PRHS Library  Online Databases

Need to use these subscriptions from home?
See your student handbook for logins and passwords, pick up a password card in the library, text a friend for them, or email Mrs. Bland (abland@d155.org).

Try-It! Illinois 2008
additional databases available
only Oct 1 - November 30 - see the library staff for login & password

Annals of American History is provided by Britannica.  Here you can obtain historical speeches, memoirs, poems, images, and multimedia.

 NoodleTools is the service you use to organize your research notes, learn about in-text citations, and format your bibliographies.  See a librarian for the password you need to create your own account.


 		 Biography Resource Center is a great place to start any research about notable (and sometimes really obscure!) people. NoveList Plus is a fiction and nonfiction database that helps you find books for independent reading assignments.  Besides searching for author or title, you can browse by genre, look for a particular series, or learn which authors are similar to the ones you like. K-8 version
Encyclopedia Britannica is the electronic version of its encyclopedia.  From an EB article, you will find links to magazine articles and websites.
Enciclopedia Universal 		 Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a huge resource of credible print sources on a variety of controversial topics.
Career Cruising has an interactive survey to help you find careers to match your interests, multimedia interviews with real people in every career, and information about colleges and universities across the country. Science Online is a thorough, easy-to-search database on topics such as biology, chemistry, computer science, earth science, environmental science, forensic science, mathematics, physics, space & astronomy, weather & climate.
CQ Researcher provides lengthy reports and analysis on issues in the news. This will give you a comprehensive overview of your topic. Student Research Center is a quick way to search for sources from magazines, newspapers, reference books, biographies, radio & TV transcripts, and more.


Culture Grams has reports on various countries around the world, as well as reports about states in America.  Reports include maps, statistics, and glossaries.  You can search for photos, recipes, famous people and flags.		 Teen Health & Wellness provides helpful answers about a variety of health-related topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, eating disorders, stress, and more.

EBSCO gives you access to several databases (MAS ULTRA, Health Source, Newspaper Source, TopicSearch, Professional Development Collection, & ERIC) you can search for full-text articles from credible magazine, newspaper, and reference sources.
 
 Visual Thesaurus is a fun way to find out how words are related, to generate keywords for research, and to get ideas for vocabulary exercises.  It also supports proper names and multiple languages!
FirstSearch is similar to EBSCO, but there you will find more scholarly articles from college-level research journals (magazines). World Data Analyst is also from Britannica.  If you need a quick info sheet on a particular country, this is the source for you!

Last Updated 8/13/08 Amy V. Bland