Research Databases

(EBSCOhost) Academic Search Premier is a leading multidisciplinary research database. It provides access to full-text journals, magazines and other valuable resources.

   (Gale)  Academic OneFile Select  provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers across disciplines. The database meets research needs in subject areas including the arts and humanities, social sciences, and science and technology.

JSTOR Secondary Schools Collection (Web)  "More than 2,700 journals that span more than 20 individual collections, ... from literature and history to biology and mathematics."

(EBSCOhost) Explora provides access to multiple EBSCOhost databases, but with an easy-to-navigate interface designed for students.

(EBSCOhost) MAS Complete is a full-text database providing hundreds of popular high school magazines and reference books. Covering subjects such art, history, sports and music, it also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps and flags.

   (Gale)  General OneFile is a one-stop source for news, magazine, and periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and academic disciplines. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text, General OneFile serves a wide audience of readers.

   (Gale OneFile) High School Edition  provides high school students with access to magazines, newspapers, books, and other reference content. The database offers audience-appropriate information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more.

    (Gale In Context) High School is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a wide array of subjects, 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.

PBS LearningMedia
Offers access to thousands of innovative, standards-aligned digital resources .

(EBSCOhost) EBSCO Research Databases gives a menu of all the EBSCOhost databases.  Select the ones you want for a consolidated search.

    (Gale In Context) Biography is an engaging online experience for those seeking information on the world's most influential people, allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.

(Web)  U. S. Census Data. "The Census Bureau is the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy ("Explore census data," data.census.gov/cedsci/ ).

(Web) Data.gov  "Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more ("The home of the U. S. government's open data," data.gov.)

(Web)  Pew Research Center   "Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. [They] conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions" ("About", pewresearch.org).

(Web) FiveThirtyEight Miscellaneous datasets from the worlds of politics, sports, science and health, economics and culture.

(Web) EarthData (NASA)  "Making NASA's free and open Earth science data interactive, interoperable, and accessible for research and societal benefit both today and tomorrow." ("About," earthdata.nasa.gov)

(Web) IPUMS "IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation makes it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community contexts." ("IPUMS," www.ipums.org)

(Web) Crime Data Explorer (FBI) "Provide[s] a view of estimated national and state data, reported agency-level crime statistics, and graphs of specific variables from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)." ("About the Crime Data Explorer," https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/)

(Web) Gun Violence Archive  "An online archive of gun violence incidents collected from over 7,500  law enforcement, media, government and commercial sources daily in an effort to provide near-real time data about the results of gun violence. GVA is an independent data collection and research group with no affiliation with any advocacy organization." ("About", gunviolencearchive.org/about)

(EBSCOhost)  ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, it is essential too for education researchers of all kinds.

(EBSCOhost)   Education Research Complete Designed for educators, administrators, and those seeking professional development resources, this bibliographic and full-text database covers scholarly research relating to all areas of education.

(EBSCOhost)   Teacher Reference Center A complimentary research database for teachers, Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 220 peer-reviewed journals.

(EBSCOhost)   Education ebooks Browse or search a selection of hundreds of ebooks. Read online or create an EBSCOhost account to check out and read offline.

(Open access journal)  Communications in Information Literacy (CIL) is a peer-reviewed, independently published, and open access journal devoted to advancing research, theory, and practice in the area of information literacy in education.

  (Gale)  Literature Resource Center Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.

(EBSCO)  NoveList Plus is a trusted source of expert read-alike recommendations, available through libraries around the world.

  (Gale)  Scribner Writers Series provides original, scholar signed essays on the lives and works of authors from around the world from all time periods. Entries include concise essays, citations, and biographical information that places the author and their works in personal and historical context.

  (Gale)  Twayne's Authors Series is devoted to in-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers of the world within the context of the time period in which they lived. It provides insightful and original commentary on the history and influence of literary movements.

(Rosen)  Teen Health and Wellness provides comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition, guidance, and career counseling.

    (Gale) Health and Wellness offers access to thousands of full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more to provide authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices, and more.

(Web) PubMed (National Library of Medicine) PubMed® comprises more than 37 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.

