DATABASE LINKS

Annals of American History
Speeches, memoirs and other primary source documents from American history.

CIA World Factbook
Country profiles from CIA data. Geography, Economy, Military, Flags, Maps and more.

Electric Library
Full text magazine and newspaper articles, radio and congressional transcripts.
See Mrs. Pienton for remote access id and password.

Encyclopedia Britannica
Unlike Wikipedia this encyclopedia was designed for high school students. Create your own workspace and save the information you need. You can't do that in Wikipedia either. Also access related journal articles, selected web sites and maps.

Issues and Controversies
Overviews, pros & cons of social and controversial issues with links to other sources of information.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full text Electronic Reference Books on a variety of topics including biography, business, law, science, literature, science, religion, multi-cultural studies.

SIRS Researcher
Contains full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political and global issues. You can also access The World Almanac & Maps from the menu on the bottom right of the SIRS home page.
See Mrs. Pienton for remote access id and password.

World Data Analyst
Statistical comparisons of countries. You can create tables or charts and export the information to spreadsheets.

World History: Modern Era
Beginning with the year 1500 find descriptions of events, places and cultural developments in world history as well as biographies, primary sources, maps, and web links. Not only for history research. See Mrs. Pienton for remote access id and password.

Chicago Public Library Databases
Access over 50 databases including Literary Reference Center, Biography Resource Center, Science Online and Culturegrams. You will need your library card number for access. Get a library card and take advantage of this.