2009 JHHS Virtual Reference Library
Alphabetical List

A
B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

abc_clio
ABC-CLIO American and World History, Geography, Issues, America at War reference source
  Access Bridges College, Vocational Education, and Career Exploration
atomic_learning
Atomic Learning Atomic Learning provides web-based software training for more than 110 applications students and educators use everyday.

B

  BBC World Languages British Broadcasting Company: French, Spanish, German and others
britannica_online
Britannica Online Complete encyclopedia, a dictionary, and the Britannica Book of the Year.
brain_pop
Brain Pop Features Science, Math, English, Health and Technology

C

  Career Cruising Career Exploration (online career guidance and planning tools?
chilton
Chilton's (WYLD) Automotive Repair Information for Do-It-Yourself (DIY) People
cq
CQ Researcher
(Congressional Quarterly -WYLD)
Offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of today's most important issues. Each weekly issue provides up-to-date information on controversial subjects written by CQ's staff of experienced reporters.
culturegrams
Culturegrams (JHHS World/State Statistics) World Edition includes information on 190 countries and territories with maps and statistics.  State  Edition has information on all 50 states and D.C. with facts, symbols, time lines and more.

E

ebsco
EBSCO Indexes academic, general interest, business and health magazines with many full text articles. Includes two full-text Spanish language databases.
britannica_online
Encyclopedia Britannica Online Complete encyclopedia, a dictionary, and the Britannica Book of the Year.

discovery_education
United Streaming
Discovery Education
Online Video library

F

facts_on_file
Facts on File Includes Science Online and Health Reference Center

G

  GALE Resources WYLD databases from GALE/ Cengage
global_issues
Global Issues in Context (WYLD) Click on "G" Perspectives on International News and Events

H

health_ref
Health Reference Center (Facts on File) Provides clear and comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness, mental health, and the human body.
us_history
History in Context U.S. (WYLD) Click on "History" Covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
world_history
History in Context WORLD (WYLD) Click on "History" From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, an array of primary sources, images, maps and charts provide expansive geographic and chronologic research materials for the study of world history.
history_ref History Reference Center WORLD and U.S. A comprehensive, full text database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. Material from journals, books, as well as historical photographs and video are included.

J

  Journey Back in Time (Historical Newspapers) Thousands of Historical Newspaper Articles, Documents and Writings available to students, educators, researchers, authors, and historians
  JStor (JHHS CollegeJournals)    JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals, and to provide access to these journals as widely as possible.

L

LEL
Learning Express Library
WYLD
LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.
literature_resource_center
Literature Resource Center
Gale -WYLD
Biographical, bibliographical, and critical content about literature and literary figures.  Find analyses of authors and their works from every age and literary discipline. More than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
lit_finder
Lit Finder
Gale -WYLD
Covering world literature and authors throughout history, LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. Includes biographies, images, and more.

M

Mango Language-Learning
Mango Language Learning An online language-learning system for many languages including Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian and Russian. Also has an ESL component.

N

national_geo
National Geographic For Students and Teachers - netTrekker delivers only the very best digital content, organized by grade, reading level and aligned with OUR state standards
nettrekker
nettrekker For Students and Teachers - netTrekker delivers only the very best digital content, organized by grade, reading level and aligned with OUR state standards
  New York Times Online news from The New York Times
  New York Times Historical Newspaper 1857-Present Day Historical Newspaper
noodletools
NoodleTools The Web's most comprehensive and accurate MLA and APA bibliography composer with a fully-integrated note-taking component
novelist
Novelist
Literature/Reading Information - WYLD
If you've ever wondered "What do I read next?", or tried to find another book like one by your favorite author, this database will help you just as a favorite librarian.

O

opposing_viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints
Current Issues, Social, Gov. - WYLD
Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.

P

proQuest
Proquest Platinum  (Current Periodicals, newspapers) Search the premier collection of periodicals covering all aspects of general reference including arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences, and current affairs

S

science_online
Science Online (Facts on File) Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.
science_in_context
Science in Context (Gale Science) With Science in Context thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations are just a few clicks away and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites.
sirs
SIRS Researcher (WYLD) A general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues. Articles and graphics are selected from 1,600 domestic and international publications and are indexed.
soundzabound
SoundzAbound Copyright-Friendly music and sound effects
src
Student Resource Center (EBSCO - WYLD) Searches a wide variety of media, including newspapers, magazines, books, encyclopedias, radio and TV news transcripts, and more.

T

teachingbooks
Teaching Books Engaging author programs and K-12 book resources
teenhealthwellness
Teen Health and Wellness Provides students with curricular support and self-help on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.

U

discovery_education United Streaming
Discovery Education
Online Video library
  U.S. History in Context (WYLD)Click on "History" Covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.

W

wilson_web
Wilson Web Current Biography (WYLD) Current Biography Illustrated (TM) reflects the entire contents of the printed monthly Current Biography—a trusted resource in library collections since 1940. This is where you will find reliable information about the people making tomorrow’s headlines plus historical figures back to World War II. 
worldbook
World Book Online The complete World Book encyclopedia plus multimedia, web links, periodicals, and more. Three levels of information.
World History in Context
World History in Context (WYLD)Click on "History" From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, an array of primary sources, images, maps and charts provide expansive geographic and chronologic research materials for the study of world history.
Wyoming Newspaper Project
Wyoming Newspaper Project (WYLD) Click on "History" From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, an array of primary sources, images, maps and charts provide expansive geographic and chronologic research materials for the study of world history.