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How to choose which database to use CQ Researcher Ebsco/Eric Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Encyclopedia Britannica School Facts.com Infotrac NetLibrary Newsbank Opposing Viewpoints Pro and Con Online ProQuest Student Resource Center |
To access these database from outside of the school, use the URLs, account names and passwords on the remote login sheets available in the library.
CQ ResearcherProvides in-depth 12,000 word entries on a wide range of social, economic, political and environmental issues. Ebsco/EricOne of the largest databases of articles on educational issues. Encyclopedia Britannica AcademicMore than 72,000 articles, 130,000 links, images, video, timelines, etc. Much larger than any of the free web encyclopedias. Encyclopedia Britannica School EditionContains all of the content of Britannica Academic, but also provides articles written at the middle and elementary school levels. Facts.com5 interconnected databases provide full-text information from the 1940s to the present about news, controversial and/or current issues, science, and world facts. Includes World News Digest, Issues and Controversies on File, Today’s Science, World Almanac, and World Almanac Encyclopedia. Updated daily. InfotracFull-text magazine and newspaper articles, reference material, pamphlets, and government documents in areas of general interest,.health, business, biography, literature and various professional fields. Updated daily. NewsbankFull-text access to Boston Globe (1980 - present), Boston Herald (1997 - present), Springfield Republican/Union News (1988 - present), Worcester Telegram and Gazette (1989 - present). Updated daily. Opposing ViewpointsPro/con essays on a wide variety of topics. Also contains text of the reference set Information Plus. Includes searchable index of full-text articles from Congressional Digest, Supreme Court Debates, and International Debates. ProQuestFull-text articles from national and international newpapers, magazines, periodicals, government documents, reference sources from 1971 to the present. Updated daily. Student Resource CenterPremium selection of original reference material, overviews, critical essays, primary source documents and full-text periodicals and newspapers from 1986 - present. Updated daily. |
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