Monthly Archives: August 2022
The Digital Life of Teens
Written on August 30, 2022 at 1:54 pm, by Kristy Dall
Most teenagers in the 21st century are digital experts. They’re using many different forms of social media, using the internet to research, typing all their notes in class, and emailing their teachers. Drawing on perspectives from more than 3,500 teens, Harvard Project Zero researchers Emily Weinstein and Carrie James have partnered with Common Sense Education […]
World Geography and Culture Online
Written on August 25, 2022 at 11:04 am, by Helen Stower
World Geography and Culture Online is a database of eBooks and other online reference materials for the high school students studying Geography. A useful feature of this database for science students is that it provides facts and figures about all countries.
Science Online
Written on August 25, 2022 at 11:03 am, by Helen Stower
Science Online is a database of eBooks and other online reference materials for the high school students studying Science. A useful feature of this database for science students is that it provides both articles and experiments.
Modern World History Online
Written on August 25, 2022 at 11:02 am, by Helen Stower
Modern World History Online is a database of eBooks and other online reference materials for the high school students studying Modern History. A useful feature of this database for history students is that it provides both secondary and primary sources.
Ancient and Medieval History Online
Written on August 25, 2022 at 11:01 am, by Helen Stower
Ancient and Medieval History Online is a database of eBooks and other online reference materials for the high school students studying Ancient History. A useful feature of this database for history students is that it provides both secondary and primary sources.
PLOS ONE
Written on August 25, 2022 at 11:00 am, by Helen Stower
The research published in PLOS ONE is multidisciplinary and covers over two hundred subject areas across science, engineering, medicine, and the related social sciences and humanities. Articles are evaluated by qualified editors on the basis of methodological rigor and high ethical standards.
JSTOR
Written on August 25, 2022 at 10:59 am, by Helen Stower
JSTOR contains scholarship and primary sources on one platform and includes more than 2,800 top scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. This is an excellent database for high school students conducting research in and of the humanities, social sciences, or science subjects.
Gale eBooks
Written on August 25, 2022 at 10:55 am, by Helen Stower
This collection is the equivalent of the non-fiction collection on the shelves in the iCentre and provides information that is ideal for research tasks. The eBook format of the information means that students can access the sources from anywhere at any time.
eLibrary Proquest
Written on August 25, 2022 at 10:54 am, by Helen Stower
eLibrary Proquest is a database that helps researchers to find authoritative information to support their research claims. This research portal contains topic centres as well as articles from periodicals and magazines, reference e-books, biographies, and newspapers.