information on a wide array of subjects. Contains continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Infobase Learn 360 (Science driven videos and lessons)
Science diagrams and experiments, facts sheets, math activities, maps, timelines, videos, music, newsreels, audiobooks, games & activities, printables, STEM lessons : Teachers, students, and parents can access more than 164,000 media resources on any Internet-enabled device, anytime, anywhere, and engaging content landing pages make it easy to find the wealth of videos, interactives, printables, audio content, and maps and flags. The entire site and all landing pages can be filtered by grade level (all grades, elementary, or middle/high) for targeted browsing.
Image Quest (Image database)
Contains more than two million images from over 50 of the best collections in the world. All images are rights-cleared for non-commercial, educational use—ideal for use in lessons plans, student projects, school Web sites, and beyond.
A collection of online reference eBooks.
Issues & Controversies (Research articles useful for pro/con arguments & research)
Articles from differing points of view. Special features include: editorial cartoons & questions, debate topics, experts & sources.
Newspaper Source (newspapers from all over the world)
Newspaper and Journal Articles (all subjects)
NoodleTools (Tool used to create your Works Cited page. Also helps with organizing your articles.)
Use this to create bibliographic citations and to print out a “Works Cited” page. Take electronic notes as you do research. Note cards can be organized by clustering and tagging them, and by putting them into an outline. Use the school User ID and Password to the left to create your own account or to revalidate your existing account.
NoveList Plus is a comprehensive readers' advisory resource for fiction and nonfiction. With its intuitive interface and extensive feature content, NoveList Plus will help you to answer the questions of what to read next.
OneFile: High School Edition (Research articles)
Covers all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more. Provides a premium selection of reference material, more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts.
OneFile: News (Newspaper articles)
This innovative full-text newspaper resource allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields. Gale OneFile: News provides access to major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world. News also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts, and transcripts.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Research articles useful for pro/con arguments & research)
A great place to start for “controversial issue” research. It contains viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
Popular Culture Universe ( all topic research information)
An authoritative digital library of information on American and world popular culture, past and present. This resource provides a safe haven for investigating topics that appeal to students without the bias, advertising, suggestive content, or questionable authorship of commercial or fan sites.
Proquest SIRS Issue Research (Research articles useful for pro/con arguments & research)
Contains more than 2000 periodicals covering a broad range of materials: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.
An extensive collection of online reference eBooks.
Science Online (Science focused information and instructional resource)
Science topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures & illustrations. Science articles from over 200 magazines & journals.
Provides middle and high school students with up-to-date, nonjudgmental, straightforward curricular, and self-help support. Articles are correlated to state, national, and provincial standards, including Common Core Health and Science. Topics covered include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, LGBTQ issues, and more.
Up close and personal interviews with some of the most loved and respected children and young adult authors. Also included are an array of lesson plans and other resources for use by language arts teachers and for students.
Graphic Novels, classic literature & core texts, National Geographic science and history videos, educator resources, and audiobooks
An online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.
Students submit papers electronically. Student work can then be peer-reviewed, graded electronically by the teacher, and checked for originality.
Over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
Contains over 470,000 entries. You can also choose from several different types of searches to find word histories, see examples of how a word is used, or solve word puzzles.
Develop chronological knowledge by exploring the cultures, events, personalities, movements, and religious developments that occurred around the globe and throughout history. Includes video, timelines, statistics, organizations, maps, images, essays, glossary, court cases, and lessons.
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