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World Book Encyclopedia

Start here with this online reference center to get general information and pictures on a variety of topics.

 

ABC-Clio History Database  American Government, American History, World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras, World History: The Modern Era

 

Biography Resource Center contains over 300,000 entries, searchable by name, occupation, nationality, gender, and birth or death dates. Entries contain biographies culled from many different print and online sources published by the Gale Group, and many pertinent full-text articles from over 250 periodicals.

 

EasyBib Automatic bibliography and citation maker.

 

Freeport Memorial Library

Access many online databases from home or search for books and resources at Freeport Memorial Library and Nassau County Libraries.

 

Freeport Long Island History

 

GALE Power Search

Search for newspaper, magazine articles, and ebooks.

 

GALE Virtual Reference Library

Search through EBOOKS on a variety of subjects. Novels for Students and Shakespeare for Students can be found here.

 

Issues & Controversies

More than 800 timely, in-depth, and objective articles, exploring today's controversial issues. 

 

MagillOnLiteraturePlus Contains editorially reviewed critical essays, brief plot summaries, extended character profiles, and detailed setting discussions covering works by more than 8,500 long and short fiction writers, poets, dramatists, essayists, and philosophers. The biographical essays reflect extended coverage of the 2,500 most studied authors and include up-to-date lists of each author's principal works and current secondary bibliographies.

 

 

Points of View is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides more than 280 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.


 

ScienceDirect

Journal articles on science, medicine, psychology and more.


SIRS Knowledge Source
General Reference database with thousands of comprehensive articles, many accompanied with charts, maps, diagrams and illustrations.

 

Teacher Resources Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. Find abstracts and full text articles from ERIC, Teacher Reference Center, and the Professional Development Collection.

 

Teen Health and Wellness is a comprehensive database that allows teens (and those who care about teens) to research health-related issues important to their well-being.

 

Testing and Education Reference Center  This database contains online books for exam preparation, a resume maker, and preparation for careers and college. You will need to create your own account.

 

Turnitin discourages plagiarism and facilitates rich, meaningful feedback that improves writing skills, promotes critical thinking, and streamlines grading. This site has 3 essential tools for each step of the writing cycle: Originality Check, Peer Mark, and Grade Mark. You must have an account to use this product.

 




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