Descriptions of Databases:
Access
Science
Annals
of American History
Books in Print
Credoreference
Currier Library Periodical Holdings
Encyclopedia Americana Online
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
FirstSearch
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online
Issues
and Controversies in American History
Lands
and Peoples
Proquest
Historical Newspapers
Teen Health and Wellness
Today's
Science
WilsonWeb
World Almanac Reference Database
World
Data Analyst from Encyclopaedia Britannica
eLibrary
Access
Science
The
online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science
and Technology, Access Science also includes research
updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands
of illustrations, the latest Science News headlines,
biographies, and more. A great resource for science research.
(Accessible from Foxcroft computers.) (return
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Annals
of American History
A new database of primary documents from American history, including speeches,
historical accounts, memoirs, poems, images, and multimedia.
(Accessible from
Foxcroft computers.) (return
to contents)
Books
in Print
Search for book, audio, or video titles; this site includes
links to suppliers, reviews of books, and a database of publishers.
(Accessible from Foxcroft computers.) (return
to contents)
credoreference
Credoreference is a giant online reference library that provides you with access to a selection of reference books. Credoreference includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, not to mention a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.
(Accessible from Foxcroft computers.) (return to contents)
Currier
Library Periodical Holdings
This page lists the title, dates of coverage, and format for all of the magazines,
newspapers, and other serials in the library's collection. FirstSearch users
can check their citations to see if the library has the articles they want. (return
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eLibrary ProQuest's eLibrary provides access to and navigation of more than 125 billion digital pages of the world's scholarship to researchers in multiple fields. It includes the world's largest digital newspaper archive, periodical databases comprising the output of more than 9,000 titles. (return to contents)
Encyclopaedia
Britannica Online
This
online resource includes the complete Britannica with over 73,000
articles as well as a directory of over 200,000 web sites reviewed
and rated by Britannica's editors. (Accessible from Foxcroft computers.) (return
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Encyclopedia
Americana Online
Long a standard in school, academic, and public library collections, the Encyclopedia
Americana is now available on the World Wide Web, blending the depth and accuracy
of the print edition with the currency expected of an online reference work.
Its 45,000 articles and more than 25 million words have been contributed by
over 6,500 specialists in their respective disciplines and cover all academic
fields and curriculum topics. Updated quarterly. (Accessible from Foxcroft
computers.)(return
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FirstSearch
FirstSearch is an interactive online information system that gives you vital,
timely information. You can use FirstSearch to find citations for books,
articles, films, computer software, and other types of materials. Many
articles are available in Foxcroft's library - match the citation with
our periodical holdings! (Accessible
from Foxcroft computers.) (return
to contents)
Grolier
Multimedia Encyclopedia Online
The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is based on the text of the Academic American
Encyclopedia. The Academic American was the first encyclopedia to make its
text available online, and it was the first to be released on a CD-ROM, which
evolved into the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Now, the Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia is available directly on the World Wide Web, containing thousands
of new and expanded articles, extensive hyperlinking, bibliographies and links
to other sources of information on the Web. Updated monthly. (Accessible
from Foxcroft computers.)(return
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Issues & Controversies
in American History
This database offers explanations of the most contentious
debates in American History. It includes articles,
biographies, photographs, maps,and timelines, as
well as research topic choosing tool. (Accessible from Foxcroft computers or
with password.)(return
to contents)
Lands
and Peoples
An encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events, including over
400 articles on continents and countries of the world, each with their own
web links, photographs, maps, flags, and bibliographic references. Lands and
Peoples also has an electronic atlas, a global news desk, and an online comparison
feature for states, countries, or continents.
(Accessible from Foxcroft computers.) (return
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Proquest
Historical Newspaper Database
This database offers searchable full-text from The New York Times (1851-2001), The
Washington Post (1877-1988), The Wall Street Journal (1889-1987),
and The Christian Science Monitor (1908-1991). A great resource for
American (and European!) History classes!
(Accessible from Foxcroft computers.) (return
to contents)
Teen Health and Wellness
This database offers information to teens on health and wellness.
Today's
Science
This database tries to bridge the gap between textbooks and what's happening
in science today. Drawing on major scientific journals, magazines and newspapers
in the United States and abroad, Today's Science covers all the topics
that today's students study: health, the environment, technology, life science,
physical science, earth and space science, and science and society.
WilsonWeb
This site offers access to two H. W. Wilson databases: Full Text Select, which
is a multidisciplinary, all full-text database of articles with their accompanying
indexing and abstracts, and Readers' Guide Retrospective, which is a an
index of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the
United States from 1890-1982.
World
Almanac Reference Database and Encyclopedia
The World Almanac Reference Database is created specifically for schools and
libraries. It features monthly updating, expanded World Almanac content, a
wide variety of information from other FACTS.com databases, and special features
available only on-line.
(Accessible from Foxcroft computers.) (return
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World
Data Analyst from Encyclopaedia Britannica
This
database provides current statistical information on every
country in the world, as well as the ability to create tables
and charts comparing countries across many statistical categories,
both with current and chronological information.
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