Database Resources

General Resources
 Biography Resource Center (Gale) - reference book articles about famous writers, leaders, scientists, and more

Directory of Open Access Journals - this site provides a browseable list of scholarly online journals available about several topics.  

Encyclopaedia Britannica (Encyclopaedia Britannica) - encyclopedia, magazine, and newspaper articles, and videos

Google Scholar - a search tool useful for finding journal articles and other scholarly writing, though not as many are full-text.Results listings include a cool feature called "cited by" that links you to other publications that have cited the article you found.

Internet Public Library provides links to general encyclopedias on the Internet

Science, Health, Math, Business, and Technology
 Citeseer - computer and information science database (note: some content is NOT free)


 Health & Wellness Resource Center (Gale) - medical reference book articles, health-related articles, and reports

Healthfinder for Teens - information about a variety of health topics from the National Health Information Center

Highwire Press - This tool from Stanford University Libraries searches scholarly articles in the life sciences, including over one million free, full-text articles.  View the full text for a clickable reference list, and save the PDF for offline viewing.

Medline Plus - a vast virtual library of health articles, interactive tutorials, and videos from the National Library of Medicine.

Scirus - a search engine for science information (note: some resources it finds are NOT free)

TeensHealth - physician/expert-reviewed health information site designed by the Center for Children's Health Media

Social Studies, English, Foreign Language, and Art
 American History (ABC-CLIO)- primary documents, reference book articles, historic photos, and more


 Ancient History (ABC CLIO) - primary documents, reference book articles, historic photos, and more


Annals of American History (Encyclopaedia Britannica) - speeches, poems, memoirs, historical accounts, images and more
Issues & Controversies - providing resources on both sides of controversial issues

Literature Resource Center (Gale) - literary criticism, biographies, and more


 World Data Analyst (Encyclopaedia Britannica) - create tables and graphs of country comparisons and related statistics


 World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO) - primary documents, reference book articles, historic photos, and more