Social Studies Department

General Resources


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General Resources - Databases
To access these databases from home, consult page 23 in your Student Handbook or stop by the library to get the username & password.


Click on the icon to go directly to the database.
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CultureGrams
Gain in-depth information on 190 countries and territories and the 50 United States.
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Encyclopedia Americana
An online encyclopedia that includes an international current events database and newspapers from around the world.
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JSTOR (Journal Storage)
JSTOR maintains a trusted archive of important scholarly journals and provides access to these journals as widely as possible. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed and illustrated.
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Opposing Viewpoints
A library of facts and arguments about current events topics; includes statistics and government information within the framework of a pro/con issue.
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SIRS
SIRS Researcher is an excellent source for full text articles on social issues. Also provides access to SIRS Government Researcher and SIRS Decades.
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SRC (Student Resource Center)
A fully integrated database containing thousands of primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, and critical analyses. Also contains full-text coverage of hundreds of magazines and newspapers.










Last updated 2/07/11
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Library Media Specialist