InfoTrac Student Edition is an online database of information primarily made up of magazines and journals. There are a certain number of newspaper articles, but that component has been reduced recently. InfoTrac had been an independent service provider, but it is now part of Gale Group. Articles are indexed back to 1985. Articles are brought up chronologically, the most recent will appear first. Searches can be narrowed by subdivision or related subjects can be viewed. The database is updated weekly.
Searching can be done by a variety of ways: subject, relevance, keyword and advanced. A subject word or phrase will retrieve the article from the index terms, the title of the article or supplementary note. A relevance search will arrange the articles by length so that the shortest ones will be last. If it is a more obscure topic, a keyword search will scan the entire database for references. In advanced search, you may search by a keyword, a particular author, a particular range of dates or a particular journal title.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/newarkvalleyhs
This URL will work from any networked computer at the High School. Remote Patron Access (RPA) from a home computer is an option. See Mr. Niz for the password.
Grolier Online Resources
These resources are available:
Encyclopedia Americana
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
New Book of Knowledge
New Book of Popular Science
Lands and Peoples
America the Beautiful
This URL will work from any networked computer at the High School. RPA is available. See Mr. Niz for the password.
Electronic Resources Available Through BOCES
http://www.btboces.org/Center/Resources/ElectronicResources.shtm
Use this URL. Most of these databases can be accessed directly. For others you will need a password. See Mr. Niz
Health Reference Center Academic
Business and Company Resource Center
Junior Edition – K12
The Twayne Authors Series
MasterFILE Select
Informe
Custom Newspapers
New York State Newspapers
National Newspaper Index
Newsbank
WebMax
Use WebMAX for media library resources (videos, CD-ROMs, CDs, DVDs, kits, etc.) You can schedule these resources for a specific use period. This can be accessed from home.
Digital Curriculum
PBS Video Database of American History and Culture
This is a library of over 290 video programs, all available from the BOCES media library with links to sites providing indexing of video segments, lesson plans, primary source documents, and more. This may be accessed from home.
Primary Search
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
EBSCO Animals
TOPICsearch
SCOOLS Online Database
NetLibrary
Curriculum & Education Resource Finder
School Library Systems Advocacy Toolkit