Databases
Each website is linked to the login screen for the databases listed below. Click on the heading or button to be redirected to the resource that you need. Type in your library number in order to access these databases. If you are unsure of your library number, please see Mrs. Daniels.
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"Gale Literature: LitFinder provides access to literary works and authors throughout history and includes more than 130,000 full-text poems and 650,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. The database also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more."
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"Discover reliable and trusted information on a variety of topics to support middle school student research for government, U.S and world history, geography, literature, sciences, and social issues. Research In Context offers cross-curricular content aligned to national and state standards, and presents material organized into a highly visual and topic portal approach to quickly find answers."
Contains great resources about life in the renaissance.
Try following this path!
1. Sign in with your library card
2. Scroll down and select the "World History" button
3. Find "Renaissance" on the list of topics
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Try features such as the "Topic Finder" to find articles about the information you need as well as additional articles related to your search.
Research Websites
Excellent resource that will pinpoint specific quotes from Shakespeare's collection of works.
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Great for finding quick facts about your topic.
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Find articles on the web that only come from resources with a .org or .edu tag. This is great for finding reliable, academic information.