Research

mpcs Databases

Available for all MPHS students; you will need to enter a database password (click this link) for full access.  

• Gale - Global Issues in Context: International viewpoints on global issues and current events, bringing together a variety of sources for analysis. Includes reference, multimedia, and scholarly sources in addition to podcasts, video, and interactive graphs.

• Gale - High School: Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues using different sources.

• NewsBank: World News sources, featuring topic and date filters. 

• World Book Encyclopedia - Advanced: Full access, secondary sources, covering a wide variety of topics. 

• World Book Timelines: Visual encyclopedic sources, categories by topic. 

public library databases

You need a library card to access the following academic sources. See the library team for details! 

• Prince William County Public Library Databases & Digital Collection 

• Manassas Park Public Library Databases

Public access databases

• Digital Public Library of America: Primary sources including images, texts, videos, and sounds. 

• Library of Congress: Books and digital collection of primary sources. 

• JSTOR (free version): Primary sources for advanced academic research. For full access to JStor, use your Prince William County Public Library card. 

• Google Scholar, Advanced Search - Select "advanced search" in Google Scholar by clicking the three lines to the top left of the window. If you find an article that does not give you full access, use your Prince William County Public Library card and search one of their academic databases. The article will likely be there for free!