Identifying and Locating Best Sources
for Specific Types of Information |
By their inclusion on this page, these sources do not need to be evaulated for accuracy and authority. You will need to judge for relevancy. No Web site evaluation is needed. Please see Ms. Jansen if you need help in accessing and using these sources!
Identify databases by subject
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| What type of information do I need? |
Which subscription databases may deliver the information I need? |
What other sources I can use? |
| General, factual, overview, background |
Encyclopædia Britannica High School Edition (includes Spanish) , EbscoHost MAS Ultra, EbscoHost Web Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia, eLibrary Reference, Gale Student Resources in Context Topic and Event Overviews, Gale Texas Almanac
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Library: subject-specific encyclopedias
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| Definitions, including Latin, Spanish, Mandarin, Italian, Russian |
Merriam-Webster Unabridged (Ask Ms. Jansen how to add it to your Internet browser!), Oxford English Dictionary ,
Oxford Language Dictionaries |
Library: Merriam-Webster's 3rd edition
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| Statistics |
ABC-CLIO, eLibrary--Topic Search--Reference--Statistics |
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| Explanations |
Same as those for general and factual above |
Subject specific encyclopedias |
| Specific, in-depth |
EbscoHost History Reference Center, Gale Virtual Reference Library (includes Encyclopedias of Ancient Europe, Buddhism, Islam and the Muslim World, Modern Asia, Russian History, Europe 1450-1789), Gale Student Resources in Context , Gale Science in Context, Gale Scribner Writers Series, Gale Twayne's Authors Series, Grove Art, Questia |
Library books and subject-specific encyclopedias--use subject or keyword search on library catalog, or ask a librarian for help
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| Primary sources, first person accounts |
EbscoHost MAS Ultra, EbscoHost History Reference Center, Gale Student Resource Center, ProQuest Historical Newspapers New York Times articles, History Study Center ABC-CLIO |
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| Opinions, bias, slant, pro and con, controversial issues |
EbscoHost Topic Search, Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context ,ProQuest Historical Newspapers New York Times editorials |
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| Legislation, government documents |
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| Interpretations, criticism, analysis |
EbscoHost Literature Reference Center , Gale Literature in Context , ProQuest Learning Literature, JSTOR |
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| Plot summaries |
EbscoHost Literature Reference Center , Gale Literature in Context , ProQuest Learning Literature |
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| Scholarly, academic, peer reviewed |
JSTOR EbscoHost MAS Ultra (advanced search, click peer reviewed), EbscoHost History Reference Center (click peer reviewed), eLibrary (check peer reviewed), Gale Expanded Academic ASAP (click peer-reviewed publications), Gale General Reference Center Gold (click peer-reviewed publications), Gale Literature in Context , ProQuest Online (advanced search, click scholarly journals) |
Google Scholar
The links returned on searches should be considered for accuracy and authority, however each paper is most likely valid and reliable. |
| Popular, common |
EbscoHost MAS Ultra, eLibrary, ProQuest Gold, ProQuest Online, Gale General Reference Center Gold, Gale Student Resource Center, Gale OneTrac, Gale Informe (Spanish) |
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| Images, audio, video, animations |
ABC-CLIO, EbscoHost MAS Ultra, EbscoHost History Reference Center, eLibrary,Gale Student Resources in Context |
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| Maps |
ABC-CLIO, Britannica Online World Atlas,eLibrary, Gale Student Resources in Context , Merriam-Webster Atlas |
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| Timelines |
ABC-CLIO, Britannica Online, Gale Student Resources in Context , Gale Literature Resources in Contextr, ProQuest Historical Newspapers New York Times |
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| Biographies |
ABC-CLIO (medium length),Britannica Online, eLibrary, EbscoHost MAS Ultra, Gale Student Resources in Context, Gale Scribner Writers Series, Gale Literature Resources in Context, ProQuest Historical Newspapers New York Times, ProQuest Learning Literature |
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| News and news archives |
ABC-CLIO, EbscoHost Newspaper Source, eLibrary, Gale Custom Newspapers, ProQuest Historical Newspapers New York Times |
Google news archives |
| Topic Search |
ABC-CLIO, eLibrary, Gale Scribner Writers Series, ProQuest Historical Newspapers New York Times Topics |
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| Book reviews |
EbscoHost MAS Ultra, EbscoHost MagillOnLiterature Plus, eLibrary, ProQuest Learning Literature |
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| Current events |
EbscoHost Topic Search, Gale Student Resources in Context |
Google news archives |
| Radio, TV transcripts |
eLibrary, EbscoHost Newspaper Source |
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| Copyright and royalty-free music and images |
Soundzabound |
Copyright-friendly wiki from Springfield H.S. |
| Health |
Teen Health and Wellness, Ebsco Consumer Health Complete |
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