    (Gale In Context) Opposing Viewpoints is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues with continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

 (NewsBank) Access World News  Explore diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as English, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Arts, History and more to foster critical thinking skills. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national and local sources.

(EBSCOhost)  Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.

  (Gale) General OneFile is a one-stop source for news, magazine, and periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and academic disciplines to serve a wide audience of readers.

   (Gale OneFile) High School Edition  provides high school students with access to magazines, newspapers, books, and other reference content. The database offers audience-appropriate information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more.

(Web:  Newseum.org)  Today's Front Pages View the front pages of hundreds of U.S. newspapers and link to their non-subscription websites.

(EBSCOhost) TOPICsearch Teachers, librarians and student researchers can use this database to explore current events, social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics frequently discussed in the classroom.

(Web) U.S. Press Freedom Tracker   "This nonpartisan website aims to be the first to provide reliable, easy-to-access information on the number of press freedom violations in the United States—from journalists facing charges to reporters stopped at the U.S. border or asked to hand over their electronics. ... The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker brings together more than two dozen press freedom groups to create a centralized repository for research. The data [they] gather will help inform advocacy, journalism, and legal action" ("About", pressfreedomtracker.us).

Text-only News Articles from GALE

(GALE, html text only)  The New York Times Full text coverage 1/1/1985 to current. No embargo. Searchable.

(GALE, html text only)  USA Today Full text coverage 7/1/2003 to current with forty day embargo. Searchable.

(GALE, html text only)  The Washington Post  Full text coverage 1/1/2014 to current.  No embargo. Searchable.

(GALE, html text only) El Nacional de Venezuela (in Spanish)  Full text coverage 3/8/2006 to current.  Seven day embargo. Searchable.

Find many more current news articles--text only--in the GALE General OneFile database.

(EBSCO-FLIPSTER) Oyla is a monthly magazine for STEM learning. Every issue Is filled with a broad range of topics, from the latest scientific breakthroughs to centuries-old unsolved problems, to spark an Interest In science and encourage creativity.

(EBSCOhost) Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias, reference books and a vast collection of images.

(EBSCOhost) Science ebooks Browse and search our diverse selection of ebooks about a variety of scientific topics.

(Web) PubMed (National Library of Medicine) PubMed® comprises more than 37 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.

JSTOR Secondary Schools Collection (Web)  "More than 2,700 journals that span more than 20 individual collections, ... from literature and history to biology and mathematics."

  (Gale Interactive) Science comes to life as you zoom, rotate, and explore interactive 3D models. View related reference articles and search Gale content to find more information.

(iOS app) BiomeViewer lets you explore and discover Earth’s ecosystems with a tap of your finger! Drop a pin to see historic climate data, wildlife, stunning pictures, and more for any terrestrial location on the planet. Discover how patterns of human settlement and agriculture have changed the planet since 1700.

 (NewsBank) Access World News  Explore diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as English, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Arts, History and more to foster critical thinking skills. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national and local sources.

(TED-Ed, Web)  Periodic Videos is a fascinating collection of short educational videos on each element in the periodic table. 

(Royal Society of Chemistry, Web)   Periodic Table 

(AAAS, Web)  Science Advances is the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) open access multidisciplinary journal, publishing impactful research papers and reviews in any area of science, in both disciplinary-specific and broad, interdisciplinary areas.

GENERAL HISTORY

(EBSCO) HISTORY REFERENCE SOURCECovering both U.S. and world history topics, History Reference Source is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals and thousands of primary source documents.

(EBSCO) History ebooks provides hundreds of titles for more in depth reference.  Definitely worth exploring for a research paper or for the history lover.

JSTOR Secondary Schools Collection (Web)  "More than 2,700 journals that span more than 20 individual collections, ... from literature and history to biology and mathematics."

WORLD HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY

(Gale In Context) World History is an engaging online experience for those seeking information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History, with content from full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.

(ABC-CLIO)  World History: Ancient & Medieval Eras covers early human history around the globe—from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance.

(ABC-CLIO)  World History: The Modern Era covers human history around the globe—from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the present day.

(Web, CIA Library)  World Factbook   Provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. 

