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AHS Research Manual

Student Resources (Reliable Websites in all Subjects)

Ardsley High School

Library Databases

Ardsley High School subscribes to the following online databases, all of which may be accessed from both school and home. Ask Ms. Goldmeer for the usernames and passwords.

ACCESS SCIENCE	Find late breaking news biographies of famous scientists, a Student Center, and much more—all brought to life by 13,000 high-quality illustrations.
BOOKS IN PRINT	Books currently in print; addresses for publishers.
COUNTRY WATCH	Information, thematic and physical maps for 191 countries.
CURRENT BIOGRAPHY ILLUSTRATED	Provides information about the people making tomorrow’s headlines plus historical figures back to World War II. Profiles feature subject’s own views, attitudes and opinions, as well as observations of journalists, colleagues, and associates.
DISCOVERING COLLECTION	A fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of 400 magazines, over 10,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips.
DISCOVERY EDUCATION (FOR TEACHER USE)	Video library with over 9,000 titles
EBSCO	Master FILE Select contains full text for over 750 journals relating to a broad range of topics including general reference, social sciences, business, health, general science and current events. Searchasaurus is a collection of reference materials geared toward elementary and middle school users. TOPIC Search is a full-text resource designed for middle school students and above, teachers and librarians exploring social, political and economic issues as well as scientific discoveries and more.
FACTS-ON-FILE: SCIENCE	Content includes in-depth essays on environmental science, weather and climate, new biology, the history of science, and human anatomy, as well as a section on mathematics. You can also find experiments, diagrams, and biographies.
HOOVERS PRO	In-depth profiles and news for public and private companies.
JSTOR	Access to scholarly, academic journals in all disciplines that date back to the 1600's.
LEXIS NEXIS (PRIMARY SOURCES IN uS HISTORY)	Primary and secondary sources include scholarly and reference articles, contemporary accounts, manuscripts, laws, court cases, speeches, photographs and political cartoons.
NOVEL	Health Reference Center - Contains articles from a variety of health periodicals, plus excerpts from health related reference books. Business & Company Resources Center - Includes a wide variety of global business information including company profiles, investment reports, company histories, business magazines and newspapers. InfoTrac Junior - Magazines, newspapers, reference books and maps. The Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles. New York State Newspapers - Full text of 10 major newspapers published in NYS. ¡Informe! - Full text articles from the most popular Spanish language and bilingual periodicals. National & International Newspapers
OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS	Provides a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Includes viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine & newspaper articles.
PROQUEST	Provides access to newspaper and periodical databases, including 669 magazine titles on a wide range of topics, educational journals and national newspapers.
TURN IT IN	Plagiarism Prevention. See Ms. Goldmeer for log in questions.
WORLD BOOK ONLINE	The World Book Online provides access to over 31,000 encyclopedia articles, 6,000 Web links, 25,000 periodical articles, 800 videos, animations, and sounds, 400 interactive maps, and more.
WORLD HISTORY: ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL	Covers from the beginnings of history until 1500. Includes essays, biographies, timelines, images, maps, and more.