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SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

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.

 

 

 

LITERATURE

 

LITFINDER FOR SCHOOLS

 

Comprehensive database with more than 126,500 full-text poems and thousands of essays, plays, speeches and stories.

 

 

 

LITERATURE

 

TWAYNE’S AUTHORS

 

600 full-text titles from Twayne’s World Authors, US Authors and British Authors series.

 

 

LITERATURE

 

DISCOVERING COLLECTION

 

Content based on national curriculum standards in history, literature, science and social studies, including thousands of primary source documents.

 

 

 

LITERATURE

 

GODS, GODDESSES & MYTHS

 

Explores prehistoric and classical gods and goddesses as well as contemporary myths found in literature and popular culture.

 

 

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

 

American Verse Project

          A searchable electronic archive of American poetry from prior to 1920, including mostly 19th century poetry.

 

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

          An online version of the complete works of William Shakespeare from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Includes links to other sites on Shakespeare’s works, life and times.

 

Encyclopedia Mythica

          Fully searchable online encyclopedia covering classical mythology, folklore, legends and more.

 

Great Books Online (Bartleby.com)

          An amazingly extensive collection of full-text reference books and classic works of fiction and nonfiction, including the complete plays of Shakespeare, the King James bible, Gray’s Anatomy and many others.

 

The Literature Network

          Searchable online literature including over 1,900 full books and over 3,000 poems and short stories by more than 250 authors.  Includes full text of many classics such as Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women and George Orwell’s 1984.

 

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet

          A collection of information and links to other Shakespeare resources on the Internet.  Categories include works, life and times, theatre, criticism and the Renaissance.

 

Poets.org

          Full text of nearly 2,000 poems along with over 500 author biographies and more than 400 essays and interviews.  From the American Academy of Poets.