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General
Explora - The Explora interfaces include Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier, Newspaper Source Plus, and EBSCO ebooks as sub-databases (EBSCO - State Library)
Video Tutorial (4 min)
Academic Search Premier - scholarly multi-disciplinary research database (EBSCO - State Library)
Video Tutorial (4 min)
General Reference Center - Find articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books covering current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more (TSCPL)
MasterFILE Premier - delivers articles, reference books, and an extensive image collection for every subject area, including access to Consumer Reports (EBSCO - State Library)
Ebsco Mobile
Video Tutorial (2 1/2 min)
Biography in Context - search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation, or gender. (Gale - TSCPL)
Video Tutorials
Search Tips (pdf)
Issues & Controversies - objective,in-depth analysis of hundreds of today’s hot topics (Infobase - State Library)
Intro Video (5 min)
Opposing Viewpoints in Context - provides a complete one-stop source for information on social issues (Gale - WRHS)
Why Use Databases?
Selecting a Research Topic & Gaining Background Knowledge
Highlighting & Note Taking & Send Articles to Google Drive or Email
Search Tips (pdf)
Video Tutorial (4 min)
Academic Search Premier - scholarly multi-disciplinary research database (EBSCO - State Library)
Video Tutorial (4 min)
General Reference Center - Find articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books covering current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more (TSCPL)
MasterFILE Premier - delivers articles, reference books, and an extensive image collection for every subject area, including access to Consumer Reports (EBSCO - State Library)
Ebsco Mobile
Video Tutorial (2 1/2 min)
Biography in Context - search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation, or gender. (Gale - TSCPL)
Video Tutorials
Search Tips (pdf)
Issues & Controversies - objective,in-depth analysis of hundreds of today’s hot topics (Infobase - State Library)
Intro Video (5 min)
Opposing Viewpoints in Context - provides a complete one-stop source for information on social issues (Gale - WRHS)
Why Use Databases?
Selecting a Research Topic & Gaining Background Knowledge
Highlighting & Note Taking & Send Articles to Google Drive or Email
Search Tips (pdf)
English Language Arts
Bloom's Literature - library of literary criticism presenting expert analysis of the writers and works most often studied in high schools and universities, essential for every student of literature. (State Library)
Literary Reference Center - provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline (State Library)
Literature Resource Center - current, comprehensive and reliable full-text articles from scholarly journals provide a wealth of information on authors, their works, and literary movements (TSCPL)
NoveList Plus - locates authors and titles of interest. In addition, three powerful search techniques allow readers to look for books by entering descriptive terms that appear in subject headings, reviews, and other fields in the title records (State Library of Kansas)
Literary Reference Center - provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline (State Library)
Literature Resource Center - current, comprehensive and reliable full-text articles from scholarly journals provide a wealth of information on authors, their works, and literary movements (TSCPL)
NoveList Plus - locates authors and titles of interest. In addition, three powerful search techniques allow readers to look for books by entering descriptive terms that appear in subject headings, reviews, and other fields in the title records (State Library of Kansas)
Art & Music
Art Full Text - art research database providing full-text art journals and books. It covers fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as photography, film and architecture. (State Library of Kansas)
Art Abstracts - art research database providing high-quality indexing and abstracts (summaries) for hundreds of national and international art journals, plus thousands of art dissertations. (State Library)
Science and Health
Science in Context- information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. Contains full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites (Gale - WRHS)
Gale Power Search Forensic Science eCollection - visualize connections between topics, search the subject index to find articles with specific search terms, and results from magazines, academic journals, and books.
GreenFILE- scholarly, government and general-interest titles covering all aspects of human impact to the environment (State Library)
Agricola- access to full-text, reliable information relating to agriculture. Irrigation, farming, water use, sustainability. (EBSCO - STATE Library)
Nurse and Allied Health Source - complete full-text information from leading nursing and related publications. Designed to meet the needs of researchers at health-care facilities as well as students enrolled in nursing programs at academic institutions (State Library)
Consumer Health Complete - brows-able medical database including drug information, topic fact sheets, medical dictionaries, and e-books (State Library)
Infobase Health Reference Center- information from medical and professional periodicals, health and fitness magazines, reference books and pamphlets (EBSCO - State Library)
Health Source - Consumer Edition - medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare sports medicine and general health from consumer magazines (State Library)
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - full text scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines (State Library)
MEDLINE - authoritative medical information from the US National Library of Medicine on topics such as medicine, nursing dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences (State Library)
Gale Power Search Forensic Science eCollection - visualize connections between topics, search the subject index to find articles with specific search terms, and results from magazines, academic journals, and books.
