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The Baxter Library subscribes to a variety of online resources for the express use of our students and teachers.

Use your school email address to access.

• Academic Search Ultimate
  Search articles, books, journals & more.
   
• Access World News/NewsBank
  Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national and local news sources. Remote access codes available on student portal.
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• Biography Reference Bank
  Biography Reference Bank offers the in-depth, original profiles of Current Biography and World Author Series containing full text articles.
   
• Biography Reference Center
  Biography Reference Center offers a comprehensive collection of full text biographies, including unique narrative biographies.
   
• Digital Theatre
  Exclusive access to the world's finest theater with 450+ productions, backstage insights, practitioner interviews, and written analysis.
   
• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
  The Education Resource Information Center provides access to educational literature and resources. This database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
   
• Explora
  Explora contains full text for thousands of general reference magazines and publications and covers a wide-range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.
   
• Gale In Context
  Vetted content and tools at your fingertips! Whether you are looking for peer-reviewed articles; full-text magazines, newspapers, and eBooks; primary source documents; and videos or podcasts.
   
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
   
• Green FILE
  Green FILE is a comprehensive resource that draws on the connections between the environment and variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
   
• High School eBook Collection
  eBook Academic Collection has more than 135,000 eBooks in this package, including titles from leading university presses such as Oxford University Press, MIT Press, State University of New York Press, Cambridge University Press, Harvard University Press, Cambridge University Press, and many others.
   
• Historical Newspapers
  Using news content that is organized by time period, students can research issues, events and daily life in U.S. history through first-hand reports in newspapers from 1690 through the 20th century. The complete editions of the papers, including illustrations, advertisements, cartoons, classifieds and more are fully searchable.
   
• History Reference Center
  History Reference Center features full-text for reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers.
   
• JSTOR
  JSTOR currently includes more than 2,000 academic journals, dating back to the first volume ever published, along with thousands of monographs and other materials relevant for education.
   
• Legal Information Reference Center
  Legal Information Reference Center provides online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books. Contains more than 250 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms.
   
• Newspaper Source Plus
  Newspaper Source Plus provides more than 1,400 full-text newspapers and more than 55 million full-text articles. This database contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers.
   
• Points of View Reference Center
  Points of View Reference Center contains resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.
   
• Professional Development Collection
  Professional Development Collection designed for professional educators, providing a highly specialized collection of education journals, including peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains educational reports.
   
• Referencia Latina
  Referencia Latina is a general reference resource for Spanish speakers. Covering issues of particular relevance for Latin America, Spain, and the United States. The database also contains a Spanish-English dictionary.
   
• The Salem Press

  The Salem Press provides e-books through four different databases of electronic publications that can be cross-searched using the search bar or individually searched.
   

• Science Reference Center
  Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to full text science-oriented content. Topics covered include: biology; chemistry; earth and space science; environmental science; health and medicine; history of science; life science; physics; science and society, and wildlife.
   
• Topic Search
  Topic Search database allows students to explore current events that are often discussed in the classroom. Social, political, and economic issues, as well as scientific discoveries and other popular topics are available.

Electronic Databases By Subject

The Baxter Library subscribes to a variety of online resources for the express use of our students and teachers.

On campus: Directly access the links via the library page.

Off campus: When working off campus you will need remote access login information. You will find this in your Google Drive in the “shared with me” folder titled Remote Access Codes.

Top Database Picks

• Academic Search Ultimate
  Search articles, books, journals & more.
   
• JSTOR
  JSTOR currently includes more than 2,000 academic journals, dating back to the first volume ever published, along with thousands of monographs and other materials relevant for education. Remote access codes available on student portal.
   
• Points of View Reference Center
  Points of View Reference Center contains resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.
   

All Subjects

• Academic Search Ultimate
  Search articles, books, journals & more.
   
• Explora
  Explora contains full text for thousands of general reference magazines and publications and covers a wide-range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.
   
• High School eBook Collection
  eBook Academic Collection has more than 135,000 eBooks in this package, including titles from leading university presses such as Oxford University Press, MIT Press, State University of New York Press, Cambridge University Press, Harvard University Press, Cambridge University Press, and many others.
   
• Topic Search
  Topic Search database allows students to explore current events that are often discussed in the classroom. Social, political, and economic issues, as well as scientific discoveries and other popular topics are available. Remote access codes available on student portal.
   

Arts

• Digital Theatre+
   

Business & Economics

• Access World News/NewsBank
  Explore diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as English, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Arts, History and more to foster critical thinking skills. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national and local news sources. Also available remotely 24/7 from home on any device.
  Access World News
  How to Access World News
  Access World News NewsBank Maps
   
• Legal Information Resource Center
  Legal Information Reference Center provides online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books. Contains more than 250 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. Remote access codes available on student portal.
   
• Newspaper Source Plus
  Newspaper Source Plus provides more than 1,400 full-text newspapers and more than 55 million full-text articles. This database contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers. Remote access codes available on student portal.
   

Contemporary Issues

• Global Issues
  Understand the most important issues of the modern world. Explore issues within government, law, health, science and technology, society and culture, and more.
   

English

• Digital Theatre+
   
• JSTOR
  JSTOR currently includes more than 2,000 academic journals, dating back to the first volume ever published, along with thousands of monographs and other materials relevant for education. Remote access codes available on student portal.
   

History

• History Reference Center
  History Reference Center features full-text for reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers. Remote access codes available on student portal.
   
• Biography Reference Center
  Biography Reference Center offers a comprehensive collection of full text biographies, including unique narrative biographies. Remote access codes available on student portal.
   
• U.S. History
  An engaging experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history.
   
• World History
  Providing a wide perspective across the globe delivering a chronicle of people and events that has formed the history of the human race.
   

Science

• Environmental Studies
  Provides users with comprehensive information, empowering learners to critically analyze and understand important topics that affect people around the world.
   

Stem

• Science Reference Center
  Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to full text science-oriented content. Topics covered include: biology; chemistry; earth and space science; environmental science; health and medicine; history of science; life science; physics; science and society, and wildlife. Remote access codes available on student portal.
   
• GreenFILE
  Green FILE is a comprehensive resource that draws on the connections between the environment and variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health, and technology. Remote access codes available on student portal.
   

World Language

• Referencia Latina
  Referencia Latina is a general reference resource for Spanish speakers. Covering issues of particular relevance for Latin America, Spain, and the United States. The database also contains a Spanish-English dictionary. Remote access codes available on student portal.

• Points of View
  Research from different perspectives: Overview, Point, Counterpoint, with Guide to Critical Analysis articles for a wide range of topics.
   
• Academic Search Premier
  Multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles.
   
• Biography Reference Center
  Provides thousands of reliable full-text biographies, including the complete full text of Biography Today and Biography, plus narrative biographies not available in other databases.
   
• History Reference Center
  Covers both U.S. and world history topics with a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals and thousands of primary source documents.
   
• Referencia Latina
  A general reference resource for Spanish speakers. Covers issues of particular relevance for Latin America, Spain, and the United States.
   
• Science Reference Center
  Full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias, reference books and a vast collection of images.