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Recommended Databases

Britannica School Online Made for today’s digital classroom, with extensive, up-to-date information sources. Allows students to move easily to material of higher or lower reading levels as needed. The content is reliable, age-appropriate, updated continuously and closely correlated to all curriculum standards,
Ebsco's Explora Covering many topics, the interface for this database of magazine, newspaper and journal articles is designed for high school students.
Ebsco's Academic Search Premier A college level database of 4,650 journals covering many subjects
SIRS Issues Researcher (ProQuest) Magazine and newspaper articles on controversial issues, many in pro/con format. Excellent informational graphics
Gale in Context: High School (Gale) Covering most subject areas, it includes articles from reference books, magazines and newspapers, primary sources, criticism, audio and video clips, websites, etc.
World Geography (ABC-Clio) Geographical, political, social, economic and cultural information on 200 countries plus maps and biographies. Cite as Original Content in NoodleBib.

Use this list of usernames and passwords to access our databases from home.

Controversial Issues Book Series

Conduct a "series" search in the library catalog for these:

At Issue
Compact Research
Genocide & Persecution
Global Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints

Library Catalog

Destiny Discover

To access the traditional Destiny Search screen with Resource Lists, click the link below:

Destiny Search

Need to choose a topic? Look at SIRS Researcher List of Leading Issues

360+ current Leading Issues cover the pros and cons on the most researched and debated social issues. These issues are organized from major topical areas into Leading Issues, and then broken down to Pro/Con subtopics. Each Pro/Con subtopic provides a brief overview, critical thinking questions, timeline along with articles, websites, videos, multimedia graphics, charts, maps, statistics, primary sources and government documents.

Cite Your Sources

Remember:

Citations from databases can be exported directly to NoodleTools (the exception is Britannica)
Use the Quick Cite (Copy and Paste) to add citations from Britannica.
Articles in reference books often have the author's name at the end of the article
If you have forgotten your password click the I forgot my password link under the Sign In box.
NoodleTools can now cite content created using AI like Chat GPT.

Search Strategies

For the Library Catalog

Type topic, then click Subject
If you get zero or few results, refine your search then click Keyword.

For SIRS Researcher

Look for a topic under Leading Issues section
- Read the Topic Overview
- Then read the Pro/Con Issues and Essential Questions
- Choose an Essential Question, if more than one.
- Read the 3 articles representing the Yes and No sides
- Conduct additional research if needed
Or type in your Subject or Keywords
- Read article summaries, then select desired articles or modify search keywords

For Gale in Context: High School

Type topic in box, then click Search
Select an article or two under Reference to get background information
- Limit your search (right-hand side) if needed
Select additional articles, video clips, websites, etc. under other categories in order to get more detailed information

Contemporary Issues: Home