Research Tools

Check out our collection of online databases; these companies provide student access to reference resources, including newspapers, books, magazines and multimedia content.

Reference Databases

• Encyclopedia Brittanica 
  Encyclopedia, magazine, and journal articles, plus primary sources, images, video, and more for middle and high school students. Includes the InfoTrac Student Edition database.

• Gale In Context: High School
  Encyclopedia, magazine, and journal articles, plus primary sources, images, video, and more for middle and high school students. Includes the InfoTrac Student Edition database.

• Explora Teens:  EBSCO
  Contains middle and high-school-appropriate magazine, journal, and encyclopedia articles and also includes primary source documents, reference books, and multimedia. Includes Middle Search Plus, MAS Ultra - School Edition, Consumer Health Complete, Health Source - Consumer Edition, and Science Reference Center databases.

• Points of View Reference Center:  EBSCO
  Pro vs. con essays that present multiple sides of current or controversial issues. Plus magazine and newspaper articles, primary sources, and more related to those issues.

• Ethnic Diversity Source: covers the culture, traditions, social treatment, and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America. It provides full text from a growing list of sources including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, e-books, biographies, and primary source documents.

• The American Indian Experience (ABC CLIO):   Presents American Indian voices and perspectives, with the historical experiences and contemporary practices of more than 150 Native American tribes across North America.

• Science Reference Center:   EBSCO
  Science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources covering numerous science topics for middle and high school students. Included in Explora Teens and Explora Library databases.

• ProQuest Global
  Newsstream Newspaper articles from hundreds of papers including the Minneapolis Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Barron’s, USA Today, and many more.

• Critical Insights series -This comprehensive series distills the best of both classic and current literary criticism of the world’s most-studied literature. Each volume in the series focuses on an individual author’s entire body of work or on a single work of literature.

• MasterFILE Complete (enter through EBSCO Host)
  Offers the largest collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books, and other highly-regarded sources from the world's leading publishers. Covering virtually every general interest subject area, it also includes an extensive collection of photos, maps, and flags.

• LearningExpress Library (ELM DATABASE)
  Skills building tests and tutorials for grades 9-12 plus College Admissions Test Prep for ACT, SAT, and PSAT.

Citing Sources

• MLA Formatting and Style Guide

• Generate citations in MLA, APA & Chicago formats for bibliography