Online Databases and eBooks

These databases are available 24/7 in school and at home.  Please see a media specialist for passwords to use these databases at home.
 

ABC-CLIO Databases

Contains ten Social Studies databases with articles, images, maps, and videos covering all time periods of American and World History, government, religion, geography, pop culture, issues, and more.

ABC-CLIO eBook Collection

Contains eBooks from the publishers ABC-CLIO and Greenwood Press, covering many subject areas.

Classroom Video on Demand

Contains thousands of full-length streaming videos and video segments, covering all areas of the curriculum. 

CQ Researcher Online

Offers research on current and controversial issues of the day with insights on both sides of the issues.

EBSCO

  • EBSCOhost - contains 23 individual databases with citations and full-text articles from thousands, of magazines, academic journals, newspapers, newswires, and books.
  • NoveList Plus - provides information about both fiction and nonfiction books for all ages.

Facts on File Online Databases

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Offers articles, biographies, primary source documents, forms, maps, and diagrams in the areas of history, country studies, science, health, and literature.  Also provides career and guidance information, and curriculum resources.

Gale Databases

  • Custom Newspapers - contains full-text articles from 150 national and international newspapers including The New York Times from January 1, 2000 to the present and The Star-Ledger from January 1, 1996 to the present.
  • Gale Biography in Context - includes biographies, full-text magazine articles, images, and links to web sites of current and historic people.
  • Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context - features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to websites covering current social issues.
  • Gale Science in Context - provides topic overviews, biographies, experiments, academic journals, and newspaper articles on the major science disciplines.
  • Gale Student Resources in Context - includes reference sources, magazine and newspaper articles, primary sources, and multimedia for all areas of the curriculum.
  • Gale U. S. History in Context - includes an integrated collection of primary documents, reference sources, and journal articles covering all areas of U.S. history.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library (eBooks) - contains more than 100 reference eBooks (electronic books) in all areas of the curriculum that are cross-searchable with other Gale databases.
  • Global Issues in Context - offers international viewpoints on a wide range of global issues, topics, and current events through overviews, articles written by local experts, reference sources, magazine and newspaper articles, primary sources, statistical information, podcasts, video clips, and interactive graphs.
  • Informe - contains articles from Spanish language magazines and newspapers.
  • Literature Resource Center - consists of critical analysis, journal articles, reviews, overviews, and biographies of more than 130,000 authors from all periods of time from around the world.
  • Literature Resources from Gale - combines resources from Literature Resource Center, LitFinder, and revelant literature eBooks.
  • LitFinder for Schools - contains full-text of 125,000+ poems, 5000+ short stories, thousands of essays, 1000+ plays, and speeches.  Also includes author biographies and literary criticism.

Infobase Publishing eBooks

Contains eBooks from the publishers Facts on File and Chelsea House, covering many subject areas.

Marshall Cavendish Digital

Contains eBook versions of the following reference sets: America in the 20th Century, Diseases and Disorders, Family Health, and Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology.

NoodleTools

Enables students to compose bibliographies using MLA and APA style.

ProQuest

  • National Newspapers Core - contains full text of the following newspapers dating back to the 1980s through the present:  The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
     
  • ProQuest Historical Newpapers - provides full-text articles from The New York Times from 1851 to 2007.  

 

  • ProQuest Research Library - offers summaries and full-text articles from over 4,000 publications from 1986 to the present as well as over 70 regional, national, and international newspapers. 

Salem Health

Contains the online versions of Magill's Medical Guide, Genetics, and Psychology and Mental Health.

Salem History

Contains the eBooks versions of The Twenties, The Thirties, The Forties in America, The Fifties in America, The Sixties in America, The Seventies in America, The Eighties in America, The Nineties in America, Encyclopedia of American Business, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society, Great Events from History: Modern Scandals, Milestone Documents in American History, Milestone Documents in World History, and Weapons & Warfare.

Salem Literature

Contains eBook versions of various titles in the series Critical Insights: Authors and Critical Insights: Works.

Salem Science

Contains the eBook version of Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society.

Sharpe Online Reference

Contains eBooks titles in the areas of U.S. History and Culture and Global History and Culture as well as web links for these two subject areas.

United Streaming 

(teacher resource - please see Media Specialists for login information)
Provides full videos, video clips, images, audio files, and much more for all areas of the curriculum.  This is a teacher resource only. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Last Modified on February 28, 2013