Academics
Libraries

Databases

Upper School

  • Bloom's Literature Bloom's Literature
    Access to information about great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world of literature
  • CultureGrams CultureGrams
    • Quick stats and facts about countries, states, provinces
    • Historical and geographical maps, graphs, tables
    • Photos, videos, cultural data
  • Drama Online Drama Online
    • Research tool for drama and literature students, professors, and teachers
    • Access is only given to the “National Theatre Collection 1”
  • Encyclopedia Britannica Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia, dictionary, and periodical articles.
  • Explora Explora
    Explora provides content from the world's leading magazines and reference books including print, video, and audio resources.
  • Gale Databases Gale Databases
    • 38 topic-oriented databases, each containing articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers
    • Useful for searches targeted to a specific discipline or subject
  • History Reference Center History Reference Center
    • Full text history reference database
    • 1,620 history books
    • 150 history periodicals
    • 57,000 historical documents
    • 77,000 biographies
    • 113,000 historical photos and maps
  • JSTOR JSTOR
    • More than 2,000 academic journals, dating back to their first published volumes
    • Thousands of scholarly monographs
  • Opposing Viewpoints in Context Opposing Viewpoints in Context
    • Premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues
    • 19,000+ pro/con viewpoints
    • 13,000+ topic overviews
    • 1,000+ court case overviews
    • 300+ profiles of federal agencies and special-interest groups
  • Oxford English Dictionary Oxford English Dictionary
    • The accepted authority on the English language
    • Meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words
  • Oxford Reference Online Oxford Reference Online
    • Brings together 2 million digitized entries across Oxford's Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias
    • 135+ academic subject, language, and quotations dictionaries- short-entry content
  • ProQuest EBook Central ProQuest EBook Central
    Ebook Central delivers, with breadth and depth of ebooks from scholarly sources, including University Presses and other top publishers.
  • Science in Context Science in Context
    • Contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics
    • More than 200 experiments and projects
  • Science Reference Center Science Reference Center
    • Full-text science-oriented content
    • Hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources
  • Student Resources In Context Student Resources In Context
    Information from newspapers, periodicals, archival film clips, audio, video, photos, and maps.
  • The New York Times The New York Times
    The New York Times is an American daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership. It was founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, and was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company.
  • World Book Online World Book Online
    Encyclopedia and periodical articles, primary source materials, photos, audio, and video.

Middle School

  • Gale Databases Gale Databases
    • 38 topic-oriented databases, each containing articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers
    • Useful for searches targeted to a specific discipline or subject
  • CultureGrams CultureGrams
    • Quick stats and facts about countries, states, provinces
    • Historical and geographical maps, graphs, tables
    • Photos, videos, cultural data
  • Encyclopedia Britannica Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia, dictionary, and periodical articles.
  • Explora Explora
    Explora provides content from the world's leading magazines and reference books including print, video, and audio resources.
  • Student Resources In Context Student Resources In Context
    Information from newspapers, periodicals, archival film clips, audio, video, photos, and maps.
  • SIRS Discover SIRS Discover
    • General reference database for beginning learners
    • Full-text articles and images from 2,100+ domestic and international newspapers, magazines, and government documents
    • 9,000+ educational weblinks
  • The New York Times The New York Times
    The New York Times is an American daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership. It was founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, and was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company.
  • World Book Online World Book Online
    Encyclopedia and periodical articles, primary source materials, photos, audio, and video.

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