(Web, UNESCO)  World Heritage Sites Interactive Map  Places as unique and diverse as the wilds of East Africa’s Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America make up our world’s heritage.

(Web) National Geographic MapMaker Interactive is a clickable, personalizable digital global map with geographic information.

(Web)  World101 - From the Council on Foreign Relations.  Understand the issues, forces and actors that shape the contemporary world.

(Web) Google Earth -  An online, interactive globe with a world of possibilities.

U.S. HISTORY & GOVERNMENT

(EBSCO) America: History and Life with Full Text is the definitive research database covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.

(EBSCOhost)  Religion and Philosophy Collection is a rich resource for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies, providing full-text sources of content pertaining to the topics related to and discussed in disciplines of religion and philosophy.

   (GALE Literature: Scribner Writer) The Books of the Bible contains discussions of the writings found in the Old and New Testaments. Provides interpretive essays that deal descriptively with the content, purpose, and theological perspective of each book of the Bible. Primary emphasis is on the Bible as literature.

(Web) Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life  "The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research" ("About Pew Research Center," www.pewforum.org/)

JSTOR Secondary Schools Collection (Web)  "More than 2,700 journals that span more than 20 individual collections, ... from literature and history to biology and mathematics."

(Web) Open Access Digital Theological Library collections are composed primarily of books and articles. The collections are ecumenical, global, and interreligious and include materials in all languages.

(Web) Directory of Open Access Journals (Philosophy, psychology and religion) is "a community-curated list of open access journals and aims to be the starting point for all information searches for quality, peer reviewed open access material" ("About DOAJ," www.doaj.org/about).

Theology and Philosophy Ebooks

(EBSCOhost)  Philosophy ebooks Browse through a selection of ebooks about philosophy.

(GALE) Religion ebooks   Includes the Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed., The Encyclopedia of Science and Religion, and The New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd ed.

(Web) Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) "The official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. IBDB provides a comprehensive database of shows produced on Broadway, including all "title page" information about each production. IBDB also offers historical information about theatres and various statistics and fun facts related to Broadway."

(Web) Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDB) "provides a catalogue of all shows ever produced Off-Broadway."

(Web, JSTOR)  ARTSTOR Public Collection A rich collection of high resolution digital photos of great art from across history with excellent metadata to support research and citations.

(Web) accessCeramics "is a collection of contemporary ceramics images by recognized artists enhancing ceramics education worldwide."

(Web) Getty Search Gateway  More than 100,000 open access images from the Getty collection. 

(Web) Unsplash.com Free photos gifted by a worldwide community of photographers.

(Web) Pexels Free stock photos and videos.

(Web)  PBS LearningMedia offers access to thousands of innovative, standards-aligned digital resources.

(Web, JSTOR)  ARTSTOR Public Collection A rich collection of high resolution digital photos of great art from across history with excellent metadata to support research and citations.

(Web, University of California) Calisphere  A gateway to digital collections from California's great libraries, archives, and museums. Discover over 1,175,000 images, texts, and recordings—and counting.

(Web) C-Span Video Library "Here you'll find C-SPAN programs by frequently searched categories, a selection of most popular searches, some well-received "fast finds", and a look into the archive at the most popular programs (by online views) for each day of the year" ("Quick Guide," www.c-span.org/quickguide/).

Web) Smithsonian Open Access "Access to more than 4.5 million 2D and 3D digital items from Smithsonian collections—.... This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 21 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo" ("Smithsonian Open Access," www.si.edu/openaccess).

(Web, New York Public Library) Digital Collections  "This site is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more" ("Digital Collections," digitalcollections.nypl.org/).

    Informe Académico (Gale OneFile) provides access to Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines. The database offers a wide range of content both from and about Latin America.

 (NewsBank) Access World News  Explore diverse perspectives, topics and trends using news sources from across the world.  Learn language and culture in real time through some of the greatest national and international newspapers .

(Web) La Real Academia Española has as its "fundamental objective ... to ensure that the Spanish language, in its continuous adaptation to the needs of the speakers, does not break its essential unity."

Britannica Escolar is a "knowledge-building resource that is universally trusted for accurate and age-appropriate content in Spanish."