• Research Resources

    Listed below are resources you can use to complete research projects or to explore interesting topics.  The databases require passwords if you are attempting to use them outside of school. Pick up your passwords in the library. 
     
    GENERAL RESEARCH
     
    Google Cultural Institute  Explore online exhibitions detailing the stories behind significant moments in human history.Each exhibition tells a story using documents, photos, videos and in some cases personal accounts of events.
     
     
    Take a look at this government site to learn more about countries.  
     
     
    CMS eBook Collection
    Here you will find a variety of fiction and nonfiction titles you can view online.  If you have an iPad or Android 3.0 (or higher) tablet, you can download the books after setting up an account in the library.
     
     
    All of the following databases are accessible through the EBSCO link.  Once you login, click the EBSCO databases link.  Then you will need to check the box next to the database you would like to use.    
     
    I recommend using the following EBSCO databases:
     
    Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
     
    Academic Search Elite
    Scholarly database containing full text for more than 2,100 journals.
     
    MAS Ultra-School Edition
    Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.

    Middle School Search Plus
    Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags

    Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.

    Primary Search
    Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. 
     
    Book Collection: Nonfiction Middle School Edition
    A rich research database containing informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 3,100 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on careers, health, ethnicity, disabilities, technology, biographies, history, science, women, civics and more.

    eBook Collection
    Search and view the full text of eBooks.
     
    Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. Consumer Health Complete provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. In addition, Consumer Health Complete includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs. The database is updated on a weekly basis.
     
    Science Reference Center
    Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
     
    TEACHER RESOURCES (available through EBSCO) 
     
    ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, contains more than 1.3 million records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.

    Professional Development Collection
    Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
Last Modified on January 23, 2017