Research Resources

See the library staff for passwords for the resources listed below or
email Mrs. Rossi using your district email to request passwords.
 
You can also access databases through ClassLink!
GALE DATABASES
Gale in Context Search a collection of magazines, news, reference books, and multimedia for secondary students.
Opposing Viewpoints Looking for diverse perspectives on current social issues?  This is the resource for you.
Literary Sources Search across all of Gale's literary resources at once with this tool.
Literature Resource Center Find biographies, overviews, literary criticism, and reviews here.
Scrubber Writer Series Access authoritative essays on authors and genres in this database.
Twayne’s Author Series Researching an author’s life or works?  Find critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers here.
Litfinder Looking for a particular piece of literature?  Utilize full-text literary works, author profiles, and related works with this resource.
Gale eBooks Enjoy unlimited access to top reference books.
National Geographic Kids Browse this resource for images, videos, and magazines on science, nature, and culture.
 
INFOBASE DATABASES
Ancient & Medieval History World history from prehistoric times through the Middle Ages is brought to life through articles, videos and slideshows, primary sources, and more in this resource.
Modern World History This database provides multimedia coverage of the people, places, events, and ideas that defined history from the mid-15th century to the present. 
American History Explore our nation's history from prehistory through present day through articles, images, primary source documents, timelines, videos and slideshows.
World Geography Where in the world???  Find every country profiled in depth, including geography, history, society, and culture, at-a-glance information, maps and flags, videos, images, gazetteer entries, biographies, a timeline, and even current news.
Science Online Explore the full range of scientific disciplines through essays, videos, diagrams, interactives and experiments.
Blooms This is a comprehensive tool for researching literature and authors.
Health Interested in fitness or medicine?  Use this database to find information about body systems, current health issues, major diseases and conditions, treatments, and procedures, as well as health and nutrition.
 
NEWSELA
Newsela Access a diversity of quality cross-curricular curated articles here.     
 
WORLD BOOK ONLINE
World Book Access background information on a wide assortment of topics here using the Advanced access button.
 
BRITANNICA RESOURCES
Britannica Access background information on a wide assortment of topics here.
 
EBSCO RESOURCES
Learning Express
Looking for college or career information or practice assessments?  Check out LearningExpress!
 
 
PROQUEST
ProQuest
Access full-text magazines, news articles, reference book articles, and even e-books here.
 
CAREER RESEARCH
OOH Search the government's database for current, comprehensive information on a variety of occupations.
Learning Express
Check out the Career Exploration and Job and Career Accelerator tools here.
 
CareerOnestop
Find career, job search and training resources on this government-sponsored site.
 
WORKS CITED PAGE CREATORS
NoodleTolls
NoodleTools helps create works cited pages, but it also guides users through the essay process.  Sign in with Office 365.
 
EasyBib
EasyBib is an easy works cited creator.  To access ad-free, click below to activate, then click the icon to the left to sign up and begin.