Access to Online Databases USC High School Library 2015-2016 (Revised June 2015)
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Access to Online Databases USC High School Library 2015-2016 (Revised June 2015) Table of Contents: 1. DESTINY: Web-based Resource Catalog & More…………………….……….2 2. EBSCOhost Databases: MagillOnLiterature Plus, History Reference Center, & Points of View.....2 3. Bloom's Literary Reference Online…………………………………………….…3 4. JSTOR………………………………………………………………………………….…3 5. Gale’s Discovering Collection—Will change to Student Resource Center October 2015………………………………………..………………………………………..…...4 6. Gale Virtual Reference Library………………………………………………...…..4 8. Britannica Online School Edition……………………………………………..……4 9. World Book Online (available @ school ONLY)……..………………………….5 10. Country Reports………………………………………………………………….…..5 11. CultureGrams (available @ school ONLY)……………………………………..5 12. Access PA POWER Library Databases (including MasterFile Main Edition, Newspaper Source Plus, Business Source Main Edition, eBooks, and GreenFILE…….6 13. Helpful Hints………………………..………………………………………….........7 14. MLA Quickcard (The Green Sheet)……………………………………………...8-9 Accessing the STUDENT LINKS Page for these Online Resources Go to any USC District webpage. Click the ACADEMICS tab and then click on STUDENT LINKS. Click USC HIGH SCHOOL. ♦ If you have trouble accessing these databases, ask a Librarian for help. ♦ Also, let us know how you like the resources and how they are useful to you. ♦ Home access and email capabilities are available for all of these online services. User Id’s and passwords for each database are inside of this brochure. uschs & panther for all! J ♦ Some databases include the MLA citations for articles. Look for that feature! ♦ Good Luck with your research. Ask for help when you need it. 1 DESTINY: The Web-based Resource Catalog & More • From school you can just click onto the DESTINY link in STUDENT LINKS menu or go to https://uscsd.follettdestiny.com • Once you are into the catalog, type in your search and click onto the appropriate icon (KEYWORD, TITLE, AUTHOR, SUBJECT, ETC.---The default is KEYWORD.). • On the Results page, you will see what titles are available, where they are located, and if they are currently on the library shelves. You can get additional information when you click onto each title. • Use the ADD TO THIS LIST AND MY LIST features to make personalized book lists that you can save and/or email. EBSCOhost’s Magill OnLiterature Plus, History Reference Center, & Points of View “MagillOnLiterature Plus, produced by Salem Press, is the premier literary database, combining MagillOnLiterature and MagillOnAuthors. This database includes all the literary works, reviewed critical analyses and brief plot summaries that are included in MagillOnLiterature, as well as all the biographies and author essays included in MagillOnAuthors.” “History Reference Center offers full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 78,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.” “Points of View Reference Center is a full text database designed to provide students and schools with a series of controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Essays provide questions and materials for further thought and study and are accompanied by thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top political and societal publications.” ü To access these databases from school: From STUDENT LINKS, click onto the database name that you want to use. ü Look at the bibliographies at the end of articles for additional sources. ü Use the options on the right of the page to print, cite, email, etc. ü For home access, go to STUDENT LINKS, click onto the database name that you want to use. Or, you can go to http://search.ebscohost.com. Login and then choose the database that you want to use. ü User Id: uschs Password: panther 2 Bloom's Literary Reference Online “Facts On File’s literature database has been thoroughly revised and expanded to include the writings of renowned literary critic Harold Bloom. In addition to Facts On File’s extensive print literature reference collection, the database now includes hundreds of Professor Bloom’s essays, which examine the lives and works of great writers throughout history and the world. Unlike many resources, this database also contains an archive of more than 40,000 characters, as well as extensive entries on literary topics, themes, movements, and genres. Other key features of Bloom’s Literary Reference Online include redesigned browse and keyword search options, an up-to- date timeline of world literature, and a special feature on Harold Bloom’s Western Literary Canon.” • From STUDENT LINKS, click the Bloom's Literary Reference Online link. • The fastest way to search is to enter the TITLE of the work you are researching and hit SEARCH. • You can individually search Bloom resources, authors, works, topics/themes, and timelines too. • Once you get to the results list, note that the articles are categorized for you (overview, criticism, biography). • Click onto the title of the result to get the full text article. Notice in the PAGE TOOLS BOX that you can print, email home, make text larger or smaller, and jump to the citation (REMEMBER TO CONVERT THE CITATION INTO MLA FORMAT!) • Notice the tabs at the top of the page and RELATED INFORMATION section for additional resources on your topic/work title. • Home access directions: Use student links from the USCHS webpage username: uschs password: panther JSTOR “With participation and support from the international scholarly community, JSTOR has created a high-quality, interdisciplinary archive of scholarship, is actively preserving over one thousand academic journals in both digital and print formats, and continues to greatly expand access to scholarly works and other materials needed for research and teaching globally. We are investing in new initiatives to increase the productivity of researchers and to facilitate new forms of scholarship. JSTOR includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. The entire corpus is full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting, includes high-quality images, and is interlinked by millions of citations and references.” Many university libraries have the JSTOR database. • From STUDENT LINKS, click the JSTOR link or go to http://www.jstor.org/logon/ • Enter the Username: uschs and Password: panther • Click Advanced search. Here you can limit by item type, date range, discipline, journal, etc. • If you need to change the article language, you can do so in the ADVANCED SEARCH menu under “Article Language.” You can pick from English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish. Some parts of the JSTOR database are translated into Simplified and Traditional Chinese, German, French, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Korean. 3 Gale’s Discovering Collection…for general searches on any topic. THIS DATABASE WILL CHANGE TO STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER IN OCTOBER 2015. “The Discovering Collection provides quick access to accurate information via an intuitive interface that takes the guesswork out of research. Thomson Gale's Discovering Collection allows students to get the "whole picture" on any curriculum topic. Provide your students award-winning reference content from Thomson Gale and they will develop their critical-thinking skills by placing people, places, events and primary documents in context.” From STUDENT LINKS, click onto the Gale Discovering Collection link. • If prompted, enter the password PANTHER and click PROCEED. • Home access directions: Use STUDENT LINKS from the USCHS webpage or • Go to http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/uppe55745?db=DC • Enter this password: panther • Click PROCEED and follow the directions above. Gale Virtual Reference Library “Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library).” From STUDENT LINKS, click Gale Virtual Reference Library. • Click the link for Gale Virtual Reference Library. • Click the eBook that you want to use (e.g. Novels for Students), or use the search bar at the top of the page to search all eBooks simultaneously. • You can find the 7th edition MLA citation at the bottom of the each article. There is also a bibliography list of other articles that could be helpful. • For Novels for Students CRITICAL ESSAYS, you need to include the AUTHOR’S NAME FIRST. (See example below.) Britannica Online School Edition…for encyclopedia information and a whole lot more! Britannica Online School Edition offers encyclopedias and related materials for students of all levels. Users can also take advantage of the Learning Materials, a collection of educational exercises, activities, and study guides. Britannica includes PRIMARY SOURCES and eBOOKS too. From STUDENT LINKS, click the Encyclopedia Britannica link. • If needed, login: user I.D.: uschs password: panther • Choose the HIGH for the HIGH SCHOOL edition. Then type your search at