Databases and Resources by Department
**ALL PASSWORDS ARE AT THE BOTTOM!!! You must be signed in to your district Google account in order to access the databases and passwords**
Academic Search Engines
English/Capstone
Reading:
Sora- Digital book platform
Destiny- Print book platform
Common Lit- free collection of reading passages in all literary and nonfiction genres
Goodreads- Book tracking and reviews
Citation:
OWL Purdue- Excellent resource for all types of writing
MyBib- Easy to use, free citation generator
Noodletools - SIGN-IN WITH YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT - Comprehensive source citation and writing organization assistance
Background Knowledge:
Scholastic Go- Non-fiction texts, world newspapers, videos, and more with this easy-to-navigate digital resource designed to strengthen content knowledge, vocabulary
Gale ebooks- Non-fiction book resources
Bloom's Literature - Explore the most significant figures in literature from ancient times to the present day in this comprehensive literary database
Deep Research:
ResearchIT CT from home
ResearchIT CT from school
ProQuest Elibrary- CLICK ON PASSWORDS BELOW FOR SIGN-IN Guided Research application, cross-search with other ProQuest databases, images, articles, primary and secondary resources
Google Scholar- Scholarly literature *caution not everything is free and full text*
Social Studies
Citation:
Noodletools- Student research platform with MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian bibliographies, notecards, and outlining.
OWL Purdue- Excellent resource for all types of writing
MyBib- Easy to use, free citation generator
Chicago Style/Turabian for Students - A guide for students looking to use Chicago/Turabian style
Background Knowledge:
American President: A Reference Resource - Facts, essays, and related content for all the U.S. presidents
CIA Factbook- Country profiles compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency.
CultureGrams- (Password Below) - Concise, reliable, and up-to-date cultural information on countries across the globe
Gale ebooks- (Password Below) - Reference library of ebooks
Scholastic Go- (Password Below) - World newspapers, maps, encyclopedias, and articles
Deep Research- Articles
ABC-CLIO- African American Experience- (Password Below) Secondary and Primary resources
ABC-CLIO- Latino Experience- (Password Below) Secondary and Primary resources
Google Scholar- Scholarly Literature **Caution not everything is free and full text - Please ask if you find something behind a paywall**
Infobase: Issues and Controversies in History - (Password Below) - Explore issues and controversies in history
Infobase: Modern World History- (Password Below) - Thousands of subject entries, biographies, images, videos, slideshows, maps and graphs, primary sources, and timelines
Infobase: American History Facts on File - (Password Below) - An excellent comprehensive resource for all things American History
***ProQuest Elibrary- CLICK ON PASSWORDS BELOW FOR AUTOMATIC SIGN-IN Guided Research application, cross-search with other ProQuest databases, maps, images, articles, primary and secondary resources.
***ProQuest SIRS- CLICK ON PASSWORDS BELOW FOR AUTOMATIC SIGN-IN- Analysis and opinions cover the pros, cons, and everything in between on the most researched and debated social issues. Editorially created Topic Overview pages help build a solid foundation for understanding the issue
ResearchIT CT - database with articles, newspapers, and more!
Primary Sources:
American Presidency Project- Presidential documents and records
Early Carribean Digital Archive- pre-twentieth-century Caribbean texts, maps, and images. Texts include travel narratives, novels, poetry, natural histories, and diaries that have not been brought together before as a single collection focused on the Caribbean
EBSCO- European Views of the Americans 1493- 1750- America from Europe's point of view
Eurodocs: Online Sources for European History- European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated, videos, sound files, maps, images, databases
Infobase: Modern World History- (Password Below) - Contains some primary documents World History
National Archives- Data, digitized records, selected series from Access to Archival Databases (AAD), Archives (ERA), all of the web pages from Archives.gov, and all of the web pages from the Presidential Libraries
Oyez- Supreme Court documents since 1955
ProQuest Black Freedom Primary Sources -a curated selection of primary sources about the struggles and triumphs of Black Americans.
News sources:
NY Times- Resources for Teachers
C-Span- Resources for Teachers
NewsLIT- Resources for Teachers about News Literacy
The Harlan Institute- Fantasy game for students with a virtual Supreme Court
UConn Early College Experience (ECE)
Uconn Library Link- UConn Library
UConn ECE LibGuide - LibGuide for ECE Courses
Science
Modified Resources- ELL, Resource
Pebble Go (Requires setup with Google Classroom) - Read-aloud articles on limited subjects
Pebble Go Next (Requires setup with Google Classroom) - Authentic read-aloud audio, academic vocabulary words with definitions, images, video, and audio in each article
Scholastic Go! (Password Below) - An excellent all-around source for a variety of topics with an easy-to-use interface
Diversity Database Resources
ABC-CLIO- The African American Experience- (Password Below) - Primary and secondary documents by time period
ABC-CLIO- The Latio Experience- (Password Below) - Primary and Secondary documents by time period
Amistad Digital Resource- Videos, background information, pictures
The Black Freedom Movement- Primary documents
Learning For Justice- Formerly Teaching for Justice, free resources for educators