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GA's SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES |
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In a continuing effort to provide the best educational resources for students, the Germantown Academy Upper/Middle School Library subscribes to a variety of online databases. These resources can be accessed from any computer on the GA Campus
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ABC CLIO |
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IMPORTANT Note: Ignore the request for user name and password & click the "Germantown Academy log in here" link - you will get right in! | | |
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ARTStor |
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http://www.artstor.org
Images for Education and Scholarship
ARTStor is a “deep and broad collection of images of world art and visual culture. The database includes many specialized collections such as the Carnegie Arts of the United States, the Moma Architecture and Design Collection and the Schlesinger History of Women in America Collection”. | | |
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CQ Researcher |
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Direct access
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http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher
CQ Researcher provides access to current articles, their 80 year archive and a new global feature focusing on international issues. Their features are particularly helpful for those interested in history and current events, but there are also science articles on issues of national concern such as global warming.
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JStor |
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http://www.jstor.org/
JSTOR is an archive of scholarly journals, which provides a range of full-text, multi-disciplinary and discipline-specific articles. | | |
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Newsbank |
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http://infoweb.newsbank.com
NewsBank delivers electronic editions of record for local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources. Searchable by topic or keyword. Includes full text articles of New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer, NYTimes Book Review, Christian Science Monitor and many more. | | |
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ProQuest |
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ProQuest Learning: Literature offers a comprehensive and integrated literary resource for original full-text works, author biographies, contemporary literary criticism, study guides, and multimedia. Researchers will find more than 150,000 searchable works of poetry, prose, and drama from around the world – from medieval times to the present; and, thousands of secondary literary sources such as biographies, literary criticism, essays, reviews, interviews, video, and Web sites. | | |
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SIRS Knowledge Source |
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Proquest SIRS Knowledge Source
http://sks.SIRS.com
 SIRS Researcher has in-depth articles on topical issues in business, environment, family, global issues, health, human relations, institutions, and science. Features subject, keyword, and topic browse queries and results can be sorted by relevance, date, source. Searches can be targeted for images, maps, news, or pro/con to focus on specific sources.
 SIRS Renaissance provides focused articles on arts and humanities drawn from over 1,200 domestic and international newspapers, journals, magazines, and websites. “The major topics addressed by Renaissance include architecture and design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, and visual arts. Features include literary corner, artist profiles and glossary. Lavishly illustrated.
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Thomson Gale Infotrac Databases |
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Direct access
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 Science Resource Center has thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, illustrations and information about the latest scientific developments. Contains articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites.
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Th!nkmap Visual Thesaurus |
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Direct access
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http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
 explores the English language via word clusters. One can examine the relationships between words, find a definition or a synonym, even listen to word pronunciation in American and English accents. This is a great way to build one’s vocabulary.
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