DATABASES
Atomic Learning: provides web-based software training and curriculum resources for more than 100 applications students and educators use every day.
Bloom's Literary Reference Online: Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature.
Brian Pop Up
BrainPOP: is a pioneering developer of engaging, animated content that motivates and inspires children to learn. BrainPOP reaching roughly students in homes, classrooms and computer labs worldwide.
Bridges: Online Education Planning, Career Exploration, and High School/College Test Prep. Resources.
Enc. Brit. Acad. Ed.: Complete encyc. including Timelines, World atlas, world data, Essays en classic subjects & daily Headlines from NYT & BBC.
Enc. Britanica School Edition: Combination of the three databases below. Includes Enc. Britanica Compton's, journals, mags, web sites and videos.
Enc. Britanica: For HS , Enc. Brit. online plus Biography of the day, This Day in History, Britanica Highlights, daily news, atlas, dictionary & more.
Brit. Compton's: For MS , Search by keywords or topics. Special features: Atlas, compare countries, Biography, dictionary, timelines, learning materials.
Enc. Britanica Elementary: For Elementary Students, similar to Compton's. Includes Activity of the day, animal of the day, featured spotlight.
CountryWatch: This database provides country specific geopolitical information on each countries in the world.
EBSCOHost: gives access to eleven different databases, magazines, periodicals, journals, & reference books.
Health Reference Center: Provides clear and comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness, mental health, and the human body.
History Resource Center: US :Access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 ref. titles, & over 110 full-text journal.
History Resource Center: World : Comprehensive collection of reference, full-text articles from scholarly publications, primary sources, maps & charts.
Issues & Controversies: is a reference database that is also a classroom tool and home learning resource.
Issues & Controversies in American History: is a reference database, a classroom tool, and a home-learning resource.
Junior Ref. Coll.: provides a premium selection of ref., primary sources, & multimedia content, including audio & video clips. For MS students only.
LRC: Scribner Writers Series, Twayne's Authors Up-to-date biographical info, overviews, literary criticism & reviews on 130,000 writers in all disciplines.
NewsBank: provides schools with Web-based curriculum support tools, newspaper collections & information resources.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: One-stop source for information on hottest social issues, topic overviews, magazine, academic journal, & news articles.

Questia:An interactive online library of over a million articles from journals, magazines, newspapers & books. *See Miss Lessee if you've lost your password.

Science Online: Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.
Science Resource Center:  Thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, latest scientific developments articles& academic journals.
Teen Health & Wellness: provides comprehensive curricular support including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, & more.

 

Please inform the MS/HS librarian Judyth E. Lessee if you have trouble accessing these databases at home or at school.

 

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