Academics
Libraries
Databases
Upper School
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Bloom's Literature
Access to information about great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world of literature -
CultureGrams
- Quick stats and facts about countries, states, provinces
- Historical and geographical maps, graphs, tables
- Photos, videos, cultural data
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia, dictionary, and periodical articles. -
Explora
Explora provides content from the world's leading magazines and reference books including print, video, and audio resources. -
Gale Databases
- 38 topic-oriented databases, each containing articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers
- Useful for searches targeted to a specific discipline or subject
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History Reference Center
- Full text history reference database
- 1,620 history books
- 150 history periodicals
- 57,000 historical documents
- 77,000 biographies
- 113,000 historical photos and maps
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JSTOR
- More than 2,000 academic journals, dating back to their first published volumes
- Thousands of scholarly monographs
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context
- Premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues
- 19,000+ pro/con viewpoints
- 13,000+ topic overviews
- 1,000+ court case overviews
- 300+ profiles of federal agencies and special-interest groups
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Oxford English Dictionary
- The accepted authority on the English language
- Meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words
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Oxford Reference Online
- Brings together 2 million digitized entries across Oxford's Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias
- 135+ academic subject, language, and quotations dictionaries- short-entry content
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Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center provides access to:- Full Text Poems
- Short Stories
- Dramatic works
- Audio, video, and e-book support for those studying poetry, drama, and short stories
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Science in Context
- Contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics
- More than 200 experiments and projects
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Science Reference Center
- Full-text science-oriented content
- Hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources
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Student Resources In Context
Information from newspapers, periodicals, archival film clips, audio, video, photos, and maps. -
World Book Online
Encyclopedia and periodical articles, primary source materials, photos, audio, and video.
Middle School
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CultureGrams
- Quick stats and facts about countries, states, provinces
- Historical and geographical maps, graphs, tables
- Photos, videos, cultural data
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia, dictionary, and periodical articles.
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Explora
Explora provides content from the world's leading magazines and reference books including print, video, and audio resources.
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Student Resources In Context
Information from newspapers, periodicals, archival film clips, audio, video, photos, and maps.
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SIRS Discover
- General reference database for beginning learners
- Full-text articles and images from 2,100+ domestic and international newspapers, magazines, and government documents
- 9,000+ educational weblinks
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World Book Online
Encyclopedia and periodical articles, primary source materials, photos, audio, and video.
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