DATABASES
What ARE Databases?
Databases are an organized collection of information that a library subscribes to. A database is like an online library. You are able to find magazine, journal, encyclopedia and newspaper articles in electronic format. It's easy to email and print these articles.
Why Should I Use a Database?
Databases contain content that has been evaluated by professionals. The content in reliable and trustworthy. Also, it's much easier and faster to navigate a database than it is to use a reference book.
Which Databases are Available to the HTHS/RMS Community?
Use the links below to access our subscription databases. The attachments contain detailed directions on how to use the databases.
How Do I Access the Databases from Home?
Use the username/password combination you received in class, or email Mrs. Tagmire.
Is there a directions packet on how to access and use the databases?
Yes. Pick up copies in the Media Center, or download a copy here:
Facts on File (multiple databases grouped together)
EBSCO (multiple databases grouped together)
Gale Virtual Reference Library (eBooks)
iBiblio
Academic Search Premier
Google Scholar
Library of Congress Web Guides
Magazine Article Summaries (MAS) Ultra -School Edition
Masterfile Premier
Merriam - Webster Visual Dictionary Online
Newspaper Source Plus
Points of View Reference Center
Student Resources In Context
TOPICsearch
Directory of Open Access Journals
JSTOR (must create your OWN login)
History
African American History Online
Aluka
American History Online
American Indian History Online
American Women's History Online
Ancient and Medieval History Online
Modern World History Online
ABC-CLIO (multiple databases grouped together)
Gale Databases (multiple databases grouped together)
Daily Life in America
Daily Life Through History
Picturing America Website
Pop Culture Universe : Icons, Idols, Ideas
Ad* Access
World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras
World History: The Modern Era
English
Bloom's Literary Reference Center Online
Novelist (powered through EBSCO)
What's Next: Books in Series
Awesome Stories
Academic Search Premier
Biography Collection Complete
Merriam - Webster Visual Dictionary Online
Science & Math
Science Online
Encyclopedia of Life
JSTOR Global Plants
Science News
GreenFile
Science Reference Center
Geography
World Geography and Culture Online
World Geography
Foreign Language
Informe
Salud en Espanol
Careers and Guidance
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
Business Source Premier
Naviance
Health
Health Reference Center
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Health Source: Nursing/ Academic Edition
Teacher Databases
ERIC
Curriculum Resource Center
Professional Development Collection
Teacher Reference Center
Citation Help
NoodleTools
Turnitin
DATABASE DESCRIPTIONS
The descriptions below will help you understand what you can find within each database. It's smart to review each of these brief summaries before going into the database---it will save you time.
Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for more than 8,500 journals,including full text for more than 4,600 peer reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Find full text journal articles in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion and theology, from EBSCO.
All EBSCO Databases
Choose from the complete list of EBSCO databases. Search multiple databases at one time.
Over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955.
African-American History Online
Provides expansive and in-depth information important to the study of African-American history; focuses on people, events and topics using primary sources, timelines, images, videos, maps and charts, from Facts on File.
Aluka is an international, collaborative initiative building an online digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. “Aluka,” is derived from a Zulu word meaning “to weave,” reflecting our commitment to connect resources and scholars from around the world. Aluka is a part of JSTOR, a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. Contains access to African Cultural Heritages Sites and Landscapes and Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa.
American History
Investigates the people, events, and themes of our nation's evolution, from the explorers of the Americas to today's headlines, from ABC-Clio
American History Online
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience using primary sources, timelines, images, videos, maps and charts, from Facts on File.
American Indian History Online
Offers access to more than 15,000 years of Native American culture, history and heritage using event and topic entries, biographies, images and videos, maps and charts, legends, primary sources, and timeline entries, from Facts on File.
American Women’s History Online
Covers more than 500 years of American women’s history - the important people, events, and legislation and issues, using biographies, historical and topical subject entries, primary sources, maps and charts, images and videos, and general and subject-specific timelines, from Facts on File.
Ancient and Medieval History Online
Explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on eight civilizations – ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient and medieval Africa, the Americas and ancient and medieval Asia using primary sources, timelines, images, videos, maps and charts, from Facts on File.
Biography Collection Complete
Offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies supporting history, science, the arts, music, literature, multicultural studies, gender studies, business, government & politics, sports, entertainment and many other areas, features more than 177,000 full-text biographies from many different sources.
Bloom’s Literary Reference Online
Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters and influential movements in world literature. Features hundreds of the writings from renowned academic Harold Bloom, as well as from many other critics and noted scholars published under the Bloom’s Literary Criticism imprint. Also contains an archive of more than 42,000 characters, as well as extensive entries on literary topics, themes, movements, and genres, from Facts on File.
Business Source Premier
Provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including the world's top management and marketing journals, like Harvard Business Review. Provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals available back to 1926. Upadated daily from EBSCO.
Curriculum Resource Center
Provides a library of printable teacher-handout material for the middle school, high school, and junior college curriculum. The collection of maps, full-color diagrams, images, experiments, timelines, and other visual educational resources is conveniently arranged by subject (e.g., history, government, religion, geography, science, math, and health and fitness). Each handout can be saved, e-mailed, or printed, from Facts on File.
