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The library uses TexQuest and FactCite as our main online resources. They contain many great websites that the students may use for any and all of their research.  Please see the librarian for usenames and passwords.
 
TexQuest houses websites like:
 
 

American West

From early topographical sketches and pioneers’ accounts, to photographs of Buffalo Bill and his ‘Wild West’ stars, explore the fact and the fiction of westward expansion in America from the early eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Browse a wide range of rare and original documents including printed books, journals, historic maps, broadsides, periodicals, advertisements, photographs, artwork and more.

Welcome to American Indian Histories and Cultures

 

Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Browse through a wide range of rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to historic maps and travel journals.

Britannica School

A safe, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle, and High School.

Encyclopædia Britannica

Encyclopædia Britannica, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is a global leader in educational publishing whose products can be found in many media, from the Internet to cell phones to books. Our worldwide reach includes offices and expert contributors all over the globe and products for learners of all ages.

A pioneer in electronic publishing since the early 1980s, we strive continuously for new innovations in a rapidly changing worldwide marketplace. Known historically for reference works, our products today serve a wider range of educational aims than ever, particularly those of teachers and students in the classroom.

All of our products are created under the most rigorous technical and editorial standards. We have thousands of expert contributors and advisers around the world who work with our first-rate editorial team. As a company that has published Einstein, Freud, Marie Curie, and more than a hundred Nobel laureates, our historical accomplishments are many; yet rather than dwell on those accomplishments we prefer instead add to them. All of our worldwide resources are here at the service of today's educators.

Cale/Cengage

1.     Academic OneFile

2.     Gale Virtual Reference Library

3.     Educator's Reference Complete

4.     Science In Context

5.     General OneFile

6.     Informe Académico

7.     InfoTrac Newsstand

8.     Opposing Viewpoints In Context

9.     Scribner Writers on GVRL

10.   Student Resources In Context

11.   Twayne's Authors on GVRL

12.   Artemis Literary Sources

13.   GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources)

14.   Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module

15.   Kids InfoBits

16.   Literature Resource Center - LRC

17.   National Geographic Kids

18.  Research in Context

 
FactCite  houses websites like:
 
 
  1.  Shapers of Society
  2. Sports Champions
  3. World Biography
  4. Mythology
  5. American History
  6. Defining Moments in
  7. U.S. History
  8. Science
  9. Countries and Cultures
  10. Essential Information