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.

Contemporary Authors
Gather information for Language Arts papers about authors and their works.  Based on the multi-volume print set, this database contains extensive biographies and criticism on hundreds of famous authors of novels, short stories, poetry, and drama.  Available through JerseyClicks.

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.

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.

Novelist
Discover fiction titles based on your favorite themes, authors, titles or descriptions. Browse titles based on genre or awards, or search by keyword. Use Novelist to find similar books to those that you enjoy, or just to locate a book you can't remember the name of! In this database you can also read and print feature articles, book discussion guides, and summaries of a variety of novels.  Available through EBSCOHost.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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