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Research Databases
Boricua students also have access to the following databases, at school and at home. You will need passwords to login at home.



I'm still working on making all of the links perfect, but the descriptions for each database will help you choose the ones that will best help you do specific research.

General

 * [|MasterFile Select] — full text coverage for more than 700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues, as well as abstracts for more than 2,050 titles. This database also features 35 full text reference and travel books.
 * [|TOPICSearch] — explores social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. Contains full text for over 139,800 articles from 4,800 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers.
 * [|Academic Search Elite] — //Academic Search Elite// provides full text for more than 2,000 journals in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and more.
 * [|Newspaper Source] — //Newspaper Source// provides cover-to-cover full text for 28 national (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selected full text for more than 260 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from //ABC News, CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR//, etc.
 * [|Serials Directory]— //The Serials Directory// provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. It contains nearly 212,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide.

Science

 * [|Science Reference Center] — contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
 * [|General Science Collection] — full text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications including //Archaeology, Astronomy, Discover, National Geographic, National Wildlife, Popular Science, Science News, Scientific American,// and many others.
 * [|Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia] — indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.
 * [|EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals] — in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

Medical

 * [|MEDLINE] — authoritative medical information on medicine,nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.
 * [|Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition] — provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong. In addition, this database includes //Lexi-PAL Drug Guide,// which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.

Business

 * [|Business Source Elite] — //Business Source Elite// provides full text coverage for nearly 1,100 business publications and economics journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,750 journals. //Business Source Elite// contains full text from the world's top management and marketing journals. This database includes full text (PDF) coverage dating back as far as 1985, and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies.
 * [|Regional Business News] — incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires.
 * [|Military & Government Collection] — current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The //Military & Government Collection// provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals. The database also offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.

Education

 * [|ERIC] — provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the //Current Index of Journals in Education// //Resources in Education Index. The database contains more than 1,194,000 records and links to more than 100,000 full-text documents// and
 * [|Professional Development Collection] — highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. This is the most comprehensive and most valuable collection of full text education journals in the world. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 700 journals.

Gale Databases


 * [|Custom Newspapers] – <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">Search a collection of more than 900 newspapers, both national and international.
 * [|New York State Newspapers] – <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">28 major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post.
 * [|Health Reference Center Academic] – <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center.
 * [|Informe] – <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
 * [|Gale Virtual Reference Library] – <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
 * [|Business and Company ASAP] – <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.
 * [|Business and Company Resource Center] – <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
 * [|Junior Edition K12] – <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">Now with over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
 * [|Twayne's Author Series] – <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">Comprises 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, 200 each from Twayne World, US, and English Authors.
 * [|National Newspaper Index] – <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">National Newspaper Index provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
 * [|Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module] – <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles.

SIRS offers several comprehensive resources, including:
 * [|Researcher] — <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">features thousands of full-text articles and analysis on today’s hottest and most controversial social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues.
 * [|Government Reporter] — <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">contains fulltext US government documents, and graphics. Included are Supreme Court decisions, historic documents, National Archives, and more.
 * [|Renaissance] — <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">provides dynamic information on the arts and humanities. Fulltext articles and color images are selected from more than 1,200 publications.
 * [|WebSelect] — <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">online databases of quality websites on vital issues and topics, evaluated daily for relevance and credibility.
 * [|Interactive Citizenship] — <span style="color: rgb(66, 98, 109)">helps student learn about every facet of government, economics, and concepts underlying world affairs. In-depth chapter essays, related articles, primary sources, and websites provide both background context and the latest information on key concepts in the social sciences.

And finally, there are numerous [|Search Engines] and [|Research Databases] available free online to help you find information when nothing else works.

One last note, although I went online when Reagan was president, and I've had my own websites for over a decade, many of my pedagogical ideas achieved critical mass when I picked up Will Richardson's book last year. Much of what we will explore this semester can be found in his $30 book:

[|Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, And Other Powerful Web Tools For Classrooms] By Will Richardson (Paperback ISBN: 9781412927673)

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