Teen Databases & Newspapers

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You will be required to enter your 14 digit library card number
in order to access these databases.
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History

American History Online Spans more than 500 years of history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.

American Women's History Online The American Women's History Database is an authoritative reference database containing biographies, historical and topical subject entries, primary sources, maps and charts, images and videos, and general and subject-specific timelines encompassing more than 500 years of American women's history.

African-American History Online In-depth information on the people, events, and topics important to the study of African-American history.

American Indian History Online Offers thorough access to more than 15,000 years of Native American culture, history, and heritage.

Modern World History Online Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history—from mid-15th century to the present.

Ancient and Medieval History Online Explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

Biography Collection Complete Features full-text biographies from many different sources.

History Reference Center Full text reference books, articles, historical documents, biographies, historical photos and maps.

Gale Encyclopedia of World History: Governments
Provides a broad overview of national governments throughout history, explaining their structures and histories, key players and events, and how governments effect, and are affected by, social change.

Great Depression & New Deal Library
Covers the failure of the U.S. economy and its gradual recovery, with special attention to the New Deal, as well as the global situation, including the rise of Hitler. The Almanac covers the era in 16 subject chapters. Biographies profiles 29 major figures of the period. Primary Sources features annotated excerpts from speeches, newspaper and magazine articles, literature, and other documents from the period. For middle school and general audiences.

Industrial Revolution
Covers the ideas and social turmoil that marked this transition as well as the machines, manufacturing processes and energy sources that spurred it on.

Modern World History Online Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history—from mid-15th century to the present.

Pop Culture Universe From flappers to Elvis to Pac-Man to A-Rod -- whatever the fad, fashion, or celebrity, you'll find it in Pop Culture Universe. It's great for homework assignments or to satisfy your curiosity about what your grandparents did in their spare time back in the day. Search over 300 full-text resources to find information such as news headlines, fads, and even new words/phrases for each decade since 1920. Check out the skills center for assistance in writing research papers and have some fun looking at the top searches and the pages viewed most often.

Salem History Salem History is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets, free.

UXL Encyclopedia of World Mythology
Entry topics include gods and goddesses; heroes and other key characters; motifs and global themes; major myths; and national or cultural mythologies. Coverage spans a diversity of cultures, including standard Greek/Roman entries as well as Native North and South American traditions, Norse mythology, Asian Pacific mythology, Judeo-Christian tradition, and Islamic and Hindu mythologies.

Reference

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Provides encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

Global Road Warrior
Global Road Warrior is an international resource for social, cultural, travel, and business information. The database covers 175 countries and territories and includes information on demographics, economy, holidays, currencies, visas, climate, passports, immunization, entry and departure, emergencies, internal travel information, country and regional maps, airports, international dialing guides, and more.

Learning Express Library
The Learning Express Library is an online collection of practice tests and study aides on a variety of topics such as ASVAB, Civil Service, GED, GMAT, GRE, Real Estate, SAT, TOEFL, U.S. Citizenship.  Immediate scoring, complete answer explanations,
and an individualized analysis of test results are given.
Coverage spans elementary school skills through adult job skills
and citizenship test preparation.

MasterFILE Premier Includes full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection.

MAS Ultra-Teens Contains full text for popular high school magazines.

Points of View Reference Center Designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.

Pop Culture Universe From flappers to Elvis to Pac-Man to A-Rod -- whatever the fad, fashion, or celebrity, you'll find it in Pop Culture Universe. It's great for homework assignments or to satisfy your curiosity about what your grandparents did in their spare time back in the day. Search over 300 full-text resources to find information such as news headlines, fads, and even new words/phrases for each decade since 1920. Check out the skills center for assistance in writing research papers and have some fun looking at the top searches and the pages viewed most often.

World Geography and Culture Online covers all aspects of a country-from its geography and physical features to its government, people, and society-providing both facts at a glance and in-depth coverage through country entries, maps, flags, images, statistics, news articles, a gazetteer, and more.

Rosetta Stone. Learn English with this self-paced program. Note - Can only be accessed at the library.

Health & Wellness

Health Source: Consumer Edition Provides access to full text, consumer health magazines.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Provides scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Covers generic drug patient education sheets with brand names.

Health & Wellness Resource Center Articles from general interest publications, health and medical journals and pamphlets.

Health Reference Center Provides clear and comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness, mental health, and the human body.

Salud en Español Health Information in Spanish.