Online+Databases

Databases by Topic

 * ===History=== || ===Science/Health=== || ===Current Events/Govt.=== || ===Country Studies=== ||
 * * Facts on File: American History
 * Facts on File: Ancient & Medieval History
 * Facts on File: Modern World History
 * Gale Virtual Reference: Encyclopedia of American Urban History
 * [|Questia]
 * Proquest || * Facts on File: Science Online
 * SIRS Researcher
 * Health Reference Center Academic
 * CQ Researcher
 * Gale Virtual Reference: Encyclopedia of Biotechnology
 * Gale Virtual Reference: Climate Change in Context
 * Questia
 * Proquest || * SIRS Researcher
 * SIRS Government Reporter
 * Facts on File: World Geography & Culture
 * Proquest
 * CQ Researcher
 * Custom Newspapers
 * NY State Newspapers
 * Academic OneFile
 * General OneFile || * Facts on File: World Geography & Culture
 * SIRS Government Reporter (Click on "Country Profiles")
 * Questia ||
 * ===Literature=== || ===Encyclopedias=== || ===Art=== || ===Business=== ||
 * * Twayne's Author Series
 * Questia
 * Proquest || * [|World Book Encyclopedia & Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos y Gran Enciclopedia Hispanica]
 * Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
 * New Book of Knowledge
 * Encyclopedia Americana
 * Gale Virtual Reference Library || * ARTStor
 * SIRS Renaissance
 * Questia || * [|Business & Company Resource Center] ||