GreenFILE- scholarly, government and general-interest titles covering all aspects of human impact to the environment (State Library)
Agricola- access to full-text, reliable information relating to agriculture. Irrigation, farming, water use, sustainability. (EBSCO - STATE Library)
Nurse and Allied Health Source - complete full-text information from leading nursing and related publications. Designed to meet the needs of researchers at health-care facilities as well as students enrolled in nursing programs at academic institutions (State Library)
Consumer Health Complete - brows-able medical database including drug information, topic fact sheets, medical dictionaries, and e-books (State Library)
Infobase Health Reference Center- information from medical and professional periodicals, health and fitness magazines, reference books and pamphlets (EBSCO - State Library)
Health Source - Consumer Edition - medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare sports medicine and general health from consumer magazines (State Library)
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - full text scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines (State Library)
MEDLINE - authoritative medical information from the US National Library of Medicine on topics such as medicine, nursing dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences (State Library)
Social Studies
History Reference Center - articles, full text of historical documents, biographies, historical photos, maps, and videos (EBSCO - State Library)
Video Tutorial (3 min, 30 sec)
Small Business Reference Center - search business areas, find information by business type, learn about business basics, and more (State Library)
Global Issues in Context- analysis of issues - social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, cultural - and headlines in world hot spots. Focuses on broad issues, such as war, genocide, terrorism, human rights, as well as more specific events and topics in the news that are related to these broader issues. (Gale - WRHS)
Video Tutorials
Kansas History- Territorial through Civil War Years. This archive provides access to a wide variety of documents: personal narratives and memoirs, pamphlets and political speeches, sermons and songs, legal treatises and children's books. (State Library)
Military and Government - Current news for all branches of the military and government (State Library)
Readers Guide Retrospective (1890-1982) - Comprehensive index to the most popular general-interest magazines published in the U.S., reflecting the history of 20th century America (TSCPL)
Video Tutorial (3 min, 30 sec)
Small Business Reference Center - search business areas, find information by business type, learn about business basics, and more (State Library)
Global Issues in Context- analysis of issues - social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, cultural - and headlines in world hot spots. Focuses on broad issues, such as war, genocide, terrorism, human rights, as well as more specific events and topics in the news that are related to these broader issues. (Gale - WRHS)
Video Tutorials
Kansas History- Territorial through Civil War Years. This archive provides access to a wide variety of documents: personal narratives and memoirs, pamphlets and political speeches, sermons and songs, legal treatises and children's books. (State Library)
Military and Government - Current news for all branches of the military and government (State Library)
Readers Guide Retrospective (1890-1982) - Comprehensive index to the most popular general-interest magazines published in the U.S., reflecting the history of 20th century America (TSCPL)
Technology and Business
Auto Repair Source - choose year, make and model for repair information (State Library)
Business Source Premier - coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics (State Library)
Computer Source - latest information and trends in technology (State Library)
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center - a career exploration and planning resource (State Library)
Small Business Reference Center - business basics, start-up kits, industry information, and access to ebooks on a variety of business and career topics (State Library)
Morningstar Investment Research Center - Research stocks, funds, current or prospective holdings (TSCPL)
Regional Business News - coverage of regional business publications covering all U.S. metropolitan and rural areas (TSCPL)
Value Line - full-page reports, analyst commentaries and Value Line's trademark rankings of all stocks covered by the print edition (TSPL)
Legal Forms Library & LegalTrac - download Kansas specific legals forms and major law reviews and journals via the TSCPL website via the Research It link
Consumer Reports - expert unbiased product ratings and reviews