Article Databases

Custom Newspapers from Infotrac
Search the full text of The New York Times, The (Newark) Star Ledger, The Bergen Record, The Los Angeles Times and The Times (London) plus many more national and international newspapers.  Available through JerseyClicks.

Curriculum Resource Center
Find lesson ideas and handouts in this database as it “delivers a wealth of visual, clear, informative material that will enhance the middle and high school curriculum. Covering core subject areas including U.S. and world history, science, and geography, this database contains curriculum-related handouts that present visual information on key concepts, events, and people in a variety of formats, including maps, timelines, experiments and projects, diagrams, and images.”  Available through Facts on File.

E-Library
Search this comprehensive digital archive for business information, background information for term papers, current and historical events, classic books, television and radio show transcripts, maps, photographs, and major works of literature, art, and much more.  See Mrs. Perkins for Whippany Park’s username and password.

Encyclopedia Universal en Español
Experience this Spanish-language encyclopedia with over 47,000 articles and 8,000 images. This encyclopedia includes a dictionary, atlas, timelines, and excellent coverage of the history, culture, and events of Latin America. Great for World Language students and bilingual speakers, and provides all articles in Spanish.  See Mrs. Perkins for Whippany Park’s username and password.

ERIC
Find teaching tips and resources in "ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center database, which contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals."

Facts on File
Discover a wealth of information on science, history, multicultural issues, geography, and career guidance topics. It is a comprehensive information resource that also includes a database of subjects such as commonly used government forms, a curriculum resource center with lesson plans and handouts, topics in science and science experiments, detailed references on American women's history, and career guidance information, among many other topics. 

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
Research these “comprehensive, up-to-date profiles of more than 2,000 of today's most popular jobs in more than 90 industries. Hundreds of new in-depth job descriptions, complete with current job-specific resource listings, including print and electronic sources as well as contact information, facts, figures, and useful insights, have been added along with plentiful detailed career industry descriptions.”  Available through Facts on File.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Check out this official encyclopedia, which "provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject matter."  Similar to the print version of the Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia.  Available through EBSCOHost.

Informe! (Revistas en Español)
Investigue su asunto preferido en compartimientos y periódicos españoles.  Informe! cuenta con 135,000 articulos. A searchable database of newspapers and magazines written in Spanish from a variety of different countries. Available through JerseyClicks.

MAS Online
Search “nearly 230 general interest and current events magazines, including full text for more than 150. This database includes over 400 full text pamphlets and 10 nearly full text reference books." Available through EBSCOHost.

MasterFILE Premier
Search this “multidisciplinary database which provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, this database also includes nearly 450 full text references books, 84,000 biographies, 86,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,000 photos, maps and flags." Available through EBSCOHost.

Newsbank
Explore these 2,500 diverse sources including local newspapers, international news agencies, periodicals, wire services, television and radio transcripts, science journals, United Nations documents, U. S. Historical documents and statistical publications. A prime feature of this database is the ability to search for articles on a topic as it was covered in major newspapers across the nation.  See Mrs. Perkins for Whippany Park’s username and password.

Newspaper Source
Examine the “selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers." Available through EBSCOHost.

Personal & Business Forms
Check out this “resource that is organized by subject, and contains the forms most frequently used in all kinds of businesses. Included, for example, are forms from the Department of Labor, the Treasury, the Small Business Administration, and the General Services Administration.”  Available through Facts on File.

Proquest Historical New York Times
Experience the “digitized The New York Times from the 19^th Century to the present. The historical archives has digitally reproduced every issue from cover to cover -- not just the news stories and editorials, but also the photos, graphics, and advertisements. Use the “Choose Database” option to limit to historical articles.  Then enter terms (keywords, dates, author's name, article type, etc.) to search for the full text of any New York Times article from 1851 to the present.  See Mrs. Perkins for Whippany Park’s username and password.

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