Databases in Alphabetical Order

 * [[image:Screen_shot_2010-06-18_at_12.10.22_PM.png width="130" height="22"]] || **Academic OneFile** contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources ||
 * [[image:artstor.jpg width="120" height="71"]] ||  The **ARTStor** collection includes approximately 300,000 images covering art, architecture and archeology. ARTstor's tools allow you to view and analyze images through features such as zooming and panning, saving groups of images online for personal or shared uses, and creating and delivering presentations both online and offline. ||
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2010-06-10_at_12.27.56_PM.png width="119" height="48"]] ||  **Business and Company Resource Center** brings together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. ||
 * [[image:cq.jpg width="120" height="26"]] || **CQ Researcher** is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc. ||
 * [[image:customnewspapers.gif width="120" height="45"]] || **Custom Newspapers** - Search a collection of over 300 newspapers, both national and international. Includes full text, New York Times articles from 2000 to the Present. ||
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2010-06-10_at_12.21.23_PM.png]] || **EBSCO Host** offers a range of advanced searching features. Results can be limited or refined by various criteria including subject, author, journal, date, peer-reviewed status and full text availability. Many products on EBSCOhost support an enhanced subject search allowing in-depth searching of people, companies, reviews or specific subject headings. Navigate subdivisions or related terms, explore subjects that contain periodicals, reviews, newspapers, pamphlets or reference books. ||
 * [[image:fofamerican.png width="120" height="34"]] || **Facts on File: American History Online** is a comprehensive and authoritative reference to the most important individuals, events, and topics in United States history. Spanning more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, this invaluable reference source is organized by content type, topic, era, and activity as well as by the National Standards for U.S. History. Thousands of fully hyperlinked entries allow you to follow a topic to related biographies, primary source documents, and images. Web links direct users to some of the web’s best educational sites. ||
 * [[image:fofworld.png width="117" height="19"]] || **Facts on File: Ancient & Medieval History** - Provides thorough coverage of eight civilizations—ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient and medieval Africa, medieval Europe, the Americas, and ancient and medieval Asia. Users can research each civilization in depth or use the browse feature to conduct comparative studies of events and developments across civilizations. This expansive database offers an unprecedented amount of information about these civilizations and their places in history, with content drawn from Facts On File’s acclaimed print references. ||
 * [[image:fofmodern.png width="120" height="26"]] || **Facts on File: Modern World History** - Covers the full scope of world history from the mid-15th century to the present. This comprehensive online resource contains thousands of fully hyperlinked subject entries, biographies, images, maps and charts, primary source documents, videos, and timeline entries that combine to provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, events, and ideas that have defined modern world history. ||
 * [[image:geography.png width="126" height="23"]] || **Facts on File: Geography and World Cultures** - Combines more than 500 reproducible, full-color maps with superb statistical information on more than 200 nations, the 50 states, the 13 Canadian provinces and territories, regions, and continents. A wealth of supplemental information is linked to each state, province, and country map, including the location’s history, government, flag, vital statistics, and further resources. Current events news articles complement the valuable statistical and historical information available and make //World Atlas// a complete geographic reference, perfect for general reference use and for more focused study in school and public libraries. ||
 * [[image:science.jpg width="120" height="14"]] || **Facts on File: Science Online** - Conveys the visual nature of science in a clear and easy-to-comprehend manner. All content in this comprehensive database is divided into sections based on the science curriculum established by the National Science Education Standards, allowing you to access printable diagrams, definitions, biographies, and essays in a specific subject area or discipline with a single click. Thousands of hyperlinks allow users to follow a diagram to a definition and on to a related essay or biography. ||
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2010-06-10_at_12.26.31_PM.png width="121" height="49"]] || **Gale Virtual Reference Library** - Access to three digital encyclopedias:
 * **Climate Change in Context** - Offers coverage of the history, politics, and ethical debates related to climate change, including the impact of climate change on daily life, trade and commerce, travel, and the future of both industrialized and impoverished nations. Provides insights on leading social issues and spurs critical thinking about the impact of environmental issues on daily life and globalization.
 * **Encyclopedia of Biotechnology** - Covers biotechnological applications ranging across medicine, agriculture, and industry. Devoted to helping younger students and general readers understand the fast-developing science and issues related to: advances in biotechnology, the science of molecular biology and genetics.
 * **Encyclopedia of American Urban History** - A two volume A to Z encyclopedia covering the rise of urban America in the 20th century. Interdisciplinary approach covering topics from economics, geography, anthropology, politics, and sociology. Consists of 450 entries from over 200 contributors. ||
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2010-09-30_at_11.19.17_AM.png width="113" height="40"]] || **General OneFile** - A source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. ||
 * [[image:grolier.jpg width="120" height="41"]] || **Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia** is based on the text of the Academic American Encyclopedia which was the first encyclopedia to make its text available online. It contains thousands of new and expanded articles, extensive hyperlinking, bibliographies and links to other sources of information on the Web. The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online is updated monthly. **Also included are the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Popular Science and the New Book of Knowledge.** ||
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2010-06-18_at_12.27.04_PM.png width="104" height="13"]] || **Health Reference Center Academic** includes full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a variety of personal health information sources ||
 * [[image:proquest.jpg width="120" height="69"]] || **Proquest** - Full-text articles from a broad range of subject areas including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. ||
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2011-01-21_at_11.55.17_AM.png width="110" height="32"]] || **Questia** - Online library that provides 24/7 access to the world's largest online collection of books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles. For password see Ms. Lerski. ||
 * [[image:sirs.jpg width="120" height="79"]] || **SIRS Researcher** - Full text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political and global issues. Features //Leading Issues// - 100 of the most researched issues with links to articles, documents, graphics and websites. ||
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2010-06-10_at_12.23.48_PM.png]] || **SIRS Government Reporter** - Full text government documents and graphics concerning a wide variety of topics: health, science, economics, environment, politics, foreign affairs, business and industry. Also includes landmark and recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions and a directory of the Justices; Federal Agency and U.S. Congress Directories; Country Profiles; National Archives Documents; Historic Documents, and more. ||
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2010-06-10_at_12.23.41_PM.png]] || **SIRS Renaissance** - Provides information on Architectures & Design, Culture, Literature, Multimedia, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy & Religion, and Visual Arts. Also includes a Literary Corner - comprised of Literary Profiles, Literary Criticism, Notable People, and more. ||
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2010-06-10_at_12.21.40_PM.png width="131" height="53"]] || **Twayne's Author Series** - Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles. ||