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Online Reference Databases - Secondary

  • At School - You have direct access to the Online Reference Databases.
  • From Home - For some of the databases, there is a special link for home access.
    You must have a login and/or a password to access the Online Reference Databases. You can obtain this information on Blackboard. Once you are logged into Blackboard, please click on the "For Students" tab:
    For Students

    Then the “APS Library Online” tab. 
    APS Library Online

    The APS Library Online tab has been divided into categories to help you with your research. 
    Select Secondary Library Online.
  • The login and password information is located under the description of each electronic database.

 
Biography In Context (including Lives & Perspectives) merged with periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly portal experience which allows users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.
Books & Authors Database icon Books & Authors offers new ways to explore books, authors, genres and topics. Combining over 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favorites lists, Books & Authors helps bring readers and literature together.
General One File icon General OneFile -A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
Junior Edition 2008 - Jun 2011 - this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Literature Resource Center icon Literature Resource Center - LRC - Find up-to-date biographicalinformation, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.
Science in Context icon Science In Context - Full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Gale US History in Context U.S. History In Context - Full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research in an eBook format.
World History in Context World History In Context - Full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
CQ Researcher

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