Research Databases
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Gale eBooks:
This is a database of e-book encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. At one time these were resources that you could only use while at the library. Now they are at your fingertips everywhere! |
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Gale in Context
This database provides many magazine articles and articles from professional journals, primary sources, and multimedia clips. Use this database if your research topic falls in a certain field of study, like biography, literature, current events, education. Career Resource center is included in this database. |
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Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints in Context is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration, to violent video games. This cross-curricular research tool supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Its informed, differing views present each side of an issue and help students develop information literacy, critical thinking skills, and the confidence to draw their own valid conclusions. |
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Science
This database is a great resource for science related topics. It has the most up-to-date on hundreds of today's science topics. It includes all the resources that are in the other "Context" databases like articles, videos, images and sound files. |
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U.S. History
U.S. History in Context provides a complete overview of our nation’s past that covers the most-studied events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, and people. |
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World History
World History in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. |
SIRS Issues Researcher
SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more. |
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Teen Health and Wellness
This resource provides support and self-help tools on various topics related to health related topics. Feeling Stressed? Check out the CALM ROOM for resources to help you relax and refocus. |
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Password: panthers FirstSearch is a package of databases, provided by the Illinois State Library, that includes Article First and ECO. Article first is good for magazine articles and things like book and movie reviews. ECO contains articles from professional journals. This database only includes abstracts (short summaries) of the articles. Contact Mr. Gross or Mrs. Isenberg to get the full-text version of the articles. |
Database Trials
Try-It Illinois Trial Not Active
Try-It! Illinois offers users the opportunity to survey and evaluate a wide variety of electronic resources. Thanks to the partnerships between the Illinois State Library and the participating electronic resource vendors, there is no charge for accessing these databases during Try-It! Illinois.
The login and passwords can be found on the Library Database document that the library sent to you. Search your email for "Digital Resources Passwords"
Try-It! Illinois offers users the opportunity to survey and evaluate a wide variety of electronic resources. Thanks to the partnerships between the Illinois State Library and the participating electronic resource vendors, there is no charge for accessing these databases during Try-It! Illinois.
The login and passwords can be found on the Library Database document that the library sent to you. Search your email for "Digital Resources Passwords"
Most databases can be accessed without a login and password while at school. When accessing the databases from home or outside of the school, you will need to use a login and password. To get the login and passwords for the databases, see Mr. Gross or Mrs. Isenberg in the library.
Updated 1/29/2019