SSHS Library Research
and Resources

Home  |  Citations for Books and References  |  Citations for Databases   |  Citations for Magazines and Newspapers  |
Citations for Internet Sources  |  Research Process  |  Website Evaluation  |  Internet Searching Strategies  |  MLA and Research  |  Freshman English Orientation  |

 

Directory of Databases

General Reference | Periodicals (Magazines and Newspapers) | Arts and Music | Biographies | Business and Careers | Current Events | English Language Arts Resources | Foreign Language | Health and Medicine | |Science | Social Studies Resources | Database "Mega-Searches" | Teacher Resources |

General Reference

  • Opposing View Points
    Provides access to viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles relating to today�s most popular topics
  • Student Resource Center Gold

    Academic Journals, Creative Works, Magazines, Multimedia, News, Primary Sources, Reference, Statistics, Cultures, Geography, Literature, Science, US History, World History, Popular Topics


Periodicals (Magazines and Newspapers)

  • Custom Newspapers 
    Provides full text articles from major national and international newspapers, representing each of the 50 states and six (6) continents


  • New York State Newspapers
    Provides full text articles from 27 New York State newspapers, including the Post-Star and Albany Times-Union


  • National Newspaper Index 
    Indexing and abstracts for five major national newspapers:  Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, many dating back 25+ years


  • Elibrary 
    Provides access to full text magazines, newspapers, books and mixed media

  • NY Times - Historical
    Full text articles from the New York Times covering 1850 � 2002
  • Student Resource Center - Gold    
    Academic Journals, Creative Works, Magazines, Multimedia, News, Primary Sources, Reference, Statistics, Cultures, Geography, Literature, Science, US History, World History, Popular Topics


Biographies

  • Biography Resource Center
    Search for people - both current and historic - based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender


Business and Careers


Current Events

  • Custom Newspapers
    Provides full text articles from major national and international newspapers, representing each of the 50 states and six (6) continents

  • New York State Newspapers
    Provides full text articles from 27 New York State newspapers, including the Post-Star and Albany Times-Union

  • National Newspaper Index
    Indexing and abstracts for five major national newspapers: Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, many dating back 25+ years


English Language Arts Resources

  • Twayne's Authors Series 
    Biographical information and literary criticisms on world, U.S. and English authors

  • Novelist
    Fiction database includes Summaries, Author Read-Alikes, Book Discussion Guides, Book-Talks, and Feature Articles

  • Literature Resource Center
    Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews from all time periods and from around the world

Health and Medicine


Science

  • Science Resource Center
    Thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations from over 200 magazines and academic journals, plus links to quality web sites

  • Scientific American Archive Online
    Authoritative reporting on every field of science from January 1993 to the present; updated monthly


Social Studies Resources

  • CultureGrams
    Informative views of every nation, its society, and institutions

  • Country Watch
    Similar information to a print almanac and includes an overview, political, economic, social and environmental information on each country

  • CQ's Encyclopedia of American Government
    Provides information on Congress, the Presidency, Supreme Court, and the U.S. election process.

  • CQ Researcher
    In-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy

  • CQ Weekly
    Provides weekly updates of what is happening on "the hill" and includes an archive dating back to 1983

Database Mega Searches

Not sure which database to use? Try using one of these �mega-search� links to all the databases each company offers. Warning: This may provide you with too many sources, but if you find one database that is consistently good for your search, go to that individual database and search from there.


Teacher Resources


Saratoga Springs High School Library and Freshmen Orientation Site:
K. Brennan and A. Kauth
Instructional Technology/Web Design: J. Terry
Send questions or comments to J. Terry.
Site created Summer 2004
© Saratoga Springs City Schools