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Database Subscription Information Brochure

You can view a summary of the research databases Leyden has subscribed to as well as the login information required to access the databases from outside the school buildings by viewing the Leyden High Schools Database Brochure.

Library Research Databases

Advanced Placement by EBSCO

Access Database Description: EBSCO ADVANCED PLACEMENT SOURCE™-is designed to meet the extensive needs of high school students enrolled in various AP courses. 

Archives Unbound by Gale Group

Access Database Description: Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars and students at the college and university level. Collections in Archives Unbound cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Collections are chosen for Archives Unbound based on requests from scholars, archivists, and students. 

CultureGrams by ProQuest

Access Database Description: ProQuest® CultureGrams™ is a leading reference for concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world. 

Discovery Education by Discovery, Inc.

Access Database Description: Discovery Education ignites student curiosity and inspires educators to reimagine learning with award-winning digital content and professional development. 

Encyclopedia Britannica by Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.

Access Database Description: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA is an encyclopedia database providing access to articles and related web sites, and includes a world atlas and a dictionary. 

ERIC by Institute of Educational Sciences

Access Database Description: It is an internet-based digital library of education research and information sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides access to bibliographic records of journal and non-journal literature from 1966 to the present. 

Explora by EBSCO

Access Database Description: Ensure student and educator success with EBSCO’s interface for schools and public libraries. 

Gale eBooks by Gale Group

Access Database Description: Gale eBooks is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office). 

Gale In Context High School by Gale Group

Access Database Description: Gale In Context High School is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a wide array of subjects. The solution merges Gale's authoritative and continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. 

Gale Power Search by Gale

Access Database Description: This power search allows you to search ALL the GALE databases with ONE click! 

Global Issues In Context by Gale Group

Access Database Description: Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Each of these gateway pages includes an overview, unique "perspectives" articles written by local experts, reference, periodical, 

Health & Wellness Resource Center Including Alt Health by Gale Group

Access Database Description: Gale's comprehensive consumer health resource, provides accurate, authoritative information on a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative and complementary medical practices. Designed for researchers at all levels, its intuitive interface provides multiple pathways to information. New periodical and newspaper articles are added daily. 

Image Quest Online by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Access Database Description: Access approximately three million rights-cleared images from the best collections in the world. 

NoodleTools by NoodleTools, Inc.

Access Database Description: NoodleTools: Student research platform with MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian bibliographies, notecards, outlining. 

NoveList by EBSCO

Access Database Description: EBSCO NOVELIST provides an online fiction guide, readers can use a favorite author or title as a template to locate similar authors and titles of interest. 

Opposing Viewpoints In Context by Gale Group

Access Database Description: Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the solution features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. 

Science In Context by Gale Group

Access Database Description: Science in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. The solution merges Gale's authoritative and continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. 

SIRS Issues Researcher by ProQuest

Access Database Description: More than 300 key social issues are covered in-depth using best-of information compiled from thousands of global full-text and multimedia sources. SIRS Researcher “Leading Issues” format helps users pick a topic and understand its origins, related issues, global perspectives, and essential questions under debate. And, new research tools, like note organizers, social bookmarking, and media streams, help users easily create and collaborate. 

U.S. History In Context by Gale Group

Access Database Description: U.S. History in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. 

World History In Context by Gale Group

Access Database Description: World History in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.