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For password information or assistance in using any of the databases, see Mrs. Hirtreiter, Mrs. West, Mrs. Augustine or Mrs. Surovich.
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» MERLIN
Catalog of books and other materials found in the MHS Library Media Center.
» Global Issues in Context
Designed by information professionals and subject experts to support global awareness and the development of critical thinking and information literacy skills, Global Issues in Context empowers users with the tools they need to understand today’s world issues from a global perspective.
Issues and countries form the core of this product, which uses a wealth of resources to explain the historical and contemporary conditions necessary to understand global issues, conflicts and events. Global Issues in Context supports research in virtually every corner of the library and in a wide variety of subject areas, including sociology, current events, civics, politics, science, economics, cultural/religious studies, women’s studies, human rights, English composition and many more.
» Gale Literature Resource Center
The Literature Resource Center is a complete literature reference database. Rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content, the Literature Resource Center provides information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.
The foundation of the Literature Resource Center is built on Gale's three hallmark author databases: Contemporary Authors Online, offering biographical coverage of more than 130,000 writers; Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, featuring entries on all authors appearing in CLC since vol. 95 of the print series and complete profiles of 266 most studied authors from editions prior to vol. 95; and Dictionary of Literary Biography Online, containing more than 13,000 biocritical essays on authors and their works written by academic scholars.
The Literature Resource Center also includes selected full-text, excerpted, and commissioned critical material from Gale's respected Literature Criticism and For Students Series. The titles in these series include: Children's Literature Review, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Drama Criticism, Drama for Students, Literature from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Literature of Developing Nations for Students, Literature and Its Times, Novels for Students, Poetry Criticism, Poetry for Students, Shakespearean Criticism, Shakespeare for Students, Short Story Criticism, Short Stories for Students, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. In addition, users can access current, full-text critical essays on major authors via the Literature Resource Center's link to more than 260 prominent literary journals.
Author coverage in the Literature Resource Center is further enhanced by Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, featuring more than 10,000 descriptive entries on literary figures, works, and terms, is included in the basic subscription to the Literature Resource Center.
» Gale PowerSearch
Searches 10 Databases as follows:
Health Reference Center Academic provides access to the full text of nursing and health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources.
Informe is una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
Custom Newspapers is a collection of more than 900 newspapers, both national and international
New York State Newspapers searches 28 major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post.
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Business and Company Resource Center provides researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews.
Erie 1 BOCES ebooks are online books provided free of charge by Erie 1 BOCES.
Nursing and Allied Health Collection covers all aspects of the Nursing profession.
Junior Edition K-12 is designed for students in middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, and sports.
The Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors provides full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series.
National Newspaper Index provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials.
» Gale Virtual Reference Library- Ebooks online
Password = empirelink
Online E-Books
Arts; Biography; Business; Education; Environment; History; Law; Library Science; Literature; Medicine; Multicultural Studies; Nation and the World; Science; and Social Science
» NoodleTools
User ID : maryvale
Password: 14225
Software to help during the research process to search intelligently, assess the quality of results, Record, organize and synthesize information using online notecards, and format your bibliography in MLA or APA style.
» Grolier Online
Online Encyclopedia
» EBSCO
» ProQuest Trial
Password = welcome
Ends 12/24/09
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