South High Library’s Online Databases
South High Library’s Online Databases & eBooks
There are many benefits to consulting online databases and eBooks. Databases and eBooks assure the user that the information accessed is reliable, authoritative, well organized, and comes from a variety of sources – i.e. magazines, newspapers, reference books, multimedia files, primary documents, etc. Each source has been chosen based on established selection methods and criteria, as well as its relevance to South High’s rich curriculum.
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Database Page Access Code
Remote usernames and passwords (below) are necessary to access these services from home.
eBooks and Digital Magazines
FollettShelf –a virtual bookshelf that allows users to search, read and manage South High’s Follett eContent collection. USE YOUR SOUTH HIGH USERNAME AND PASSWORD
Overdrive –a a virtual bookshelf that allows users to search, read and dowload South High’s Overdrive eContent collection. USE YOUR SOUTH HIGH USERNAME AND PASSWORD
Flipster
General Reference
CQ Researcher - in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Each single-themed, 12,000-word report is researched and written by a seasoned journalist and contains an introductory overview; background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives. Username: greatneck Password: cqel
Gale Virtual Reference Library - a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources.
Password: empirelink
Grolier Online Passport – includes Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: Quick reference with rich media; The New Book of Knowledge: A reference and current events; NewsNow : a current events feature; The New Book of Popular Science: Science and technology plus ;
International News Desk, World Newspapers; Lands and Peoples: An encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events; and
America The Beautiful: State-by-state history and current events for elementary and middle schools.
Password: empirelink
JSTOR - include scholarship published in over one thousand of the highest-quality academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. For remote access visit the following access token link and register for a remote account. Follow the link below to create a remote GNS user account.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context - contents include pro/con viewpoint essays; topic overviews; more than 300 primary source documents; biographies of social activists and reformers; court-case overviews; periodical articles; statistical tables, charts and graphs; images and a link to Google Image Search; and podcasts, including weekly presidential addresses and premier NPR programs. Great for debates.
Username & password: grea87475
Points of View Reference Center - contains a series of controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Information is taken from periodicals, newspapers, book excerpts, biographies, raido and television news transcripts, primary source documents, images, and video.
Username & Password: gtnecksohs
Statista - statistics portal that integrates data on over 60,000 topics from over 18,000 sources onto a single platform. Categorized into 21 market sectors, provides companies, business customers, research institutions, and the academic community with direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets.
Username: access@greatneck.edu & password: greatneck
Worldbook Online Reference Center - includes World Book Student, World Book Kids, World Book Mobile, and Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos.
Log-in ID: greatneck1 Password: school
Business
Business Insights: Essentials - brings together a wide variety of global business information including company profiles, Thomson Financial ecurities Data, and Investext reports as well as business magazines and newspapers. It contains 2850 full-text titles..
Password: empirelink
General Newspapers , Magazines, and Academic Journals
Academic OneFile - peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the sciences, technology, medicine, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects - authoritative and comprehensive. Password: empirelink
Gannett Newsstand - contains over 85 Gannett newspapers, 6 of which are New York newspapers. These include the Ithaca Journal, Poughkeepsie Journal, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Journal News (White Plains), Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton) and Star-Gazette (Elmira). Password: empirelink
General OneFile - news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Password: empirelink
Infotrac Custom Newspapers - a collection of 150 newspapers, both national and international. Password: empirelink
National Newspaper Index - provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. Password: empirelink
New York State Newspapers - provided by the NYS Library through an LSTA grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. Includes The New York Times (full-text from 1999 to present), New York Post, etc. Password: empirelink
Health
Health and Wellness Resource Center - from the NYS Library through LSTA funds (accessed via InfoTrac). Articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. Password: empirelink
Literature
Facts on File Bloom’s Literary Reference Center – examines the lives and works of great writers throughout history. It contains an archive of 38,000 characters and extensive entries on literary topics, themes, movements, and genres. It also includes hundreds of Harold Bloom's essays and his Canon of Literature. Username: gnshs Password: gnsh
Literary Index by the Gale Group - access to 40 of the Gale Group's literary resources (mostly reference books), which contain complete biographies on authors and critical essays on their writings.
Twayne's Author Series - Twayne World, English, and U.S. Authors - Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors. Password: empirelink
Science & Research
Science AAAS - online access to Science, one the world's leading journals of original scientific research, global news, and commentary. Access rights include: Science - 1997-current issue, except Science Express PDF articles (Note: research papers in Science Express become available under this subscription after publication in the print version of the journal.) Science Classic: 1880-1996 (full-text of the journal back to 1880), ScienceNOW (news), and all free content on the site (Science Signaling, SAGE KE Table of Contents of current issues and back issues, Science Technical Comments, and including Next Wave and GrantsNet).
Remote access unavailable.
Science in Context from Gale/Cengage - for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. The database merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Username & password: grea87475
Social Studies
U.S. and World History in Context - a complete overview of U.S. and World history that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information, it combines documents from Primary Source Microfilm’s™ digital archives; articles from classic Macmillan Reference USA™ and Charles Scribner’s Sons® references; as well as other Gale proprietary content such as country and era overview information, and full-text periodicals and journals. Username & password: grea87475
Countrywatch - up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world. Username: gnsouth Password: library
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