McLean High School Library: AP Lang: Year in Review: Research: Databases

General Databases

ABC-CLIO Portal
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Search across multiple ABCCLIO databases. Good place for background information and starting research. Includes: Articles Media (Audio and Videos) Photographs and Art eBooks
Britannica School - High
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High school leveled materials that include thousands of: articles images Media (Audio and Video)s audio clips primary sources maps
Global Issues in Context (Gale)
Covers wide variety of topics in the global issues.
Original Sources
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Primary source documents in history, literature, science, law, politics and more
World Book Advanced
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General Reference

There are two strong options for finding relevant and current news sources:

Any Gale database

BUT. Even better... ProQuest!

Tips:

Proquest Central
This is the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities.
OneFile News (Gale)
The database offers a onestop source for fulltext current news and searchable archives.

Access Science
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High quality science database with a variety of sources, ranging from reference to scholarly. Also includes audio and video resources.
Environmental Studies (Gale)
Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
Science in Context (Gale)
Provides contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. Shows how scientific disciplines relate to realworld issues, from weather patterns to obesity
Health & Wellness (Gale)
Access to medical, statistical, health, and related information.

One person in each group should open this link, make a copy, and share with their groupmates/teacher

(For use if you are on a personal computer at school or at home on any device, including Chromebooks)

U.S. History In Context (Gale)
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Provides a complete overview of our nations past
World History in Context (Gale)
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Covers the moststudied events, periods, cultures, civilizations, religions, conflicts, wars, ideologies, cultural movements, and people.