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All
of the following databases can be accessed from within the school or from any
computer with Internet access.
To
use these databases from outside CCHS, you will need usernames and
passwords. Stop by the library anytime
to pick up a bookmark listing all the databases and the necessary information
for accessing them.
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- Spans more than
500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting
the important people and events of the American experience. |
Social Studies
– American history |
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Fully searchable database that covers the history and contemporary cultures
of the Native peoples of North America.
Divided into 11 significant eras of American Indian history. |
Social Studies
– American
history |
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- Explores the
pre-modern world with in-depth focus on |
Social Studies
– history |
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Examines world history from the emergence of the earliest humans about two
million years ago through the end of the Middle Ages. |
Social Studies –
history |
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- Full-text
database of 150 newspapers, both national and international. |
General – newspapers |
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- Content based
on national curriculum standards in history, literature, science and social
studies, including thousands of primary source documents. |
General |
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- Essential
information about chemistry, physics and earth and space science for student
researchers. |
Earth Science,
Physics, Astronomy |
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More than 300 entries in the fields of astronomy, physics, geography, geology
and more. |
Earth Science,
Physics, Astronomy |
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Covers 15 categories of drugs in depth providing gritty details for informed
decision-making. |
Health, Biology |
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Twenty-nine fully searchable periodical databases on a wide variety of topics
including theology, psychology, business and computers, as well as a general
magazine database. |
General –
periodicals |
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Explores prehistoric and classical gods and goddesses as well as contemporary
myths found in literature and popular culture. |
English |
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- Features the Grolier
Multimedia Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Americana, the New Book of Knowledge, and
La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre (in Spanish). |
General -
encyclopedia |
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- Extensive
coverage of the essential principles, processes and systems taught in the
middle school science curriculum. |
All sciences – middle school
level |
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Offers an inspirational account of the world’s land, freshwater, marine and
human habitats. |
Environmental
Science |
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- Clear and
comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness,
mental health, and the human body. |
Anatomy, Health, Living
Environment |
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- Comprehensive
coverage of science and technology that explains how things really do work. |
Physics |
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- Balanced,
accurate coverage of the most hotly debated issues of the day including
factual analysis and explanations of opposing points of view. |
Social Studies
– current events |
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Reference database for middle school with hundreds of magazine, newspaper and
book titles. |
General |
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A comprehensive encyclopedia in Spanish for Spanish speakers and
Spanish-language students. |
Spanish |
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- 470 articles
covering life science topics including anatomy, biochemistry, biology,
genetics, medicine and molecular biology. |
Anatomy, Living Environment |
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- Comprehensive
database with more than 126,500 full-text poems and thousands of essays,
plays, speeches and stories. |
English |
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- Covers the
people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history—from mid-15th
century to the present. |
Social Studies |
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- Over 45,000
articles covering every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the
present day. |
Art |
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- Over 45,000
articles on people and places, instruments and techniques, genres and styles
of music. |
Music |
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- Comprehensive
resource on the peoples of North and South America, including their
ancestors, their foods, family life, festivals, music, dance, crafts and
sports. |
Spanish, Social Studies |
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- Presents a
broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays,
diagrams, biographies, and experiments. |
All sciences |
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Digital version of the periodical including full-text and graphics and
archives from 1993 to present. |
All sciences |
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- Provides comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on
topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health,
diversity, family life, and more. |
Health |
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600 full-text titles from Twayne’s World
Authors, US Authors and British Authors series. |
English |
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Covers common, everyday plant and animal species as well as lesser-known
exotic species from around the world. |
Living
Environment, Environmental Science |
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Combines detailed, printable, full-color maps of countries, provinces, and
states with up-to-date statistical and local information. |
Social Studies |