Databases

What is a database? A database is a large collection of data that is organized especially for rapid search and retrieval. Use these databases to find full-text magazine and newspaper articles, video clips as well as television and radio transcripts. The Library subscribes to Ebsco Online Databases. Simply click your mouse on the icon to enter the database(s). If you'd like to take a short tutorial on how to use Ebsco click the text links below. To use the search option for ERIC, no user name or password is required.

Click mouse on "EbscoHost" icon

Type in User id & Password. Ask SVHS Librarian, Ms. McEnery for codes to access databases.

            

Great resource for senior project:

Points of View Reference Center - a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.

Database for science:

Science Reference Center - a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to science encyclopedias, science reference books, periodicals and other sources.  

Click on link to view a tutorial:

Basic Searching
Student Research Center
Visual Search
My Ebscohost Personalized Folder