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                    Databases with a are subscription databases and need a password when you use them from home. Unmarked databases are free.  

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Online Encyclopedias---Databases that can be used for an overview of your topic, general background information.  Research  Process

           WORLD BOOK ONLINE

                      ENCYCLOPEDIA. COM

                      INFORMATION PLEASE  ALMANAC

                     COLUMBIA  ENCYCLOPEDIA

                HUTCHINSON ENCYCLOPEDIA  
Research Current Topics, hot topics in the news, today and in the recent past.     Subscription databases contain articles from magazines, journals and books about both current events and some historical topics.  The emphasis is on current topics.  

   CQ RESEARCHER  long detailed articles on topics of interest.  Articles include pros and cons on the topic.

    DOAJ         Directory of Open Access Journals

  ELIBRARY  

GENERAL REFERENCE CENTER GOLD

INFOTRAC ONE FILE

INFOTRAC STUDENT EDITION

     HEADLINE SPOT  Links to 200 magazines

    LOOK SMART FIND ARTICLES     10,0000 Articles

     HIGH WIRE PRESS     A division of Standford Libraries-repository of high impact, peer-reviewed content
For Literary Criticism and other Literature material, try these databases.

       JSTOR

EXPANDED ACADEMIC  ASAP  

LITERATURE IN CONTEXT   (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Crucible, Hamlet, Macbeth, Of Mice & Men, The Red, Pony, and The Pearl, Pride & Prejudice, The Scarlet Letter, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Things Fall Apart, To Kill a Mockingbird.)

  PROJECT MUSE   no home access

    PROQUEST LEARNING; LITERATURE  

  SCRIBNER WRITERS SERIES

      TWAYNE AUTHORS SERIES   

  ELIBRARY  some literary criticism

WHAT DO I READ NEXT??  

Google Scholar

 

An online searchable database that contains thousands of poems by famous poets.  Search by title and poet.

Religion databases

INFOTRAC RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY  

ORIGINS ONLINE   full text

 

Health Databases

MEDLINE

MEDLINEplus

HEALTH and WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER and ALTERNATIVE HEALTH MODULE 

MEDSCAPE

THE MERCK MANUAL of DIAGNOSIS and THERAPY

 

Biography and History Databases

    BIOGRAPHY RESOURCE CENTER

Biography Center

  HISTORY STUDY CENTER

     ELIBRARY  

   INFOTRAC ONE FILE

Other Databases available through the BI Library/Media Center

   BUSINESS and COMPANY RESOURCE CENTER       

COMPUTER DATABASE 

LEGALTRAC  

MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE DATABASE  

 PROFESSIONAL COLLECTION

 

Databases of full text books  There are other listings of sites offering full text books under English-the research web links

GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY 

Project Bartleby 

Project Gutenberg

Bibliomania

 

Databases of web sites useful for student research

  WEB FEET SUBJECT GUIDES   a subject guide designed for school and public librarians and their students and patrons. The database is composed of thousands of descriptions of Web sites that have been selected by a team of librarians, educators, subject-area specialists, and editors for their quality, credibility, and usefulness.

Awesome Library  An organization of 10,000 carefully reviewed education resources for teachers, students, parents, and librarians--this site contains a directory, index, and a search engine

Librarians Index to the Internet

Virtual Reference Desk

BIBS  Bishop Ireton Best Web Sites Page

 

Research databases for younger brothers and sisters. 

INFOTRAC JUNIOR EDITION

INFOTRAC KIDS EDITION 

Information about the Databases on this page

GALE DATABASES-MAIN MENU

Public Library Databases

  FIND IT VIRGINIA     Locate databases at your public library.

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