A to Z List of All Databases at DHS
You can access these databases from any computer in school. If you would like help retrieving information from a database, please see Mrs. Rogers in the Library, or see the tips below.
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Provides more than 8,000 academic journals, largely in full-text. There are also podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and CBC, along with full-text of the New York Times.
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Provides information on hundreds of thousands of individuals, from ancient times to the present. For a "name search," it's often a good idea to set the search to "START OF LAST NAME" and then type LAST NAME FIRST in the search box, with a comma and a space before the first name. If you are unsure of the exact name, type only the last name and browse the results' list of names.
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Searches can be limited to a specific date or range of dates. Under "Advanced Search," use AND, OR, or NOT to narrow your results.
Under "Advanced Search," you can search for articles in a particular section of the paper, including "Heathscience" and "Editorial."
A ProQuest database, part of Massachusetts Newstand.
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Searches can be limited to a specific date or range of dates. Under "Advanced Search," use AND, OR, or NOT to narrow your results.
Under "Advanced Search," you can search for articles in a particular section of the paper.
A ProQuest database, part of Massachusetts Newstand. |
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Provides critical essays on contemporary authors and their works. "Contemporary" sometimes includes authors who are no longer alive, such as Truman Capote, who died in the 1980s.
In this database, the last result is usually best! Look for the subtitle: "A brief review of the author's life, works, and critical reception."
Search for an author in "first name last name" order or "last name" only.
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This database provides "full-text results for nearly half of the journal titles found in ERIC. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing....[It] also focuses on issues in administration, funding and policy." |
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The focus is on scholarly journals, but the database includes general interest titles as well. Once you have search results, you may want to view "Narrow Results" to refine your results by article type or subject. Article types include critical essays, editorials, interviews, and more.
This database is a good place to look for literary criticism: try typing in the title you are studying in quotes; when the results come back, see "Narrow Results" and select "Critical Essay." |
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Provides company, economic and industry information, along with business and management topics.
The database includes only an index version of The Wall Street Journal, but does offer full-text versions of Business Week, Forbes, Fortune and The Economist. |
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Provides current periodical and news content on a full range of topics, with backfiles as far back as 1980 for some titles. Many titles are full-text, often with images; others are index only. There are also some "E-books" in the database.
There is a lot of material here: most keyword searches will produce many results: they can be quickly narrowed by using the drop-down box on the left: you can look under the "Document type" box to find cover stories, editorials, interviews,and other types of material that might be of interest. You can also use the drop-down box to look for articles in specific magazines such as Time, Newsweek, etc.
If the first few items don't look of interest, try reading further down the page. For example a search for "global warming" found a useful overview article under the "Books" tab, but it was the 7th or 8th result on the page. |
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This is a database covering many subjects, including current events, country information,history, popular culture, sports, arts and sciences, and business. Sources include reference books, magazine and newspapers and scholarly journals.
Because there are citations and abstracts, along with full-text articles, you will usually want to check the box for "full-text" articles. |
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Provides reliable information on diseases, nutrition, alcohol and substance abuse, and many other health-related topics. Some of these articles are very scholarly; look for overview articles under the "Books" tab and find general interest articles under the "Magazines" tab.
Choose "Advanced Search" to combine terms. For example, to find articles that examine obesity's connection to fast food, type "obesity" and "fast food" in the search box and connect them with "AND." |
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This database is intended for students in grades 5 through middle school/junior high. It includes full-text magazines and E-books, along with materials that are in "citation only" format. It covers a range of topics of interest to students, including current events, country information, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history and sports. |
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Targetting the research needs of K-5 students, this database included 75 full-text magazines and 7 reference titles. |
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Provides a mix of full-text and "citation only" sources to research history and/or Massachusetts. |
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Full-text access to 12 Massachusetts newspapers, including The Boston Globe and The Boston Herald (both can be accessed directly and are listed separately above.) |
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Provides the full-text of The New York Times, but without photos or illustrations.
A basic search can be limited by date,document type (letter to the editor, editorial, book review+)or newspaper section.
Results can be refined by combining terms using the Advanced Search option.
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Searches several Infotrac databases simultaneously, but not Infotrac's Biography Resource Center or Contemporary Literary Criticism. Other, non-Infotrac databases, such as Literary Reference Center and World Book Encyclopedia, are not included in a PowerSearch.
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This is part of the World Book database. Click the Spanish-Language Encyclopedia tab at the top of the page. |
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Intended for research on most subjects at the high school level, with over 1100 periodical titles and a limited number of electronic books. Many of the articles include pictures and illustrations.
Not all the articles are "full-text," so check the box to limit articles to "full-text" only.
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HOW TO SEARCH THE DATABASES
All the databases above offer "Help" buttons to assist you in finding relevant information.
Most of these databases contain a tremendous amount of information: if the first few results don't look of interest, keep reading down the page!
Remember that the "Advanced Search" option usually allows you to combine search terms with AND, OR, and NOT.
Databases that include a mix of complete articles and citations allow you to limit your search to "full-text" only by checking the "full-text" box.
There are many ways to fine-tune results in most of these databases: by date, type of material, magazine or newspaper title, and more.
Search results often come back "tabbed" allowing you to "tab" between different types of results: magazine, academic journals, news items, books, etc.
If you would like help with a database search, please see Mrs. Davies in the DHS Library.
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