Online+Databases

We are losing Britannica from the state for next fall but it will be replaced with World Book. Passcodes will be handed out in the fall.

Primary Source Documents are real important in Common Core and our databases can help you find these real documents from history: Handout on Finding Primary Source Documents

Online Databases for the Curriculum Online databases are authoritative articles housed on the Internet by .com companies there fore have .com http addresses, but they are not considered Internet resources by the teachers; they are called 'online databases' when doing citations. The MLA citations for all of these are on the pages and can be copied and pasted into a works cited page already done for you. You select a database for a project depending on what subject matter and the timeliness of the needed information. Up-to-date info would be found in the periodical databases EBSCO. Historical informaton would be found in Gale's Discovering Collection. Literary essays would be in Discovery or CLC, as well as author information and biographical info on famous people. Controversial issues for reports are covered with Opposing Viewpoints, but this is a reading level of junior high up. All of our databases can be reached from school computers using no passwords; at home they require passwords which are in the documents below. When doing an assignment, we ask that the students print the articles, hole punch them and put them into their notebooks. Next they will read and highlight the information they may want to use on notecards or in a speech so that they have the info on hand to continue the research process. All databases can translate into about 7 languages including Spanish. Britannica is wonderful to use with ESL or ELL students as it has many sub-encyclopedias

New URL for all Traveler databases:

Why use Databases & what is Traveler?

EBSCO, Gale's Opposing Viewpoints and CLC (Contemporary Literay Criticism) Access Codes for home use

Encyclopedia Britannica, Spanish Encyclopedias and Comptons Access Codes for Home Use

How to get our Gale databases on your cell phone and students cell phones using QR codes: