Comprehensive info about U.S. states and territories. Profiles of men and women; biographies of presidents; information on major Native American tribes; U.S. history timelines; and an almanac.
Databases: quality content
So what are databases, anyway, and how could they help you? Databases are resources with reliable information, available through your library. Check out our databases below:
Teens' databases
Find brief & in-depth, contemporary & historical biographies from book sources online. (Formerly known as Biography Resource Center)
A beginner's Spanish language encyclopedia and reference tool. Offers editorial content, media, and features in Spanish. Includes visual dictionary.
For all ages, with homework help and teacher resources. Sources include electronic magazines, newspapers, almanacs, encyclopedias, and books. Topics include Current Events, education, business, technology, and health.
Access a wealth of health resources. Includes magazine, journal, and newspaper articles about health, medications, diseases, and conditions. Read full-text entries from reference resources.
Offers personality assessments, resume & cover letter templates, live interview practice, local job search websites, & more.
With Junior Reference Collection, students have current, relevant, organized, easy-to-read information at their fingertips. The entries are thorough; in depth; and written in clear, concise terms at an appropriate reading level.
Provides comprehensive info on countries, cultures, and current events. Includes an encyclopedia; an electronic atlas; an almanac; world newspapers; and “culture cross,” an interactive feature comparing two continents.
Prepare & practice for tests: GED, AP, ACT, SAT, GRE, U.S. Citizenship, CDL, ASVAB, real estate, nursing, teaching & many others.
Research authors & literature with critical, biographical & contextual materials on literary authors from around the world.
Search magazines, journals, & reference materials on a variety of subjects: business, health, education, science & much more.
Find full-text newspaper articles across the USA. Access the Gainesville Sun, Ocala Star Banner, Florida Times Union, New York Times, USA Today, & thousands more.
Find books children and teens will love to read and get additional resources available for parents, teachers and librarians.
Learn Spanish, French, German, Mandarin, & ESOL focusing on listening, speaking, reading, grammar & pronunciation skills.
Complete coverage of all science disciplines. Features science experiments and activities; articles highlighting recent scientific events and discoveries; printable diagrams, illustrations and images; and videos and flash animations.
These Read-Alongs highlight sentences as they are being read and turn the page automatically. The collection features picture books, early readers, chapter books, middle school readers, YA/teen Novels, children's classics, classics and Shakespeare.
The extensive resources of the World Book Encyclopedia, optimized for Android, iPhone and other mobile devices.
Online reference source containing every article from the 22-volume print encyclopedia, plus thousands more.
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Tips on citing sources
School's back in session and now it's time for the real work. Time to compile books, magazine articles and websites for Science Fair projects and research papers.
To help with citing sources, WorldCat has created EasyBib to help you cite webpages, books, newspaper or magazine articles and databases. This tool is especially useful to help you cite websites, which can be tricky. Copy and paste the website into the search box and it will create the citation for you.
For middle schoolers, there is a bibliography site that list how to cite a work with examples, including encyclopedias.
When using databases, be sure to check the bottom of the article where you can often find information on "how to cite this information."
Good luck and happy writing.
