ONLINE DATABASES
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Magazine and News Articles Reference Articles MAPS, PEOPLE, PLACES
MAGAZINE AND NEWS ARTICLES
is an interface to several databases of reference and magazine/newspaper articles.
Kids Search, and Student Research Center databases contain BOTH reference and magazine/newspaper articles.
EBSCO also contains a link to EBSCOhost Web (which is another interface to more databases like ERIC, Health Source, and more!)

InfoTrac has two database sources: One is
InfoTrac Student which contains magazine/news articles, AND reference articles.

Proquest includes articles from major newspapers and periodicals in the United States.
Cobblestone contains magazine articles about U.S. history, cultures, and ancient history.
Sirs Discoverer is an easy to use database of U.S. and
international magazines, U.S. government documents
and general encyclopedia reference articles and almanac entries.
REFERENCE ARTICLES
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Grolier Online
is a collection of general and specific reference article databases, including Grolier Encyclopedia, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Land and Peoples, and Animals.
Facts on File - contains several databases of reference articles on history, science, health career, literature, and more.

ABC-CLIO contains specialized reference databases on American History, World At War,
Issues and World Geography.
World Book Online is a general encyclopedia reference article database.
is an interface to several databases of reference and magazine/newspaper articles.
The reference article database is Points of View.
Kids Search, and Student Research Center databases contain BOTH reference and magazine/newspaper articles.
EBSCO also contains a link to EBSCOhost Web (which is another interface to databases like ERIC, Health Source, and more!)

InfoTrac has two database sources:
InfoTrac Student which contains magazine/news articles, AND reference articles, and
Gale Virtual Reference Library of E-Books.
Sirs Discoverer is an easy to use database of U.S. and
international magazines, U.S. government documents
and general encyclopedia reference articles and almanac entries.

Marshall Cavendish has multiple reference
article databases on various topics such as:
Peoples of Western Asia
Animal and Plant Anatomy
Open For Debate
Birds, wildlife, reptiles, habitats
Technology, WWII, Family Health
MAPS AND PLACES
Facts on File World Atlas


CultureGrams - countries
Peoples of Western Asia