ELECTRONIC DATABASES
2007-2008
Following is a listing of the online databases districts can subscribe to as part of our Electronic Database Co-Ser Service.
ACCESSIBLE ARCHIVES
Accessible Archives, Inc. is the sole source for a Primary Source On-Line Database of 18th and 19th century American Newspapers.
Accuweather, Inc.
This is the most extensive online collection of copyright-approved multimedia content available. The Associated Press' photo library contains photos from around the world, some with foreign-language captions. This archive continues to grow daily as hundreds of new photos are added. Designed for students of all ages with minimal instruction and supervision required. Photos easily accessed by search on a What, Where, When basis along with language queries and Boolean searching.
BRITANNICA
The exceptional depth of coverage, combined with the power and breadth of the Internet, make the search for information using the award-winning Britannica Online easier and more exciting.
CAREER CRUISING
Designed with one goal in mind: to help people plan their future. With an exceptional assessment tool, detailed occupation profiles, and comprehensive post-secondary education information, users move seamlessly through the career exploration and planning process.
CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY
CQ Researcher
Guides your students and patrons through the first steps in conducting thorough, non-biased research. Each of the 44 reports provides up-to-date information on controversial topics, pro and con arguments by experts, original news, chronology and annotated bibliographies to guide additional research.
CQ Supreme Court Collection
A unique new electronic resource that provides the context and analysis of the Supreme Court and its decisions not available in any other Web-based product. Blends historical analysis with timely updates and expert commentary of Supreme Court decisions, biographies of Supreme Court Justices, Supreme Court institutional history, and the U.S. Constitution.
CQ Public Affairs Collection
Your single source for public affairs content. Provides clarity, authority, and context for today's vital debates. This collections features in-depth reporting on critically important issues, statistical and historical analyses, full-text and excerpts of historic documents and primary sources, as well as who's who directory to the key government, non-profit, and private organizations in each of the major public affairs topics.
Washington Information Directory
Brings together CQ's wealth of contact and descriptive information on more than 10,000 federal government offices, regulatory agencies, congressional committees, judicial offices, public interest groups, nonprofits, international organizations, and state government offices in a single, easy-to-use, and fully integrated database.
CQ's Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government
Is based on the highly regarded A-Z Encyclopedia Series that includes the Presidency A-Z, Congress A-Z, The Supreme Court A-Z, and Elections A-Z. Offers a complete, definitive, reference resource of the whys and how of American Government.
CQ Weekly Online
Represents the true record of the workings of Congress and has long been essential for understanding public policy, tracking legislation, and reviewing the voting records of elected representatives. Web coverage reaches back to 1983.
EBSCO
ULTRA ONLINE Package
Includes MAS Ultra, Health Source Consumer Edition, Newspaper Source, Professional Development, ERIC and Magill on Literature Plus, Topic Search.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & ERIC
Literary Reference Center
NOVELIST HS
Provides enhanced subject access to over 74,000 fiction titles.
NOVELIST K-8
Provides enhanced subject access to over 74,000 fiction titles.
MIDDLE SEARCH Pkg.
Includes Middle School +, Professional Development, ERIC, Newspaper source, ERIC & Health Source Consumer Edition
and Novelist K-8
PRIMARY SEARCH Pkg.
Includes Primary Search, Professional Development, Newspaper Source & ERIC and Novelist.
Book Source, non fiction for HS
Book Source, non fiction for MS
Book Source, non fiction for Elementary
Facts.com
Current events resource. *Purchased by Facts on File Fall 2007.
Facts on File
One of America's leading publishers of print and online reference matierals for the school and library market.
GALE GROUP
Based on U.S. curriculum standards, it contains reference information from the DISCovering & EXPloring programs, a massive archive of thousands of primary source documents, up to 1.7 million full-text periodical and newspaper articles that are updated daily.
Student Resource Center
Gold, Silver, Bronze, Junior (Elementary and Middle Schools only)
Opposing Viewpoints
Literature Resource Center
History Resource Center World
Infotrac Students K-12
Biography Resource Center
Web Feet Online
K-12 Collection. Subject guide to the Best Web Sites for Kindergarten to Adult.
Gale
Lit Finder for Schools Complete: Includes poetry, short stories, essays, plays and speeches.
Lit Finder (Poetry only)
GROLIER ONLINE
Largest single package source on the Internet, consisting of three main databases (DELUXE PACKAGE).
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Americana
New Book of Knowledge
New Book of Popular Science
Land & Peoples
America the Beautiful
MEDIA FLEX INC. - CERF
Uniquely integrates research services, standards, authority, Web references, communications, Dewey cross reference numbers and mentoring; the library media specialists' learning portal to the school community. Curriculum Blender enables librarians and teachers to browse New York State Standards, review the benchmarks and view the assigned Dewey classification numbers that correspond with non-fiction library resources.
NEWSBANK
Infoweb: Middle School Edition
Grades 6-9 Primary source info, top news headlines, teacher lesson plans, retro from 1992-present.
Infoweb: Newsfile
Grades 9-12 Full text comprehensive database from regional, national & international sources. Over 50,000 full text articles from 500 newspapers & other news sources.
Infoweb: Newsfile with Popular Periodicals
Grades 9-12 comprehensive merged database with full text news articles from regional, national & international sources plus full text articles from 120 leading magazines.
NewsBank HS
(Social Studies, Science & Health and English & Arts) is a comprehensive merged database from over 2000 sources including newspapers, periodicals, science journals, historical documents, international sources and more.
NOODLE TOOLS INC.
Librarians and instructors choose Noodle Bib to help them teach. Noodle Bib is a web-based MLA and APA bibliographic software from Noodle Tools, that delivers effective instruction with up-to-date examples exactly when the student is likely to be confused.
PROQUEST/SIRS
Researcher
Provides thousands of full text articles on social, scientific, health, historic, economics, business, political & global issues.
Discoverer with Web Find
Gives quick access to this children's research, database with a unique search interface designed specifically for children.
Government Reporter
Current & historic government documents & Supreme Court decisions on high interest topics.
Renaissance
Wide range full text articles from over 500 U.S. & International newspapers & magazines with the focus on Arts & Humanities.
Renaissance & Researcher
Web Select
A unique database of internet resources providing access to quality web sites on almost any subject.
Knowledge Source
Includes SIRS Researcher, Government Reporter, Renaissance, WebSelect plus three Interactive Citizenship databases with links to SIRS Discoverer and Discoverer WebFind.
PROQUEST
eLibrary Database, eLibrary CE (Curriculum Edition)
Culture Grams
Offers concise, reliable, and up-to-date information on the cultures of the world. Also offers an insider's perspective of daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. Includes World Edition (182 country reports), Kids Edition (66 country reports), and State Edition (50 states and District of Columbia) plus photo and recipe collections, biographies of famous people, customizable and extremes data tables, maps, and more!
WORLD BOOK Gold
The finest editorial content and most up-to-date information available is now on the World Wide Web in World Book Online.