Databases
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Encyclopedias
Completen sus trabajos escolares usando los más de 15.500 artÃculos de las enciclopedias y 15.000 recursos multimedia que incluyen imágenes, videos, audio y mapas detallados.
Databases
eLibrary efficiently guides high school students to identify research topics and find authoritative information. It delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content editorially selected to support novice researchers.
ProQuest Central Student provides experienced high school and university students access to thousands of journals, magazines, newspapers, videos, reports and other types of content. This multidisciplinary resource brings together some of ProQuest’s most used databases in education, humanities, psychology, science, social science, technology, and news.
Information on controversial topics and debate prep. Editorially-maintained Leading Issues topic pages |100% Full-Text | Editorial Summaries | Editorially-created Issue Timelines |Â 2,100+ Sources, most as text+graphics | 80,000+ Subject headings, indexed by editors | high quality graphics & charts | Interactives, maps, timelines & primary sources
ProQuest Research Companion is comprised of multimedia-based Learning Modules and interactive Tools—all designed to automate the key elements of the research process and help students navigate through the research process more efficiently and more effectively, focusing more time on the research that interests them most.
Simple search that quickly delivers relevant results including articles, e-books, essays and primary source documents with citations and translation available; Curated topic categories that provide users with a visual entry point to browse popular research topics and subject areas; Topic overviews that provide students a starting point for research; Powerful filters for narrowing search results by source type, date range, Lexile range and content provider.
Multi-disciplinary, college and professional level research including peer-reviewed journals. Articles include citations and translation.
Controversial topics for research and debate prep. Helps students realize and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills. Covers over 400 topics, presenting an overview, point, counterpoint, and guide to critical analysis along with related information, including articles and images.
Information on thousands of authors and their works. In addition to contemporary and classic full-text poems, short stories, novels, and critical essays, the database includes plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, author biographies and interviews, full-text literary journals and eBooks, plus book reviews, critical essays, and film analysis including popular YA titles.
In addition to full-text historical reference books, primary source documents and biographies, History Reference Center includes full text and selective content from more than 140 leading history journals. History Reference Center also includes multimedia content including more than 45,000 images.
Full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, reference books and high-quality videos. Also contains science experiments, curriculum-aligned lesson plans, and a vast image collection.
Content selected from authoritative classroom resources—such as Gale In Context: Science and Gale OneFile [accessable through Alameda County Library]—is paired with interactive 3D models to deliver a virtual laboratory simulation experience with 3-D lessons and virtual experiments.
Hundreds of topic, event, and state portals bring together content from articles, case studies, statistics, images, and more. Users can search the information to learn about diverse subjects such as climate change, food security, soil ecology, and tourism.
Videos
Collection of more than 1,600 streaming videos provides an exceptional range of content with the most valuable video documentaries and series from PBS. From science to history, art to Shakespeare, diversity to business & economics, and more.