B-CC HS Media Center: Databases

    Passwords are available through your .net account, your student agenda (white pages), in the media center Google Classroom, or in the media center.
    Check out physical books during distance learning following these directions.

    Ebooks & Print Books:

    1. Electronic Card Catalog: SEARCH FOR BOOKS, VIDEOS, ETC. 
    2. OverDrive/Soraapp:  FICTION AND NON-FICTION EBOOKS AND AUDIO EBOOKS (IDNumber@mcpsmd.org and school password)
    3. Gale eBooks:  ELECTRONIC REFERENCE BOOKS FOR ALL NON-FICTION SUBJECTS
    4. Salem Press eBooks:  GLOBAL RESOURCES, HISTORY (20s, 30s, and 50s), IMMIGRATION, AND BIOGRAPHIES

    B-CC/MCPS Databases:

    Reading & Literature
    1.  Books and Authors: BACKGROUND INFO AND "WHAT TO READ NEXT"
    2.  TeachingBooks.Net: BACKGROUND INFO AND VIDEOS
    General Research
    1. Encyclopedia Britannica:  GENERAL RESEARCH
    2. Gale in Context High School: EBOOK AND PERIODICAL ARTICLES
    3. Gale Biography in Context: BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH ARTICLES
    4. Gale OneFile: News: MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
    5. Gale in Context: Elementary: GENERAL RESEARCH BEST FOR ESOL
    6. SIRS Discoverer: GENERAL RESEARCH (ELEMENTARY LEVEL)
    7. Peterson's Test and Career Prep:  CAREER RESEARCH & PRACTICE SAT/ACT TESTS 
    8. Webster’s New International Dictionary:  DICTIONARY
    9. NoodleTools:  BIBLIOGRAPHY CITATION GENERATOR AND NOTE CARDS (Use your .net email address and school password)
    Scholarly Sources
    1. Gale Academic OneFile Select: SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES
    Controversial Issues
    1. Opposing Viewpoints in Context:  CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES
    2. ABC-CLIO Issues 
    3. Points of View:  CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES 
    4. SIRS Pro/Con Issues Researcher:  CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES
    Social Studies
    1. ABC-CLIO Web Sites:  US, WORLD, AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINO, GOV., CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES, AND MORE
    2. Annals of American History:  PRIMARY DOCUMENTS OF US HISTORY
    3. US History in Context:  US HISTORY
    4. CultureGrams:  COUNTRY AND CULTURE PROFILES
    World Languages
    1. Enciclopedia Universal en Español:  SPANISH ENCYCLOPEDIA
    2. Encyclopaedia Universalis: FRENCH ENCYCLOPEDIA
    3. Britannica Digital Learning: China: CHINESE ENCYCLOPEDIA
    4. Britannica Online Japan: JAPANESE ENCYCLOPEDIA
    5. Mango Languages: LANGUAGE LEARNING PROGRAM FOR 30 LANGUAGES

    Science
    1. Gale in Context: Environmental Studies:  EBOOKS, PERIODICALS, AND MULTIMEDIA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

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