Home Access Tutorial - a short video on how to access the online databases at home.

At home? Want to search these e-books? click here (Hint: Password is the name of the building where you take art and history classes in "Old Town")

PERIODICALS DATABASES

Proquest Direct
Magazine and newspaper index, including the N.Y. Times, offering citations and full text articles.

LA Times - Proquest

EBSCO Host
Links to Professional Development Collection and ERIC databases.

SUBJECT DATABASES

Country Watch
Country-specific geo-political information on each of the 191 countries of the world.

CQ Researcher
In-depth analysis of current and controversial issues--includes background information, opposing viewpoints, statistics, and more.

CultureGrams Online
Concise, reliable and up-to-date reports on more than 200 countries, each U.S. state, and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories.

Global Issues in Context
Provides global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Pro and con essays, select newspaper and magazine articles, research guides, and statistics on numerous current and controversial issues.

SIRS – Social Issues Resource Series
Full-text articles selected from domestic and international publications covering social issues and controversial topics.

World Geography
Cultural and physical information organized by country and topic. World Geography includes a statistical tool for quick data analysis, multimedia maps, documents, flags, biographies, and links to top news stories from around the world.

World History - Ancient and Medieval
Primary source documents; articles profiling city-states, countries, and regions of the ancient world; study tools and more.

Updated 23 April 2009 A.Martino

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