Directory of Open Access Journals
The aim of the DOAJ is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The DOAJ aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. In short, the DOAJ aims to be THE one stop shop for users of open access journals.
Daily Life in America
Covers the colonial period to modern times. Find information on cooking, family life, religion, immigrants, science and technology, music, sports, as well as historical periods like colonial times, Westward Expansion, the Civil War and even the 1990s, from Greenwood Press.
Daily Life Through History
Covers ancient civilizations like Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Viking, Inca, Mayan, Chinese, as well as time periods and events like the European Middle Ages, Renaissance, Elizabethan England, World War I and the Holocaust. Find these specific topics: science and religion, inventions and discoveries, food, sports and women’s roles, from Greenwood Press.
ERIC
The education Resource Information Center contains more than 1,300,000 records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966, from Ebsco.
Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center
This comprehensive career guidance database is broken down into three main sections: Jobs, Skills, and Resources. The Jobs section, organized into 16 Career Clusters created by the Department of Education, contains information on more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries. The Skills section provides invaluable advice on applying for a job, acing an interview, behaving professionally in the work environment, and more—with more than 90 sample résumés and cover letters included. The Resources section includes more than 51,000 entries on scholarships, internships, and more, divided into easily browse-able categories, such as women and minorities, with fully searchable records. More than 275 videos present essential career information on both specific jobs and industries and on skills. A searchable archive of articles from current and past issues of Career Opportunities News, a 16-page newsletter, provides timely information about colleges and the job market, from Facts on File.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (eBooks)
Find our collection of reference e-books grouped by subject: Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multi-Cultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, Science, and Social Science. Search individual resources or whole collection. Titles can also be accessed through Destiny.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar searches for peer reviewed papers, books, articles, etc. from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and sometimes provides links to full-text. The Library recommends that Google Scholar not be used as a replacement for the databases we subscribe to. It is a good supplemental source to the above databases.
Global Plants (partner of JSTOR)
Global Plants contains the contributed collections of more than 300 herbaria from around the globe. Herbaria preserve plant type specimens that are used for the study of botany, ecology, and other plant science disciplines. Plant type specimens are in great demand for scientific study because of their pivotal role as original vouchers of nomenclature. They also act as a historical record of changes in various flora.
GreenFile
Collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes covering all aspects of human impact on the environment; includes content on global warming , green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records from Ebsco.
Health Reference Center
Focuses on the high school health curriculum using five Health Center categories - Teens' Health, Women's Health, Men's Health, Children's Health, and Seniors' Health. Find more than 570 educational videos on a wide range of health topics, more than 1,000 searchable and browse-able color illustrations, and a new "Health in the News" section with regularly updated health news articles, from Facts on File.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Harvard Health Letter, Prevention and Vegetarian Times. Search through current, full text health-related pamphlets and reference books, as well as 5,100 Clinical Reference System reports (in English and Spanish) and Lexi-PAL Drug Guide for information in medical sciences ,food sciences and nutrition,childcare,sports medicine and general health. Also covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets, from EBSCO.
Health Source: Nursing/ Academic Edition
Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry. In addition, this database includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names. From EBSCO.
History Reference Center
Offers full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, more than 57,000 historical documents, 78,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video. From EBSCO.
Informe
Created exclusively for Spanish-speaking users, this full-text electronic reference tool is the first system to provide indexing, images and full text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations. Find over 4 million articles from Spanish and bilingual publications, news sources and scholarly journals, and a thesaurus based on expressions commonly used by Spanish speakers, from Gale Cengage Learning.
JSTOR currently includes more than 2,000 academic journals, dating back to the first volume ever published, along with thousands of monographs and other materials relevant for education. They have digitized more than 50 million pages and continue to digitize approximately 3 million pages annually. Contains Arts & Science: ! through XIII; Life Sciences; 19th C British Pamphlets; Ecology & Botany II; Business IV. YOU MUST use this link, and create an individual login.
Library of Congress Web Guides
Online guides to various Library of Congress collections grouped by subject, including African American History, States, Cities and Towns, Government – Law , Literature, Presidents, Technology – Industry, War – Military.
Literary Reference Center
Find plot summaries, synopses, work overviews, literary criticism, author biographies and interviews, literary journal articles, book reviews, full text poems, short stories and classic texts. Resources include over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals from EBSCO.
Magazine Article Summaries (MAS) Ultra -School Edition
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for more than 500 popular high school magazines, as well as more than 360 full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags, from EBSCO.
Masterfile Premier
Contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and more. Also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books, over 164,400 primary source documents, and an image collection of 502,000 photos, maps and flags, from EBSCO.
Merriam - Webster Visual Dictionary Online
The Visual Dictionary Online is an interactive dictionary with an innovative approach. From the image to the word and its defintion the Visual Dictonary Online is an all-in-one reference. Search the themes to quickly locate words, or find the meaning of a word by viewing the image it represents.
