St. Ignatius

SI Databases

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General Databases

Gale A great general resource that covers all subjects in an easy to understand layout 

Explora by EBSCOhost  Academic Journals, periodicals and newspapers

JSTOR Very deep, very academic database. You will need to click here for the passwords for this site if you don't have them memorized. Here is a brief video to show how to perform a search on JSTOR.

Oxford Reference Bringing together 2 million digitized entries across Oxford’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias, spanning 25 different subject areas.

SIRS  Articles on social issues from 1200 magazines and newspapers.  Government information also included (Historic documents, U.S. Presidents' papers, and Supreme Court files).

 

Subject Databases 

Biography

Biography In Context A constantly updated resource of biographies of notable people from around the world.

 

Health

Teen Health and Wellness This is a very accessible database for your own personal research or any project that requires information about health. (You will need to click here for the passwords for this site if you don't have them memorized.)

Health Source Part of our EBSCO services, this is a collection of articles from magazines, newspapers, books, and academic journals on the subject of Health and Science.

Health and Wellness Resource Center This resource includes scholastic articles, a dictionary, and directory on the subject of Health, Medicine, and Alternative Medicine .

 

History / Social Sciences

World History In Context Articles from magazines, academic journals, primary sources, and more with a slant towards World History.

U.S. History In Context  Articles from magazines, academic journals, primary sources, and more with a slant towards U.S. History.

Issues & Controversies in History Looks at history through multiple lenses.

 

Literature

EBSCO's Literary Reference Center Biographies, literature criticism, book reviews, encyclopedias, and literary historical timelines 

Gale's Literature Resource Center Any and all things having to do with literature.

Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms Clear and concise definitions of the most troublesome literary terms, from abjection to zeugma.  

 

Religious Studies / Social Issues

EBSCO's Philosophy and Religion Collection 

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Today's social issues, featuring viewpoint articles, topic overviews

Oxford Reference Religion Collection 13 books and thousands of articles exploring different religions and religious issues

Social Issues Resource Series (SIRS)  Newspapers, magazines, maps, and reference sources

 

Science

Ebscohost Academic Journals, periodicals and newspapers

Gale Environmental Studies Research on up to date environmental issues

Gale Interactive Science Interactive science labs

JSTOR A deep collection of academic research

 

 

 

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