Article Databases

Britannica Online
View this online version of the popular encyclopedia, which is known for its comprehensive coverage of topics in the humanities, including Language Arts, Social Studies, Art and Music. These articles will contain more than a print encyclopedia, making it a recommended source for its images, periodical article links, and suggested "best" web sites on a variety of topics.  See Mrs. Perkins for Whippany Park’s username and password.

Clinical Pharmacology
Survey “up-to-date, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs for US prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs." Available through EBSCOHost.

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.

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. 

Health Reference Center
Browse this “clear, comprehensive and up-to-date resource for understanding today's most pressing health and social issues. This database is an extensive reference that defines the causes, cures, key research, medical terms, symptoms, treatments and trends of each field of study, and it explores the social impact of various health-related subjects.”  Available through Facts on File.

Health Source: Consumer Edition
Survey “the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. This database features searchable full text for nearly 300 journals.”  Available through EBSCOHost.

Health Source:  Nursing/Academic Edition
Locate your choice of “more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. This database also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 nursing and medical journals.  Available through EBSCOHost.

Issues and Controversies
This online database "helps researchers understand the crucial issues we face today, exploring more than 800 hot topics in buisness, politics, government, education and popular culture." It is an ideal database for reserach papers and debate prep. the database features in-depth and objective articles, pro and con statements, timelines, primary sources, statistical tables, editorial cartoons, issues from headlines, and Bill of Rights in Debate. Available through Facts on File News Services database.

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.

ProQuest Research Library
Print out articles “from over 3,600 magazines and journals on a broad range of general reference subjects including the arts, children, education, health, humanities, international topics, law, multicultural topics, the military, psychology, science, social science and women.”  Available through Morris County Library; use your public library barcode to log on. 

Science Online
Learn about science topics through this “curriculum-oriented database that offers a comprehensive, authoritative overview of the sciences. Diagrams, essays, definitions, and biographies are arranged by topic and contain thousands of hyperlinks that create thematic paths through the content. More than 600 experiments, covering all of the key principles of science, encourage hands-on learning. Each experiment is indexed by grade range and by subject category and contains links to definitions, essays, and diagrams.”  Available throughFacts on File

Student Research Center
Try out this “new, student-friendly EBSCO interface for secondary school students. The Student Research Center interface offers an easy-to-use, powerful alternative to the existing EBSCOhost interface that supports middle and high school-focused EBSCO databases.”  Here, you will search the same EBSCO database holdings, but view them through a more colorful, user-friendly screen.  Available through EBSCOHost.

Today's Science
Find articles that are "detailed yet concise, written in language students can understand but without oversimplifying. All articles contain background information to give a full perspective on the story, as well as suggestions for further research. Using the links to Overview Articles allows instant access to coverage of the most exciting and important areas of current research, from initial discoveries to the latest findings." Available through the Facts on File News Services .

TOPICsearch
”Explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 78,000 articles from more than 3,000 diverse sources, including more than 1,550 full text periodicals." Available through EBSCOHost.

World News Digest
This online database provides an archival record of domestic and international news that covers all major political, social and economic events since November 1940. Users will find primary source documents, timelines, editorial cartoons and suggested research topics. Available through Facts on File News Services database.

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