Online Databases & eBooks

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    ABC-CLIO Databases

    Contains 15 Social Studies databases with articles, images, maps, and videos covering all time periods of American and World History, government, religion, geography, pop culture, issues, and more.

    ABC-CLIO eBook Collection

    Contains eBooks from the publishers ABC-CLIO and Greenwood Press, covering many subject areas.

    Axis 360

    Contains downloadable eBooks and eAudiobooks.  Instructions and links to needed apps are under the APP Zone.

    Contains thousands of full-length streaming videos and video segments, covering all areas of the curriculum. 

    CQ Researcher Online

    Offers research on current and controversial issues of the day with insights on both sides of the issues.
     

    EBSCO

    • EBSCOhost - contains 20 individual databases with citations and full-text articles from thousands, of magazines, academic journals, newspapers, newswires, and books.
        
    • NoveList - provides information about fiction books for all ages.

    epointplus

    Contains eBooks from Cavendish Square, Rosen, and Britannica.

    Flipster

    Contains digital editions of current and past issues of 23 popular and educational magazines. 

    Gale Databases

    • Custom Newspapers - contains full-text articles from 76 national and international newspapers.
    • Gale eBooks - contains more than 1000 reference eBooks (electronic books) in all areas of the curriculum that are cross-searchable with other Gale databases.
    • Gale in Context: Biography - includes biographies, full-text magazine articles, images, and links to web sites of current and historic people.
    • Gale in Context: Global Issues - offers international viewpoints on a wide range of global issues, topics, and current events through overviews, articles written by local experts, reference sources, magazine and newspaper articles, primary sources, statistical information, podcasts, video clips, and interactive graphs.
    • Gale in Context: High School - includes reference sources, magazine and newspaper articles, primary sources, and multimedia for all areas of the curriculum.
    • Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints - features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to websites covering current social issues.
    • Gale in Context: Science - provides topic overviews, biographies, experiments, academic journals, and newspaper articles on the major science disciplines.
    • Gale in Context: U. S. History - includes an integrated collection of primary documents, reference sources, and journal articles covering all areas of U.S. history.
    • Gale in Context: World History - provides reference sources, magazine, newspaper, and journal articles, primary documents as well as audio and video clips for significant people, events, and topics in world history from ancient times to the present.
    • Gale Literary Sources - combines resources from Literature Resource Center, LitFinder, Literature Criticism Online, and revelant literature eBooks.
    • Literature Criticism Online - contains volumes 1 - 171 of Poetry Criticism.
    • Literature Resource Center - consists of critical analysis, journal articles, reviews, overviews, and biographies of more than 130,000 authors from all periods of time from around the world.
    • LitFinder - contains full-text of 125,000+ poems, 5000+ short stories, thousands of essays, 1000+ plays, and speeches.  Also includes author biographies and literary criticism.

    Infobase/Facts on File Databases

    Offers articles, biographies, primary source documents, forms, maps, and diagrams in the areas of history, country studies, science, health, and literature.  Also provides career and guidance information, and curriculum resources.

    Infobase Publishing eBooks

    Contains eBooks from the publishers Facts on File and Chelsea House, covering many subject areas.
     

    JSTOR

    JSTOR is a digital library that provides access to some of the most important academic journals, books, images, and primary sources available for research in 75 different areas of study.

     

    Lightbox Titles (Interactive Digital eBooks)

    At the LHS catalog page, click on Destiny Discover.

    Scroll to Lightbox on page.

    Contains interactive digital eBooks that include audio, video, timelines, definitions, weblinks, slide shows, worksheets, and more.
     
    To view an eBook, click on Log In and on the next screen Sign in with Google.  Use your school email account to sign in.

    The New York Times

    Contains the digital edition of The New York Times with archives from 1851 to 1922 and 1980 to the present.  This database is only available in school; however, users can create an account and save articles which can be read outside of school.  Users of smartphones and tablets, may want to visit their mobile site.

     

    ProQuest

    • ProQuest Historical Newpapers - provides full-text articles from The New York Times from 1851 to 2017.
    • Research Library Prep - offers summaries and full-text articles from over 4,000 publications from 1986 to the present as well as over 70 regional, national, and international newspapers. 

    Salem Press eBooks

    Contains eBooks in the areas of literature, history, science, business, and health.  
     
     
     
    Contains thousands of encyclopedia articles along with images, video, audio, and links to websites.  Additional features include an atlas, In the Headlines and Behind the Headlines sections, government websites, interactive maps, pathfinders, resource guides, timelines, and a Life Skills Center.