Online Databases and Research Tools

EbscoHost Research Databases
This link provides access to many Ebsco databases that can be searched individually or all at once.

News

NoodleTools
Need to make a bibliography? Ask your librarian for your Username and password.

Kids InfoBits
 Designed for students in Kindergarten through Grade Five.  Find geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, HIstory, sports and more.

World Book Online Reference Center and World Book Kids
Ask your librarian for your Username and password.

CultureGrams
Find country information: open World Edition.
Find a Kids Edition and States Edition too.

CountryReports.org
Country information on over 260 countries!

CIA - World Factbook
Country profiles

Gale Databases
Full suite of Gale Databases 

ABC-CLIO Social Studies Databases
Use Brookwood's database username and password
Access primary resources, pictures, maps, audio, video and more. To switch
between databases use the drop down menu at the top of the page.

Issues: This new database offers coverage of 150 of the most controversial issues,
with new issues added each year. Key primary source documents including presidential speeches and court transcripts.
Images and multimedia files included. Each issue is covered through historical background, contemporary status,
supporting facts, figures and timelines for context.

World History: The Modern Era. This website covers the evolution of modern
Europe since the Renaissance; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and
the Islamic world; the global impact of the Industrial Revolution; and the
last hundred years of conflicts and international cooperation. (Time
period: 1500 - present)

American History. This website is the complete American history collection
combining relevant primary and secondary sources and analysis of current
events.

World Geography: Understanding a Changing World. This website develops
global literacy, focusing on geographic, political, social, economic, and
cultural forces around the world.

Massachusetts History Online
Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to MA history.

InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition
Contains full-text articles and images from over 100 magazines and newspapers.

InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition

First Gov: Your First Click to the U.S. Government
This powerful search engine searches every word of many U.S. government documents. In addition, the site offers links to state and local government, a topical index, and options to contact your government.

The New York Times Learning Network

DICTIONARIES

Merriam-Webster
Includes dictionary and thesaurus.

Dictionary.com
Find Spanish, French, and Latin Dictionaries, Ask Dr. Dictionary, and daily crosswords and word search puzzles.

Bartlett's Quotations
Offers access to reference (Columbia Gazetteer of North America 2000, World Factbook 2001, and other links), verse, fiction, and nonfiction databases.