Database Descriptions

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Offers concise, reliable and up to
date country reports on 204 cultures
of the world, U.S. states, and
Canadian provinces (2006), and
more.
Maps, Flags, History, Personal
Interviews, Statistics, Video and
Sound Clips…all of it about a
country, state, provinces and/or
culture is here.
--Practice tests for
--Citations in every
every academic
Learn 37
style
test/career exam you
languages,
--Note cards
can imagine: ACT,
including
SAT, GED, GRE,
--Website quality check
Spanish,
English,
ASVAB, etc.
--Footnotes formatting
German, French
--Parenthetical
--Job search help,
and so many
formatting
resume help, and so
more!
--Dynamic outlining,
much more.
etc.
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HAVE QUESTIONS?
This is not a database to
do random research.
TEXT-A-LIBRARIAN
Text LONGHORN to
66746 for instructions!
Your teacher will assign
you an assignment using
Study Island.
The Dallas
Morning
News and all
of its
resources!
--Biographies
--Health Literature
--Sciences
--Social Studies
--Diseases and Disorders
--Drugs and Society
--Facts about Drugs
--Family Health
--Great Writers of the
Modern Era
--The Twenties, Thirties,
Forties, Fifties, Sixties,
Seventies, Eighties, and
Nineties in America
--Great Lives from History:
the 20th Century
-- Notorious Lives
--Milestone Documents of
World Religions
--Survey of American
Industry and Careers
Special Note
To search specific titles (all are
searched by default) click on the
Advanced search button in the lower
right corner of the search field area.
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SO MANY
eBOOKS!
Use these fiction and
nonfiction eBooks to
research, prepare for
tests, and/or to read for
pleasure!
http://archives.nbclearn.com/port
al/site/k-12
http://sks.sirs.com
--Pros vs. Cons views on a subject
--eBooks
--SIRS Researcher: Leading Issues,
Natural Disasters, Focus on Terrorism,
Today’s News, Maps of the World,
World Almanac Excerpts, Spotlight
on…, Curriculum Pathfinders
--SIRS Government Reporter:
Country Profiles, Federal Agencies,
Historic Documents, National Archives
Documents, U.S. Congress, U.S.
Presidents, U.S. Supreme Court,
Spotlight on…, Curriculum Pathfinders
--SIRS Renaissance: Library Corner,
Award recipients, Glossary of the Arts,
Notable People, Recommended
References, Spotlight on…, Curriculum
Pathfinders, Humanities & Education
--SIRS Web Select: Featured
Websites, Astronomy and Space,
Criminal Justice, Dictionaries, e-Books,
U.S. Historic Documents, HIV/AIDS,
Maps, Notable People, Curriculum
Pathfinders, Spotlight on…, Substance
Abuse, Terrorism, Using the Internet
For more than 80 years, NBC
News has been documenting the
people places and events that
shape our world. Now all of
those videos are yours!
www.worldbookonline.com
-Encyclopedias
-Timelines
-Dictionaries
-eBooks
-Articles
-Periodicals
-Almanacs
-Primary documents
-Citation builder
www.journeybackintime.com
Tens of thousands of selected
primary sources spanning 400
years of American heritage:
--Newspaper Articles
--Rare Books
--Illustrations
--Photos
--Maps
--documents
-eBooks
http://infotrac.galegroup.com
/itweb/tlc109043601
--Encyclopedias
--Almanacs
--Periodicals
--Newspapers
--eBooks in the Gale
Virtual Reference Library
--Biographical
information, 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
--Scribner Writers Series
--Twayne's World
--U.S. and English
Authors Series
--You can search all of
these at one time to find
information on your topic
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com/
--Body Basics
--Developmental
Disabilities and Disorders
--Diseases, Infections, and
Conditions
--Diversity
--Drugs and Alcohol
--Eating Disorders
--Family Life
--Friendship and Dating
--Green Living
--Grief and Loss
--Mind, Mood and
emotions
--Nutrition, Fitness, and
Appearance
--Safety
--Sexuality and Sexual
Health
--Skills for School, Work
and Life
www.powervideos.org
Features electronic delivery of
educational videos directly to
your computer.
They are listed by content and
TEKS.
http://streaming.discoveryeducati
on.com/
--40,000 video content clips and
4,000 full video titles available
for streaming and downloading
--Image library with over 2,500
images
--Calendar of important dates in
history linked to video clips
--Playlist(s) to bookmark video
clips for later use
--Clip Art Gallery with over
1,500 images
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