Databases Provided by JPPSS and PFTSTA Library
All databases are password protected.
See Ms. Kahn for passwords.
Did you find an eBook in the library OPAC? Watch this video to learn how to read it.
Find biographies here
Gale Databases
Gale Virtual Reference Library
The link to Gale is a one stop shop for several databases including Gale Virtual Reference Library a database of over 250 encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research, Student Resource Center Gold with more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia and several subject specific databases with articles, documents, and images to answer all your research questions.
Put Gale on your iPhone or Android smartphone.
Put Gale on your iPhone or Android smartphone.
Britannica Online Encyclopedia
With over 73,000 articles, Encyclopedia Britannica is one of the most complete and accurate information sources in the world. It contains both short and book-length articles on every subject.
World Data Analyst
Look here for comprehensive statistics on every nation of the world. Use the Britannica user name and password.
Britannica Image Quest
You now have access to more than two million images which have all been rights-cleared for non-commercial, educational use. The images in this site cover every subject area imaginable and can be used for teacher lesson plans, assignments, activities, and whiteboards; student reports and projects; or school Web sites, newsletters, newspapers, flyers, and bulletins.
Collection of 50 electronic books from epointbooks.com
Use this link to find non-fiction books in a variety of subject areas: anthropology, biography, geography, history, law, philosophy, psychology, recreation, religion, and social sciences. Books in this collection are targeted for the middle school level.
World Book Online Encyclopedia
Try World Book Student thatincludes the articles of the World Book Encyclopedia, a Biography Center, dictionary, atlas, an extensive multimedia collection, thousands of editor-selected Web sites, correlations to curriculum standards, and much more.
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Try World Book Advanced designed for high school and college students. It is a powerful reference tool that includes encyclopedic, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search.
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Try World Book Advanced designed for high school and college students. It is a powerful reference tool that includes encyclopedic, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search.
Noodle Tools
Use this automatic bibliography and citation maker to create your citations for research papers and assignments in MLA 8. Noodle Tools will create your parenthetical citations, too. Taylor has a subscription to this service. You will need a user name and password from Ms. Kahn for the first time that you log in, after that you will create your own user name and password.
Need Help with the Research Process? Open this link.
Watch this video from Common Craft on how to create good search strategies.
Watch this video from Common Craft on how to create good search strategies.
Top Ten Reasons Why you should NOT cite Wikipedia.
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