Roxbury Central School Library Media Center

Online Research Databases

 

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Ask the library staff for the passwords for school and home use. Click on an icon on the left to begin your search.

 AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive (Grades 4-12)- More than one million Associated Press photos,  30,000 graphics (maps, charts, timelines, graphs),  and over 675,000 audio clips from the 1920's up to 48 hrs ago are included in this database.  There are also over one million AP news headlines and stories from the past eight years.

BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. (K-12)- Original, animated, educational movies in all subject areas created for K-12 learners.  Each movie has leveled quizzes, games, activities and lessons.  All of the content on the Brain Pop Jr site is read aloud.

C.E.R.F.- Curriculum & Education Resource Finder is a website directory of tens of thousands of carefully selected, information-rich, safe K-12 URL’s in major subject areas.  Search for  primary resources, maps, pictures, multimedia and more.

Searchasaurus:  Periodical search for K-6 research
Kids Search:  Search encyclopedia, dictionary, and magazines
EBSCO Host Español: Spanish interface
Provided by NOVEL, New York Online Virtual Electronic Library, through an LSTA grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Service
Enchanted Learning® Enchanted Learning (K-6)- Original educational web pages, resources and games.

First Search (College/Professional)
ERIC: Journal articles and reports in education
MEDLINE:  Medical journal articles
WilsonSelect: Full-text articles
Funded by the South Central Research Library Council

Gale Databases (Grades 6-12)

Academic OneFile:  Full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more.
Business & Company Resource Center:  Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

Culinary Arts collection: 150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.
Health Reference Database:  Over 200,000 articles about health topics such as fitness, medicine, nutrition, diseases, etc.

Newspaper databases – Full text of National and International newspapers
Twayne’s Author Series:  Full-text from three print series of literary criticism and discussion: United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors. 

 Virtual Reference Library- (Ebooks) Reference works in Business, History, Fashion, Law, and Medicine
Provided by NOVEL through an LSTA grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Service

Grolier Online (Grades 3-12)- Includes  Encyclopedia Americana, the Multimedia Encyclopedia, and the New Book of Knowledge, Popular Science, and Lands & People. Search for text, images and websites. 

Pebble Go- (PreK-3) students can do research  using a database created just for them.   PebbleGo Animals features hundreds of animals, reading supports, and audio and video clips of animals in action. NEW Earth and Space database has information on earth science, seasons, space and weather.

SNAP The digital resource collections includes: video clips, digital images, audio files, and full video titles. View and download streaming video and audio files from school and home.

Soundzabound (K-12)- Copyright compliant music that can be used for use in PowerPointTM, videos, pod casts, movies, web design and more.
TeachingBooks - (Professional/K-12) A collection of multimedia author and book resources including book guides, author web sites, book readings and more.

Teen Health and Wellness- (7--12) An interactive database with straightforward information on a variety of topics of interest to teens including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, green living, financial literacy, and more.
TumbleBook Library- A collection of  animated, talking picture books, early readers, read-along classics, chapter books, large print classics, and audio books.  The online library also includes games, quizzes, and puzzles.