WILSON WEB

WilsonWeb gives users access to the information found in over 200 magazines and journals, all in full-text. WilsonWeb also provides Biography Reference Bank contains biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images.

CLASSROOM VIDEO ON DEMAND

Classroom Video On Demand is a web-based digital video delivery platform that allows you to view streaming videos anytime, anywhere, 24/7!

FACTS ON FILE

Click on the icon to open the Facts On File online portal page in order to access one or more of the following databases:

• Science Online
• Health Reference Center
• World Geography and Culture Online
• Curriculum Resource Center
• The World Almanac Online
• World Religions Online
• Bloom's Literary Reference Online
• Issues & Controversies

THOMSON - GALE

The Thomson Gale Company is known for its reference materials.  These materials are available via databases which not only make the material easy to search, but also link to additional sources such as newspaper, magazines and scholarly Web sites.  We have access to:

• Global  Issues in Context;
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center;
• Literature Resource Center, which includes Contemporary Authors and LitFinder;
• Gale Virtual Library—ebooks reference sources for Arts, Literature, History, Medicine, Religion, Social Science, Nation and World;
• Infotrac Newsstand.

ACCESS WORLD NEWS

Access World News is a comprehensive, web-based resource that provides access to news publications from countries worldwide. These sources include the full text of major national and international newspapers, news wires, transcripts, magazines and videos. Access World News is updated daily to keep students informed of current issues and events and includes deep archives that provide background information on important topics, enabling students to track contemporary world issues and study international cultures.  The content is relevant for world history, English and science classes, debate teams, speech and persuasive assignments.  Several search modes are available including keyword or map-based for easy country studies and comparing/contrasting issues and perspectives from different areas.  Students may also search by continent, country, state or an individual title.  The interface may be viewed in English or Spanish.

AMERICA'S HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS

America's Historical Newspapers (1690-2000) provides news articles covering topics including government, politics, social issues, culture, discoveries, inventions and more from hundreds of primary sources that enable students and teachers to explore virtually every topic or aspect of American history and culture between 1690 and 2000. The resource also provides a wealth of information for English/Literature and science classes. America’s Historical Newspapers is aligned to state standards with the ability to locate articles directly related to specific standards. The resource features cover-to-cover facsimiles from hundreds of U.S. newspapers, including titles from all 50 present states. Students searching by using either the timeline or topic search can easily find news and eyewitness accounts and pro/con articles of events, issues and daily life in the colonies or during the Revolutionary War, westward expansion, the Civil War, Reconstruction, industrialization, the Progressive Era, World War I, the Great Depression, Vietnam War, World War II, Civil Rights Movement, Cold War, Globalization and other time periods. Newspapers of particular historical importance, regional weeklies and big-city dailies are available. Also included are illustrations, advertisements, classifieds, birth and marriage announcements, obituaries, stories about historic people and other articles exactly as they appeared in print.

SCIENCE SOURCE COLLECTION

ScienceSource Collection was designed to support today’s science curriculums. It offers easy access to thousands of article digests on life, earth, physical, medical, health and applied sciences that help clarify complex scientific concepts and provide important facts, ideas, results and conclusions from the original articles.  The Collection includes encyclopedia entries that provide background information on diseases, the environment, mammals and physics as well as biographies of important scientists.

OXFORD ONLINE PREMIUM

The Oxford Online Premium Collection combines quick reference coverage of the full subject spectrum with the rich resources of the Oxford Companions. From ready-reference to comprehensive scholarly articles, The Premium Collection provides librarians and end-users with reliable and authoritative answers to their research questions.

OXFORD ART ONLINE

Grove Art Online, the most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day is now available through the Oxford Art Online gateway,

Grove Art Online features

• over 45,000 signed articles, 5,500 images,
• 40,000 image links;
• timelines of world art;
• MoMA lesson plans;
• access to the full text of the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics;
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms;
• and the Oxford Companion to Western Art.

OXFORD MUSIC ONLINE

Grove Music Online, a dynamic online resource and the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of music is available through the Oxford Music Online gateway.

Grove Music Online includes

• the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition;
• the New Grove Dictionary of Opera;
• the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition;
• access to the full text of the Oxford Companion to Music;
• and the Oxford Dictionary of Music.

ACCESS PA/POWER LIBRARY

 POWER library allows you to access thousands of full text periodical articles and newspapers (EBSCOHost),  a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, and other reference materials from major publishing companies.