Great Research Databases for Teens PDF Print E-mail

Search these online research databases to help you with your homework, career or education research, or satisfy your curiosity! For a full list of databases provided by the library, click here.

 

Graphic Novel Core Collection    Click here if inside the library   |   Click here if outside the library
This database highlights approximately 2,000 recommended graphic novel titles with descriptive and evaluative annotations (including review excerpts and awards the title has won), plus cover art. Standards for rating material by age appropriateness are strictly applied, plus all titles are searchable by author, title, subject, genre, and grade level.

Grolier Online    Click here if inside the library   |   Click here if outside the library
Online encyclopedias including Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, Amazing Animals of the World and America the Beautiful. 

InfoTrac - Student Edition
Specifically designed for secondary school students, providing instant access to screened, age-appropriate content from magazines, newspapers and reference books. The ideal alternative to random Web searching, InfoTrac Student Edition covers a wide range of subjects, from science, history and literature to political science, sports and environmental studies, offering reliable, authoritative content for classroom assignments and general reference research.

Issues and Controversies
Up-to-date, in-depth, and objective information on the most prominent and hotly-debated issues of the day.

Lands and Peoples   Click here if inside the library   |   Click here if outside the library

LitFinder (Poems/Stories/Essays)
Search for poems, short stories and essays.

Magills Literature Plus
Reviews and plot summaries of famous literature with articles about famous authors.

Mango Languages
Mango Languages is an online language-learning system that teaches actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages.

Oregon Career Information Systems   Click here if inside the library   |   Click here if outside the library

Points of View  Click here if inside the library | Click here if outside the library
Designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects.

Student Resource Center
Search magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, biographies, radio & TV news transcripts, state/province reports, primary source documents, photos, maps & flags

Teen Health and Wellness
Provides teens with information and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.

Testing and Education Resource Center
Search thousands of college and graduate school catalogs. Identify scholarships that meet your financial needs. Take on-line practice tests and use test prep eBooks.



 

 
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