► GaleGROUP
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_me_jmhslib
Password: see library hand-out for this password
A favorite database among the librarians, this link will bring you to THIRTEEN very user friendly resourses. GaleGROUP features the following databases:
- Custom Newspapers: more than 900 national and international newspapers;
- New York State Newspapers 28 major papers from NY including the Times; and The Post
- Business and Company ASAP (business news & company profiles)
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center – for controversial topics
- Nursing and Allied Health Collection articles from nearly 400 nursing and health-fields titles
- Student Resource Center GOLD (an “all-topic research module”);
- Business and Company Resource Center company profiles, brand information, and business periodicals;
- The Twayne Authors Series –Twayne World, English and U.S. Authors;
- National Newspaper Index – 1977-present an index to find article abstracts
- Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Helath Module a medical reference;
- Biography Resource Center both current and historic biographies: all eras, all fields of endeavor, nationality, genders
- Literature Resource Center overviews, criticism, reviews on more than 130,000 writers from all over the world and all different time periods
- Science Resource Center popular, current, and controversial topics covered in thousands of articles and book chapters
► World Book Online Reference Center
http://worldbookonline.com/advanced/subscribe?tu=/wb/home
FROM INSIDE THE SCHOOL:
ID: madisonhs
Password: madisonhs
FROM OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL:
ID: madisonhsh
Password: madisonhsh
This link will bring you to a comprehensive source for World Book’s:
- World Book Encyclopedia (the entire 22 volume set in multimedia format!)
- World Book Dictionary (the entire 2 volume set with audio clips for pronunciation aid)
- World Book Interactive Atlas with links directly to the Encyclopedia
- Explore New York with maps, plant and animal life in the state, biographies of famous New Yorkers, links and information about political and military leaders of New York, famous sites in the state, histories of the state’s major cities, statistics about the state and histories and cultural information about the original American Indian inhabitants of the region.
- Educator’s Tools with New York Learning Standards
and Curriculum Correlations for every grade as well as Lesson Plans.
► Proquest Gold
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb
User ID: BPPGPKB3SQ Password: welcome
Proquest Gold is an ENORMOUS superdatabase that includes:
· An all topic periodical database: “Platinum Periodicals” with full-text articles from a wide variety of magazines and journals;
· A newspaper database, “Proquest Newspapers” with full-text articles from such major papers as The Christian Science Monitor and USA Today and others as well as a wide variety of English-language newspapers from around the globe;
· A full-text periodical database for educators: “Education Periodicals”
· Reference Collection: A full-text collection of highly respected reference books such as the Ethnic Cultures of America and the World Factbook. So much more reliable than Wikipedia!
► Grolier Online
http://go.grolier.com/
User ID: jmhs Password: research
Grolier Online, offers a wide variety of resources based on their superb reference books:
- Encyclopedia Americana Online (much more reliable than Wikipedia)
- Grolier Online Multimedia Encyclopedia (much more reliable than Wikipedia)
- Lands and Peoples Online (World Culture References, info. on every country!)
- New Book of Popular Science (Famous Science Reference Book Set)
- For Educators section with lesson plans and classroom resources
► EBSCOHost Web
http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=uid&user=jmadison&password=enw
User ID: jmadison Password: enw
Within EBSCOhost, are several superb databases:
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. (More reliable than Wikipedia, more sophisticated than Encarta)
- EBSCO Animals. (A specialized encyclopedia of animals including multimedia clips and photos – EXCELLENT SOURCE FOR THAT PROJECT ABOUT ENDANGERED SPECIES!)
- Primary Search, a database for the basic researcher. Great resource for researchers learning English!