Databases: A to Z || LMC || Neuqua Valley High School || Indian Prairie School District

LMC Databases by Subject Area
Library Media Center

A detailed description of these databases, including features and search strategies, is available in the red binder next to the LMC computers.Home access is available for all LMC databases. Logins and passwords can be obtained at the LMC Circulation Desk.

American Memory – A Library of Congress site containing original source documents, movies, photos, and more.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html

Culturegrams – Concise, reliable, up-to-date country reports on 190 cultures of the world. Includes photo gallery and recipes.
http://online.culturegrams.com

SIRS Decades – Offers over 5000 selected primary and secondary source documents highlighting key events, movements, people, and places in 20^th century America.
http://decades.sirs.com/

American National Biography Online – Over 18,000 biographies of deceased Americans from 1400 to the present.
http://anb.org/articles/index.html

Contemporary Authors – Includes details on 100,000 authors from 1960 to present.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nape29724rpa/

History Study Center – Historical reference material spanning over 4,000 years. Includes primary source documents, maps, reference works, picture and video libraries, and access to full-text articles from 60 journals.
http://www.proquestk12.com

Proquest Learning: Literature – Comprehensive literature resource that includes over 3,000 author biographies, 40 searchable literature journals, full-text literary works, and other criticism and reference resources.
http://www.proquestk12.com/.

Career Cruising – Interactive career resource for exploring career options and planning future education and training.
http://careercruising.com

Facts.com – Choose Issues and Controversies database for discussion of contemporary issues. http://www.2facts.com/

SIRS (Social Issues Resource Series) Knowledge Source: Government Reporter Online and SIRS Researcher Online – Choose Pro vs. Con Leading Issues section for examination of controversial issues.
http://www.proquestk12.com/

World Book - Online version of the print encyclopedia.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/

AP Multimedia Archive – The online photo collection of the Associated Press. Over 1 million news and historical photos. Also graphs, maps, sound files, and more. http://ap.accuweather.com/

History Study Center – Historical reference material spanning over 4,00 years. Includes primary source documents, maps, reference works, picture and video libraries, and access to full-text articles from 60 journals.
http://www.proquestk12.com

NetTrekker – Directory of web sites reviewed and selected by educators and experts.
http://school.nettrekker.com

Proquest Learning: Literature – Comprehensive literature resource that includes over 3,000 author biographies, 40 searchable literature journals, full-text literary works, multimedia, and other criticism and reference resources.
http://www.proquestk12.com/

Contemporary Authors – Includes details on 100,000 authors from 1960 to present.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nape29724rpa/

Litfinder – Three literature databases-- The World’s Best Poetry Online, Story Finder, and Essay Finder – offer full-text poems, stories and essays as well as explanations, author biographies, study guides, and more.
http://www.litfinder.com

Proquest Learning: Literature – Comprehensive literature resource that includes over 3,000 author biographies, 40 searchable literature journals, full-text literary works, multimedia, and other criticism and reference resources.
http://www.proquestk12.com/

FACTS.com - - Brings together complete content from the Facts On File World News Digest since 1950 and selected content from six other core reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, science, statistics and people of the last 50+ years.
http://www.2facts.com/

ProQuest Direct Online – Access to text and back files of over 2,000 periodicals.
http://www.umi.com/proquest/

SIRS (Social Issues Resource Series) Knowledge Source: Government Reporter Online and SIRS Researcher Online – A wide range of information published by departments of the U.S. government (Government Reporter) and 1500 sources gleaned for articles on social, scientific, historic, economic, political, and global issues ((Researcher).
http://www.proquestk12.com/

FACTS.com – Select Today’s Science. Select Issues & Controversies for pros & cons on topical, controversial issues.
http://www.2facts.com/

Science Online – A comprehensive look at general sciences through thousands of diagrams, definitions, and essays. Biographies and timelines are also featured.
http://www.fofweb.com/

American Memory – A Library of Congress site of original source documents, movies, photos and more.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html

Culturegrams – Concise, reliable, up-to-date country reports on 190 cultures of the world. Includes photo gallery and recipes.
http://online.culturegrams.com

FACTS.com – News database: full Facts on File World News Digest coverage going back to 1980, with selected content dating back to 1940, an hourly Reuters newsfeed, and a wealth of web-specific enhancements. Facts.com Archive to 1950; and Issues & Controversies database: current, objective in-depth information on a broad range of important and topical issues.
http://www.2facts.com/

SIRS Decades -- Offers over 5000 selected primary and secondary source documents highlighting key events, movements, people, and places in 20^th century America.
http://decades.sirs.com/

SIRS (Social Issues Resource Series) Government Reporter Online and SIRS Researcher Online – A wide range of information published by departments of the U.S. government (Government Reporter) and 1500 sources gleaned for articles on social, scientific, historic, economic, political, and global issues ((Researcher).
http://www.proquestk12.com/

NetTrekker – Directory of web sites reviewed and selected by educators and experts.
http://school.nettrekker.com