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Newberry County Library System

Databases

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Academic Search Premier

Description

Comprehensive database of academic journals for scholarly research for college-level and adult researchers.

Academic Search Premier

  • For college-level and adult researchers
  • Comprehensive database of academic journals for scholarly research

Details

  • Articles from 4,600+ full-text publications in the fields of biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology and more; includes over 3,900 peer-reviewed journals
  • Indexing and abstracts included for more than 8,500 journals
  • PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over 100 journals and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles

Alt HealthWatch

Description

In-depth coverage of complementary and alternative medicine.

Alt HealthWatch

  • For college-level and adult researchers
  • Database focusing on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness

Details:

  • Full-text articles for more than 180 international and often peer-reviewed journals and reports, hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts
  • Topics include acupuncture, aromatherapy, body work, childbirth, Chinese medicine, chiropractic, creative therapies, cross-cultural therapies, energy medicine, herbalism, homeopathy, mind-body medicine, naturopathy, nutrition, and osteopathy
  • Indexing and abstracts back to 1984 and full text back to 1990

Britannica School

Description

Encyclopedia articles, magazines and journals, videos, maps, dictionary and thesaurus entries.

Britannica School

  • For Prekindergarten through 12th grades
  • Access to encyclopedia and related content on three levels: elementary, middle, and high school, as well as teacher resources

Details:

  • Encyclopedia articles, current magazine articles, learning materials, and educational games
  • Rich multi-media content includes thousands of video and audio files, maps, illustrations, and photos to view, download, and use
  • Crafted to meet students' reading levels and Lexile scores; articles for elementary school students have scores ranging from 600 to 1000, and those for middle school students range from 860 to 1360
  • Over 140,000 articles of informational text provide a variety of text complexity covering all subject areas and support Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts
  • Read-Aloud feature in the encyclopedia articles highlights each word as it is read to increase comprehension for struggling readers, English language learners, and visually impaired users
  • Multiple translation tools with an emphasis on Spanish-English translation, but with more than 50 world languages available
  • 'My Britannica' to save and share articles, images, and videos in a personal account

Consumer Health Complete

Description

Articles, videos, images, reference books, and encyclopedias for the everyday health care consumer.

Consumer Health Complete

  • For high school students through adults
  • Health content oriented to the information needs of patients and designed to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics

Details:

  • Covers all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine
  • More than 250 full-text health reference books and encyclopedias
  • Hundreds of medical images and diagrams
  • Over 750 physician-generated videos on men’s health, women’s health, healthy aging, and general health
  • Cover-to-cover full text from more than 550 consumer health-related periodicals

Credo Reference

Description

More than 800 full-text reference books on most major subject areas with images, audio, video, and an interactive Mind Map to explore topics.

Credo Reference

  • For middle school students through adults
  • Full text of more than 800 subject-specific encyclopedias, biographies, chronologies, and dictionaries, all from well-respected publishers

Details:

  • Multimedia provides 500,000+ images and audio files and nearly 100 videos
  • Search result pages offer context, vocabulary, subject orientation, and pathways to further exploration with a federated search
  • Includes the DK Eyewitness eBooks series
  • Features a visual search tool (Mind Map) that displays connections between search results in a visual, interactive, easy-to-use format; enables success in finding topic ideas for assignments and expanding knowledge of a given area

Gale in Context: Elementary

Description

Articles, images, maps, activities, experiments, and reference information on all subjects.

Gale in Context: Elementary

  • For K-5 students, their teachers and parents
  • Articles, pictures and reference information on all subjects

Details:

  • Full-text articles from 120+ children's magazines, reference sources and newspapers
  • 2,500 searchable images and maps
  • Reading levels assigned to most articles
  • Includes activities, recipes, experiments, poetry and stories by children
  • Teacher Toolbox to help teach research and writing skills

Learn360

Description

K-12 streaming media service featuring hundreds of thousands of videos, interactives, audio titles, printables, and more

Learn360

  • For prekindergarten through 12th grades
  • Educational multimedia with 24/7 access for educators, students, and parents
  • Can be streamed or downloaded

Details:

  • 191,500 multimedia resources, including high-quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio, interactives, maps, printables, worksheets, and science experiments
  • Resources are from more than 200 top educational producers including: A&E, Reading Rainbow, National Geographic, PBS, Makematic, and Weston Woods
  • Topic Centers that bundle specially selected content - including videos, interactives, audiobooks, and printables - on core subjects
  • All significant subject areas are included: English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Health, World Languages, Technical and Vocational Education, Music & Dance, and more
  • Integrates with Google Classroom

MasterFILE Premier

Description

Full-text magazines, journals, and reference books covering a wide range of general interest topics. Primary source documents, photos, maps, and flags are also included.

MasterFILE Premier

  • For all ages
  • Large collection of periodicals, reference books and more covering a wide range of general interest topics

Details:

  • Full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more
  • Full-text reference books, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags
  • Selected key publications included back to 1975
  • Updated daily

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