Online Databases and eBooks
Last Update 1/11/12
Online Database Passwords have changed for the new school year.
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Online Subscription Databases (Alphabetical)
- American Government: this award-winning database provides daily UPI Washington news, current issues, political cartoons and 1,700 biographies.
- American History: covers American history in depth from 1350 to present including links to numerous ebooks.
- Biography in Context: biographical profiles from 50 Gale reference sets.
- Boston Globe 1980 - Current:
- Boston Globe Archives: complete historical paper from 1923-1979 in full-page image.
- Bridges: (Career Explorer) extensive career information.
- Concord Monitor: complete full-text state and national news from 2002-current.
- CQ Global Researcher: comprehensive reports on international news and issues.
- CQ Researcher: in-depth coverage of current issues from the authoritative CQ Press
- Daily Life America: begins with pre-history covering social customs, religion, clothing, and other aspects of daily life in the United States with primary documents and illustrations. Select “More Eras.”
- Daily Life Through History: covers world culture and daily life through history from the 4th century (CE) through the 20th century (CE).
- EBSCO: a comprehensive general database that includes full-text articles from 1,200 magazines and 3 national newspapers plus selected material from 238 additional newspapers. Dates vary from mid-1980s to present.
- eLibrary Science: includes magazine articles and reference ebooks from all scientific fields.
- Grolier Encyclopedias: three general encyclopedias directed towards different reading levels include: Encyclopedia Americana (RL 9-12), Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia (RL 6-9) and The New Book of Knowledge (RL 2-5).
- Grove Art: complete Grove Dictionary of Art with artists’ biographies and links to works and museums.
- Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society
- Issues and Controversies: Analysis of numerous contemporary issues with pro/con feature from the authoritative Facts on File
- Literature Resource Center: author biographies, critical essays and plot summaries.
- Newsstand Newspapers: (ProQuest Online) Other national and international newspapers.
- New York Times Archives: complete newspaper from 1851 to current in full-page image.
- New York Times Book Review: 1997 to present (ProQuest database)
- New York Times Magazine: 1997-current (ProQuest database)
- Novelist: a fiction database with reviews, summaries, subject searches and Read-alikes for more than 120,000 fiction titles.
- Opposing Viewpoints: a resource based on the Opposing Viewpoints series with topic overviews, statistics, primary documents and links to web sites.
- Pop Culture Universe: American and world pop culture from the 1920s to the present.
- SIRS Researcher: full-text articles focused on social issues from national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services and books.
- Union Leader and NH Sunday News: complete full-text paper from 1989 to current.
- United States at War:
- U.S. Geography:
- Wall Street Journal 1984 - Current:
- Washington Post 1987 - Current:
- Weapons of Mass Destruction: (Infobase)
- World Geography :
- World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras:
- World History: Modern Era:
- World News Digest: news articles from 1940 to present
eBooks (Alphabetical)
- The 100 Most Important Chemical Compounds: (Gale) eBook
- Adoption and Surrogate Pregnancy: (Infobase) eBook
- Alternative Energy: (Gale) eBook
- American Decades: American history and culture from 1900 to 2009. (Gale) eBook
- American Icons: significant people, places and things in American life. (ABC-CLIO) eBook
- Americans at War: everyday life from colonial times to the War on Terrorism. (Gale) Arab-American and Muslim Writers (Infobase eBook) eBook
- Arab-American and Muslim Writers: (Infobase) eBook
- Autism: (Infobase) eBook
- Beginning Life: (Infobase) eBook
- Biofuels: (Infobase) eBook
- Biology: articles on biological science, its history, people, issues and terms. (Gale) eBook
- Careers in Focus: Animation: (Infobase) eBook
- Careers in Focus: Construction: (Infobase) eBook
- Careers in Focus: Technicians: (Infobase) eBook
- The Cell: (infobase) eBook
- Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications (Gale) eBook
- Climate Change: (Infobase) eBook
- Coal and Oil: (Infobase) eBook
- Complimentary and Alternative Medicine: (Salem Press) eBook
- Contemporary Supreme Court Cases: (ABC-CLIO) eBook
- Countries of the World: statistics, history and travel advisories. (Gale) eBook
- Crime and Punishment in America: (Infobase) eBook
- Digital Communications: (Infobase) eBook
- Digital Games: (Infobase) eBook
- Digital Music: (Infobase) eBook
- Digital Video: (Infobase ) eBook
- DNA Evidence: (Infobase) eBook
- Drugs and Controlled Substances for Students: (Infobase) eBook
- Earth Science: (Infobase) eBook
- The Eighties: U.S. history, culture, events, and people during the eighties. (Salem Press) eBook
- Encyclopedia Americana: (Grolier) eBook
- Encyclopedia of American Disability History: (Infobase) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons: (Infobase) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Bioethics: current ethical is sues in science. (Gale) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Biomes: the food webs, animals, vegetations in all the habitats. (Gale) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance: (Infobase) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories: (Infobase) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Social Issues: (ABC-CLIO) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice: international crimes' various aspects. (Gale) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Education: educational processes and institutions. (Gale) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Education Law: (Sage) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Food and Culture: foods & cultures of all countries. (Gale) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Gender and Society: (Gale) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders: (Gale) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change: (Gale) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Life Science: (Infobase) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Marine Science: (Infobase) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Money: (ABC-CLIO) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health: (Gale) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Physical Science: (Infobase) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Social Problems: (Gale) eBook
