Research Databases - sources for essays
The Language can be changed in each database. Near the top of the page, just to the right of the middle. In the example it's marked by the white line underneath.
(El idioma se puede cambiar en cada base de datos. Cerca de la parte superior de la página, justo a la derecha del medio. En el ejemplo, está marcado por la línea blanca debajo.)
Student Resources in Context Password: silverado
When you have a paper, project, or presentation to complete, the hardest part is figuring out where to start. Gale In Context: High School simplifies your search for information by bringing together hundreds of thousands of images, videos, and audio selections into one easy-to-use database. While online browsers can serve up unreliable or incomplete results, this database lets you explore vetted primary sources, biographies, critical essays, and other materials in many formats — giving you deeper context to high-interest topics. All articles can be read to the user (by the computer), translated into 13 languages, sent to an email, downloaded, saved and printed, and cited in MLA format.
Opposing Viewpoints Password: silverado
This database specializes in the pros and cons of social issues.
Having a clear, compelling point of view on today’s most debated political and social issues requires finding the most credible facts and insights. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints simplifies your search by bringing together thousands of resources to provide authoritative articles, research reports, videos, and statistics. This database steers you away from unreliable content that online browsers sometimes serve up and helps you draw your own conclusions about global warming, the minimum wage, and hundreds of other debated topics. It also contains full text reference books, essays, magazine, journal and newspaper articles, websites, audio and visual files, and still images. All articles can be read to the user (by the computer), translated into 13 languages, sent to an email, downloaded, saved and printed, and cited in MLA format.
Gale E-Books Password: silverado
Silverado offers the following titles through this database:
- Cannibal Serial Killers 2016, Careers in Biotechnology 2015, Careers in Health Care 2015, Female Serial Killers 2016, Forensic Science 2nd ed. 3v 2015, Health Care Management 2014, Health Care Providers 2014, Historical Serial Killers 2016, Modern-Day Serial Killers 2016, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology 2014, Teens' Guide to College & Career Planning : Your High School Roadmap to College & Career Success 12th ed. 2016, World of Forensic Science 2nd ed. 2v 2016
California K-12 Digital Resources
Online content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, TeachingBooks, Gale, and ProQuest are available — at school, at home, in libraries, on laptops, on phones — to all.
These digital resources are provided for all California students from the California State Library.