Central High School Media Center

Library Databases

Listed Below are the various databases that the school offers to you. To obtain the passwords for off campus use stop in to the media center. Remember to select full text when searching for articles.

Encyclopedia Britannica- This is an online encyclopedia. It contains up to date articles on many subjects.

Discovering Collection- This database offers a little bit of everything. It covers literature, science, history, and other social sciences. It offers video and audio clips, articles maps, timelines and more.

Science Reference Center- This database covers the sciences. It offers images, videos, articles, and science experiment ideas.

World Almanac / Book of Facts- This database covers much of the same topics that the printed World Almanac covers. It offers many statistics and basic facts.

ProQuest- This database offers newspaper articles on various subjects.

Points of View- This database offers articles about contreversial topics such as Euthenasia and Evolution. The articles try to cover all sides of the arguments. 

ProMedia Plus- This database offers video which can be viewed, downloaded, and embedded into class presentations or Movie Maker projects

Academic Search Premier- This database offers peer reviewed journal articles on many subjects.

InfoTrac- This database offers maps, reference books, images, newspapers, and magazine articles. It covers a number of subjects.

NetLibrary Ebooks- Offers over 15,000 ebooks on various subjects.

Google Scholar- Use this site to find articles, and legal rulings.

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