WHS REFERENCE DATABASES A-Z

 

  • American Government –Combines reference, curriculum, and current events which are updated daily.
  • Art Collection--Online image collection of art work including paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, textiles, costumes, jewelry, etc.
  • Biography Reference Bank -- Articles about more than a half-million people, most in full text, from around the world, both living and dead.
  • Blooms’ Literary Reference – Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature.
  • Country Reports – Provides unique, culturally-rich content, with over 26,000 pages of content covering a wide-range of topics including statistical data and cultural information.
  • Digital Video Collection -- Includes hundreds of digital videos that have been made available at no cost to Ohio K-12 districts.
  • EBSCOhost. (Secondary search) -- Articles from more than 6,000 magazines and newspapers are indexed, most in full text, from children's magazines to professional research.
  • Gale/Infotrac
    • Biography Resource -- Expansive collection of lives and accomplishments of international noteworthy figures pas and present..
    • Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center – Social issues fullt-text articles, statistics, primary documents, links to websites
    • Professional Collection – Journal articles for educators.
    • Student Resource Center Gold – Multi-database with thousand of primary documents, full-text magazine/newspaper articles, photographs
    • Virtual Reference Library – A collection of searchable e-books

American Civil War Reference Library,

American Revolution Reference Library
Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America

Chemistry: Foundations and Applications

Countries and Their Cultures

Drugs and Controlled Substances: Information for Students

Early Civilizations in the Americas  

Encyclopedia of American Religions

Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

Encyclopedia of World Biography

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America

Modern American Literature

UXL Complete Health Resource

Vietnam War Reference Library

  • Learning Express Library -- Interactive online practice tests and tutorial series designed to students succeed on academic tests, i.e. ACT, AP, SAT, etc.