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High School Library Databases by Subject

  • Salem Press

    This series contains the best of both classic and current literary criticism of the world’s most-studied literature. Each volume in the series focuses on an individual author’s entire body of work or on a single work of literature. 

    Critical Insights Themes: Good and Evil

    Critical Insights Authors:

    • George Orwell
    • John Steinbeck
    • F. Scott Fitzgerald
    • Ernest Hemingway
    • Tennessee Williams
    • Critical Insights Works
    • The Bell Jar
    • The Catcher in the Rye
    • The Great Gatsby
    • To Kill a Mockingbird
    • A Streetcar Named Desire
    • The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
  • FindIt! BOCES

    A comprehensive collection of NOVELny databases, as well as any subscriptions purchased through Nassau BOCES. Hoovers Company Profiles provides information about 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives. Hoover is widely recognized as a leader in company data, delivers in-depth industry analyses, information on a company's location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers and more.

    Gale Databases

    Small business collection; Business Economics and Theory; General Business File ASAP

    Business Insights: Essentials

    Financial Literacy

    Database articles explore macro, micro, and global economics as well as personal and household finance.

  • Gale Cengage Learning

    Vocations and Careers Collection

    New Careers Internet Database

    Comprehensive reports of promising career fields for the 21st Century

  • NewsBank

    A world of information

  • World Book Online

    • Early World of Learning
    • Kids
    • Student
    • Advanced
    • Activity Corner
    • Discover
    • Dramatic Learning
    • Early Peoples
    • Inventions and Discoveries
    • Living Green
    • Encyclopedia Estudiantie Hallazgos
    • Hispanica Saber
    • L'Encyclopedie Decoverte

    BrainPOP

    600+ animated movies for grades 3-12; Visually appealing; Interactive quizzes for assessment & enrichment, experiments & creative activities.

    FindIt! BOCES

    A comprehensive collection of NOVELny databases, as well as any subscriptions purchased through Nassau BOCES.

    Gale Databases

    • Expanded Academic ASAP
    • General OneFile
    • Gale Virtual Reference Library
    • Academic OneFile
    • General Reference Gold
    • Junior Edition
    • Junior Edition K-12
    • Student Edition
    • Kids InfoBits

    Scholastic GO

    • Amazing Animals
    • Encyclopedia Americana
    • New Book of Knowledge
    • New Book of Popular Science
    • Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
    • America the Beautiful
    • Lands and People
    • La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre

    FindIt! BOCES

    General reference resource for young researchers that makes learning fun and intuitive. Helps students in grades 1-9 develop their research, writing, language and computer skills.

  • FindIt! BOCES

    General reference resource for young researchers that makes learning fun and intuitive. Helps students in grades 1-9 develop their research, writing, language and computer skills.

    JoVE

    JoVE publishes peer-reviewed scientific video protocols to accelerate biological, medical, chemical and physical research. Watch our scientific video articles.

    TRUEflix

    TRUEflix is a multimedia resource with videos and activities on dozens of science and social studies units

    FindIt! BOCES

    A comprehensive collection of NOVELny databases, as well as any subscriptions purchased through Nassau Boces.

    American Physical Society Journals

    Physical review, Physical Review Letters, and Reviews of Modern Physics

    ScienceDirect

    Journal collection; Over 25% of the world's science, technology & medicine full text and bibliographic information.

    Infobase

    Curriculum-oriented encyclopedia for sciences, including images, experiments, biographies, and national & state education standards

    Information, images and videos on health topics including:

    • Drug Abuse
    • Body Systems
    • Diseases and Disorders
    • Nutrition and Wellness
    • Mental Health

    *Login and then choose Health Reference Center

    World Book Online

    World Book Digital Libraries, including Timelines and Discoverer information

    Gale Databases

    Health Collections:

    • Health Reference Center Academic
    • Nursing and Allied Health
    • Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
    • Psychology Collection

    Science Collections:

    • Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
    • Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture
    • Computer Database
    • Agriculture Collection Info
    • General Science Collection

    Infobase

    Today's Science bridges the gap between the science that students learn in the classroom and the discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today.

    Salem Press

    Adolescent Health and Wellness

    ScienceFlix

    Curriculum-driven, leveled content, interactive features, intuitive navigation for grades 4-9

  • TRUEflix is a multimedia resource with videos and activities on dozens of science and social studies units

    A collection of NOVELny databases, as well as any subscriptions purchased through Nassau BOCES.

    American History; World History - Ancient & Medieval:  Prehistoric times to beginning of Renaissance; World History - Modern Era: 1500's to the present

    • Salem Press
      • Great Lives in History: 20th Century - worldwide biographies
      • Notorious Lives
      • Inventors and Inventions
      • Great Events from History: Renaissance and Early Modern Era 1454 - 1600
      • Great Athletes: Baseball, Football, Boxing, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Racing, Olympic Sports
      • Decades: 1920's - 2000's
    • FindIt! BOCES

    SIRS Decades: 5000 primary and secondary source articles on the 20th century. This portal offers access to other SIRS products including: Issues Researcher- current events and controversial topics

    Early People including Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Africans and American Indians, etc.

    • Gale Database
      • Criminal Justice Collection
      • Opposing Viewpoints in Context
      • US History Collection
      • U.S. History in Context
      • New York Times 1985
      • History Resource Center - US
      • Massachusetts History Online
      • History Resource Center - World
      • Global Issues in Context
      • World History Collection
      • World History in Context
      • Biography in Context
      • Biography Resource Center

     

  • Gale Cengage Learning

    • Academic OneFile
    • New York Times Newspapers
    • General OneFile
    • Expanded Academic ASAP
    • General Reference Center Gold
    • Student Edition
    • Junior Edition K12

    Gannet News Stand

    Search Gannet News Stand to quickly find news information you need. Get access to top news stories and the information contained on the various sections of the newspapers.

  • FindIt! BOCES

    A comprehensive collection of NovelNY databases, as well as any subscriptions purchased through Nassau Boces.

    Infobase Learning

    Combines objective analysis, explanations of opposing points of view and other special features.

    Proquest - SIRS Issues Researcher

    Covering the Leading Issues most studied and debated by students

    Gale Databases

    Criminal Justice Collection; General OneFile; Opposing Viewpoints in Context; Global Issues in Context

  • Discovery Education

    Educational videos & information on all content areas - use same login as used with Castle Learning. Teacher logins provide access to additional features.

    Teaching Books

    A collection of multimedia K-12 author and book resources including interviews with authors, professional book readings, and book guides

    BrainPOP

    600+ movies that are visually appealing, cleverly written and speak to kids in a voice they can relate to; Interactive quizzes and enrichment materials, like experiments and creative activities supplement the movies.

  • WorldBook Online

    Specialty Sites: Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos; Hispanica Saber; L'Encyclopedie Decoverte