The following online databases are your prime source for access to thousands of current events newspaper and magazine articles, as well as reference articles from books and encyclopedias, along with maps, diagrams, timelines, images, and biographies. The information found in these databases comes from reliable sources that are reviewed and selected for accuracy, currency, and relevance.
The databases can be accessed in school as well as from home; descriptions are listed below each link. If you are experiencing any problems accessing any of the links, please call Mrs. Sobol at x4203.
Opposing Viewpoints
This database specializes in providing articles on social issues such as Gun Control and Genetic Engineering. This database brings together viewpoint and pro/con articles as well as topic overviews, government statistics, and court cases.
EBSCO databases
In this EBSCO link you will find the following databases:
- Primary Search via Searchasaurus
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
ProQuest
*Proquest is a general periodical database containing magazine, newspaper and scholarly journal articles covering many major subjects.
SIRS Researcher
*SIRS Researcher is a general periodical database containing full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, policital and global issues. Special Features include Pro/Con articles on leading controversial issues such as Eating Disorders and Gangs and a link titled Focus on Terrorism, providing news and articles.
Modern World History Online
*World History Online covers the people, places, events, and ideas that have defined our world since the perhistoric times through the modern era. It contains thousands of subject entries, biographies, images, maps & charts, and timelines.
American History Online
*This database spans 500 years of US political, military, social and cultural history and contains biographies, subject entries, timelines, primary source documents, maps and images.
Ancient & Medieval History Online
*This database covers the civilizations of Africa, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mesoamerica, and Mesopotamia. Contains introductions to each civilization, subject entries, biographies, primary sources, images, maps, charts, and timelines.
Science Online
*Science Online contains diagrams, essays, definitions, and biographies all arranged by scientific topic. Topics covered include: Animal Anatomy, Astronomy, Space Technology, Atomic Physics, Biochemistry, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Genetics, Health & Medicine, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Marine Science, Physics, Weather & Climate.
NOVEL New York
These databases are free through NOVEL NY.
Bloom's Literary Reference Online
This database contains author biographies, overviews, synopses, and critical analyses of poems, novels, plays, important works of nonfiction, and essays on various literary topics and themes.
Noodle Tools - bibliography maker!
You must create your own personal folder! Click on "create personal ID" & enter username & pw.. You will then be asked to set up your personal account.
Noodle Tools is a database for creating MLA bibliographies.
EdVideo Online
If you would like to create your own unique username and password so you can have your own "account" and create playlists, do the following:
1) Once at the above link, click on "New Subscribers Log in here" on the left side of the page, under Subscriber Log in.
2) under New Subscriber please enter the following general passcode, which is case sensitive: fDrCvzVzD7
3) it will ask you to create a user profile and then set up your username and password...I would suggest using the username and password you use to login here at school!
