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- Welcome
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- Christian
Brothers High School Library Media Center Website
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- Online databases available to
CBHS students include:
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- Note#1: These online databases
are rich resources which include many items that cannot be found
using popular search engines such as Google, Teoma, Yahoo, et al.
We've added these databases to our collection for just that
reason. Free access on all Library Media Center Internet
terminals!
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- Note #2: If one is not in the
CBHS Library Media Center (where access is quite straightforward
on our Internet terminals) Students and faculty will usually need
user names and passwords to access these databases. Please stop by
the Library Media Center or call us for that
information.
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- InfoTrac
from the Gale Group
- This database is essentially a
collection of 20 databases in one. it contains full text resources
for research in social sciences, natural sciences, language arts,
health, history, economics, politics, government and more.
- From off-campus
simply click on the "InfoTrac" link above.
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SIRS
Researcher
- Among the features of this database
are the SIRS Researcher which currently features such topics as
the Tsunami Disaster, Focus on Terrorism, Today's News, Maps of
the World, World Almanac Excerpts, Spotlight on Academic Decathlon
and Suggested Research Topics. This is a great resource for our
CBHS academic community which adds depth to our on-site reference
materials.
- From off-campus
point your browser to http://sks.sirs.com
ProQuest
Platinum
- ProQuest is a state-of-the-art
primary source research tool. This comprehensive database is
already in many colleges and has over 2,200 magazines and
newspapers (with over 300 professional journals) including the New
York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. A
reminder to the CBHS community; some of this material is on the
open web, but requires paying fees to view or download articles
and other materials. There are no fees involved if you use these
CBHS Library Media Center resources!
- From off-campus
point your browser to http://proquest.umi.com/login
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- Facts
on File "Issues and
Controversies
- In-depth investigations of today's
hot issues.
You can not
link directly from this page to the FOF site. Point your browser
to www.2facts.com to reach the page. Ask a Library Media Teacher
for the User Name and Password.
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- NetTrekker.
Differentiated Instruction tool searchable by keywords or via a
hierarchical search.
- Please drop by the Library Media
Center for instructions for using this new (Spring 2007) database
which is available 24/7/365 from school, from home or
elsewhere.
Newsbank. News articles covering
social, economic, environmental, government, sports, the arts, people, health
and science issues and events. Sources: U.S. and international newspapers, wire
services, broadcasts, magazines, and digests from science and health journal
dating to 1986.
- Wall Street Journal:
Electronic Edition.
- The UN and PW are on the database handout in the Library
Media Center
Magill on History.
...produced by Salem
Press, combines content from their critically acclaimed history reference sets
in a fully integrated single database. This database is comprised of
approximately 13,000 records, more than 2,500 historical images, charts, graphs
and maps, and an index of more than 20,000 names. In addition, this database
includes more than 5,000 biographical essays which examine the lives of more
than 4,500 historical figures.
The UN and PW are on the database handout in the
Library Media Center.
Magill on Literature. Compiled by
Salem Press, this database is the definitive, online source for editorially
reviewed critical analyses. This database also includes brief plot summaries of
the most studied works in the history of literature. MagillOnLiterature contains
all of Masterplots and Masterplots II, Cyclopedia of World Authors, Cyclopedia
of Literary Characters, Magill's Literary Annual, Magill's Guide to Science
Fiction and Fantasy as well as World Philosophers and Their Works.
The UN and PW are on the database handout in
the Library Media Center.
- More databases being added
each year. Watch this space!
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Falcons! Last
updated 6October2009 by Wes Doak
