Secondary Databases

Newsbank’s latest offering highlights Hispanic people, events, and achievements from the early 18th century to today. Sourced from thousands of publications, including 700+ Spanish titles, it provides a comprehensive view of history. Users can enter keywords for custom searches or use editor-curated searches by historical era. Available in all secondary schools in the O²CM region, this resource enhances Newsbank’s collection, shining a light on important aspects of history often overlooked. Ask your school librarian how to access *Hispanic Life in America* at your school!

Gale offers a collection of databases for students. Many Gale databases are available to all New Yorkers at no cost through the NovelNY program. Ask your school librarian how to access Gale databases in your school! You can search or browse by category, including Hispanic Americans. Explore relevant topics such as:

• Alamo

• Chavez, Cesar

• Chicano Movement

• Hispanic Americans in the Military

• Mexican-American War

• Spanish Colonialism

• Spanish Missions in America

• Spanish-American War

A source for all grades (Pre-K-12) and all reading abilities.  Available at three levels - elementary, middle, and high school.

Example articles in Britannica for High School include:

• National Hispanic Heritage Month

• Hispanic Americans

• Nina Otero-Warren (American civil rights activist and educator)

• Sylvia Mendez (American civil rights activist and nurse)

• Jorge Ramos (Mexican-American journalist and author) 

• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Mexican poet and scholar) 

Gale offers student databases with translation and saving features to Google Drive or Microsoft 365 accounts. Many are available for free through NovelNY. Check out the Hispanic Americans section, featuring 113 biographies of historical and contemporary figures, with updates, articles, audio clips, and images. Ask your librarian for access.

• Bad Bunny

• Castro, Julián 

• Chavez, Cesar

• Miranda, Lin-Manuel

• Moreno, Rita

• Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria

• Ramirez, Sara

• Rubio, Marco

• Sotomayor, Sonia

Gale offers a collection of databases for students. Many Gale databases are available to all NYers at no cost through the NovelNY program. Ask your school librarian how to access Gale databases in your school! Access a range of periodical content to explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community. Sample topics covered include:

• Hispanic Heritage Month

• Hispanic Culture

• Hispanic Women

• Hispanic Americans

Gale offers middle and high school students authoritative content for classroom assignments. It includes full-text articles from journals, magazines, and reference books on diverse subjects, including Hispanic topics. 

• Hispanic Writers

• Hispanic Achievement Awards

• Hispanic Artists, Athlete, etc.

• Television

• Who's Who Among Hispanic Americans

• Hispanic Culture

This Gale database is available to everyone in NY as part of the NOVELNY program. Contains magazines, newspapers, primary sources and videos for students in grades 6 to 8. Ask your school librarian how to access Gale databases in your school. The Hispanic Americans topic overview includes: 

• 351 Reference Articles

• 55 Biographies

• 50 Images

• 16 Videos

• 528 Audio Clips

• 1,123 Magazine Articles

• 1918 News Articles

• 4 Primary Sources

El Nuevo Herald is the second largest Spanish-language news outlet in the United States, covering local, national and international news for more than three decades, striving to be the most credible and dynamic source of news and information by producing journalism that makes a difference. El Nuevo Herald publishes in Spanish but also is routinely published in English in the Miami Herald. El Nuevo Herald shares a newsroom with the Miami Herald and they collaborate on a daily basis. Coverage is from Jan. 2019 through today.

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