Modern World History Online
Covers people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history—from mid-15th century to the present, using subject entries, biographies, primary sources, timelines, images, more than 400 videos, maps and charts, from Facts on File.
Naviance
The college and career database website that the guidance department subscribes to. To get account information please see your HTHS/RMS guidance counselor.
Newspaper Source Plus
Includes more than 700 full-text newspapers, providing more than 33 million full-text articles. The database contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers such as New York Times (from January 1985 to present), CSM, Irish Times,San Francisco Chronicle, Sydney Morning Herals, The Times,Toronto Star, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times and others. Also features more than 757,000 television and radio news transcripts, including ABC News, ABC ( Australian Broadcasting Company), CBS NEws, CNBC, CNN,CNN International, FOX News, MSNBC, National Public Radion, PBS and more from EBSCO.
NoodleTools
Use this citation generator to simplify the process of creating MLA style source lists. Create your own personal account and save all your bibliographies and reference lists. Create a free MLA Lite account to access NoodleTools.
NoveList Plus
Find a robust database of fiction and non-fiction titles on a range of reading levels, with over 300 Recommended Reads lists, Award Lists and feature articles. Also find book cover images and first chapter excerpts in this NoveList upgrade, from EBSCO.
Picturing America Website
A picture does indeed say more than words. Picturing America gives students a wonderful opportunity to creatively explore history, culture and life through compelling images.
Pop Culture Universe : Icons, Idols, Ideas
Access a wide range of pop culture topics, both current and historical, covering people and topics that have become known or important via the influence of mass media in western culture. Access more than 300 full-text volumes covering the last 100 years of American pop culture. Orgnaized by decade, find dozens of topics ranging from music and fashion to politics and religion.
Points of View Reference Center
This full-text database is designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 250 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. The viewpoint essays include overviews and point – counterpoint pieces, hundreds of full text articles from top political and societal journals and magazines, biographies, radio and TV transcripts, reference books, images and primary source documents. The database also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers; Critical Thinking Guides for every topic covered helps the student judge Fact vs. Opinion and enhances the student's ability to read and think critically, from EBSCO.
Professional Development Collection
Includes full text for nearly 520 high quality education journals including:Booklist, Education, Education Digest, Education Week, Educational Leadership, High School Journal, Journal of Education, Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Phi Delta Kappan, Reading Teacher, School Library Journal, from EBSCO.
Regional Business News
Supplemental database to Business Source Elite. Provides comprehensive full text for more than 50 regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications), daily updates, from EBSCO.
Salud en Espanol
Provides comprehensive evidence-based reports and fact sheets in Spanish on all aspects of consumer health and wellness. Topic specific reports offer valuable overviews on diseases, conditions, procedures and various treatments as well as information on first aid, infant/child care and illnesses, alternative medicine, aging and wellness, from EBSCO.
Science Online
Content is organized by subject area and type of resource using essays on topics terms and principles, images, videos and animations, experiments and activities, biographies, definitions, news articles, and timelines. Content is tied to National and State Science Education Standards, from Facts on File.
Science Reference Center
Provides easy access to a multitude of full text, science-oriented content from encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and videos. 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. Offers articles correlated to state and national curriculum standards, from EBSCO.
Student Resources In Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events. 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 combined with new features such as "Search Assist" and quick fact boxes. Powered by Gale.
Provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines, for professional educators from Ebsco.
TOPICsearch
This current events database helps researchers explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics including controversial opinions and viewpoints. Contains full text for over 105,000 articles from 1,622 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information, from EBSCO.
Turnitin
Plagiariarsm prevention tool used by teachers for writing assignments. Teachers set up an account for each class and students submit their work; Turnitin flags problematic passages and alerts teacher to possible plagiarism.
World Geography & Culture Online
Combines more than 1500 detailed printable, full-color maps of countries, provinces & states with up-to-date statistical and local information. Features include world maps, regional geographic maps, regional thematic maps, country profiles, U.S. state profiles, Canadian Province and Territory profiles, gazetteer, news articles and a comparison/ranking tool that uses selected statistics, from Facts on File.
World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras
Ranging from the dawn of prehistory through the great ancient empires to the beginning of the Renaissance, World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras helps students explore history in every corner of the globe, including Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Overviews and activities are enhanced with thousands of authoritative primary and secondary sources, in-depth explorations, and profiles of city-states, countries, and regions of the ancient world. The Analyze section supports student inquiry into historical dilemmas such as "Who built Stonehenge?" and "How important were Irish monasteries in preserving classical literature?” Nearly 6,600 primary and secondary sources, including selections from the Code of Hammurabi, the Edict of Milan, and Marcus Aurelius' Meditations and 1,200 biographies of important figures such as Alexander the Great, Confucius, William the Conqueror, and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
World History: The Modern Era
Provides in-depth coverage of the history of all regions of the world from
1500 to the present, aligned to curriculum guidelines. Includes thousands of primary and secondary sources; book excerpts and recorded interviews with key figures; illustrations of people, places, and events; specialized maps; and more.