- Encyclopedia of Sports in America: (ABC-CLIO) eBook
- Encyclopedia of the Armed Forces: (Infobase) eBook
- Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: (Sharpe Reference) eBook
- Encyclopedia of the Great Depression: (Gale) eBook
- Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States: (Gale) eBook
- Encyclopedia of World Cultures: (Gale) eBook
- Encyclopedia of World Sport: (ABC-CLIO) eBook
- Ending and Extending Life: (Infobase ) eBook
- Ethics: (Gale) eBook
- Exploring Health Careers: (Infobase) eBook
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury: Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations: (Infobase) eBook
- Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headgear, Body Decoration. (Gale) eBook
- The Fifties: U. S. history, culture, events, and people during the fifties. (Salem Press) eBook
- The Forties: U.S. history, culture, event, and people during the forties. (Salem Press) eBook
- Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders: (Gale) eBook
- Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health: (Gale) eBook
- Genocide and International Justice: (Infobase) eBook
- Gods and Goddesses of Greece and Rome: (Marshall Cavendish) eBook
- Great Events from History: Ancient World: (Salem Press) eBook
- Great Events from History: Modern Scandals: (Salem Press) eBook
- Great Events from History: Notorious Lives: (Salem Press) eBook
- Great Events from History: the 19th Century: (Salem Press) eBook
- Great Events from History: The 20th Century: 1901 - 2000. (Salem Pres) eBook
- Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History: (ABC-CLIO) eBook
- Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia: (Grolier) eBook
- Health Care Reform Act (Landmark Legislation): (Marshall Cavendish) eBook
- Heroes and Heroines of Greece and Rome: (Marshall Cavendish) eBook
- History Reference Online: a collection of 600 authoritative ebooks. (ABC-CLIO) eBook
- Human Trafficking: (Infobase) eBook
- Icons of Rock: (ABC-CLIO) eBook
- Infectious Diseases & Conditions: (Salem Press) eBook
- Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Food and Recipes of the World: (Gale) eBook
- LGBTQ America Today: (ABC-CLIO) eBook
- Lincoln Library of Sports Champions: (Lincoln Library) eBook
- Literary Newsmakers for Students: (Gale) eBook
- Literary Themes for Students: (Gale) eBook
- Living with the Internet and Online Dangers: (Infobase) eBook
- Magill's Medical Guide: (Salem Press) eBook
- Milestone Documents of American Leaders: (Salem Press) eBook
- Musicians and Composers: (Salem Press) eBook
- Natural Gas and Hydrogen: (Infobase) eBook
- The New Book of Knowledge: (Grolier) eBook
- New York Times: 1980 - current eBook
- The Nineties: U.S. history, culture, events, and people during the nineties. (Salem Press) eBook
- Nuclear Energy: (Infobase) eBook
- PERIODIC TABLE - Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metals: (Infobase) eBook
- PERIODIC TABLE - Halogens: (Infobase) eBook
- PERIODIC TABLE - Lanthenides and Actinides: (Infobase) eBook
- PERIODIC TABLE - Metals and Metalloids: (Infobase) eBook
- PERIODIC TABLE - Nonmetals: (Infobase) eBook
- PERIODIC TABLE - Transition Metals: (Infobase) eBook
- Pseudoscience: A Critical Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO eBook) eBook
- Psychology and Mental Health: includes history, diagnoses, treatments, and fundamentals of behaviorism and cognitive and psychoanalytic psychology. (Salem Press) eBook
- Scribner Writers Online: (Gale) eBook
- The Seventies: U.S. history, culture, events, and people during the seventies. (Salem Press) eBook
- Sex and Society: relationships, sexual health, parenting and cultural issues. (Marshall Cavendish) eBook
- The Sixties: U.S. history, culture, events, and people during the sixties. (Salem Press) eBook
- Slavery in the Modern World: (ABC-CLIO) eBook
- Social History of the United States: (ABC-CLIO) eBook
- Social Issues in America: (Sharpe Reference) eBook
- Solar and Geothermal Energy: (Infobase) eBook
- Solar System: (Salem Press) eBook
- Sports in America: (Sharpe Reference) eBook
- Sports in America 1990-1999: (Infobase) eBook
- Sports in America 2000-2009: (Infobase) eBook
- Stem Cell Research: (Infobase eBook) eBook
- St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture: twentieth century American culture. (Gale) eBook
- Substance Abuse, Addiction, and Treatment: (Marshall Cavendish) eBook
- Survey of American Industry and Careers: (Salem Press) eBook
- Terrorism: (Infobase eBook) eBook
- Thematic Guide to the American Novel: (Gale) eBook
- The Thirties: U. S. history, culture, events, and people during the thirties. (ABC-CLIO database) eBook
- The Truth about Abuse: (Infobase) eBook
- The Truth about ADHD and Other Neurobiological Disorders: (Infobase) eBook
- The Truth about Divorce: (Infobase) eBook
- The Truth about Eating Disorders: (Infobase) eBook
- The Truth about Sexual Behavior and Unplanned Pregnancy: (Infobase) eBook
- The Truth about Smoking: (Infobase) eBook
- The Truth about Suicide: (Infobase) eBook
- Twaynes Writers Online: (Gale) eBook
- Weapons and Warfare: (Salem Press) eBook
- Wind and Water: (Infobase) eBook
- Winning the White House: (Infobase) eBook
- Witchcraft in America: (Gale) eBook
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies: (Gale) eBook
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: (Gale) eBook
- World of Sports Medicine: (Gale) eBook
- World of Sports Science: (Gale) eBook
