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HCC Library: Databases

		EBSCO Student Research Center Full Text
Gale Student Resource Center Junior Vast collection of periodicals and reference books covering all subject areas, written on a middle school reading level.	PowerSearch by Gale Search across periodicals, reference books, and HCC's e-books for fast access to research or to answer any question.	EBSCO Student Research Center Age-appropriate magazines/newspaper articles, biographical articles, and more. Includes World Almanac & Book of Facts.

CultureGrams Current factual data and cultural information on countries of the world, U.S. states. Also a good source of photos & video and audio clips for multimedia presentations.	ABC-CLIO World Geography Explains geographical, historical, political, and economic aspects of the world's countries in simple language and in an easy-to-use format.	ABC-CLIO American History Biographical, historical, and primary source resources (including audio clips of famous speeches, etc.). Improve your understanding of time periods by selecting "Explore an Era."

Science Online Concepts and experiments from all scientific disciplines. Includes diagrams, video clips, news articles, timelines, biographies, and a science dictionary.	Maps 101 Contains historical and current maps, National Geographic videos, "geography in the news" articles, and country statistics from the CIA's World Factbook. (Click on Reference Atlas, World, and, once you select a country, click on Statistics.)	AP Photo & Multimedia Archive Contains 3.5 million primary source photographs from 1820-present, complete with captions. Updated daily with more than 3,000 images from news organizations. Also includes audio sound bites and graphics.
	© Adrian van Leen	© Darren Hester Search the GreenFile database
Cobblestone Magazines Online Contains non-fiction articles from the following middle school magazines: Cobblestone, Faces, Calliope, Classical Calliope, Odyssey, AppleSeeds, Dig, Footsteps, and California Chronicles.	"Custom Newspapers" Database (NOVEL Gale). Full-text database of over 1,000 national and international newspapers, including The New York Times, 1985-present.	Green File (an EBSCO Database) Contains scholarly and governmental publications on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

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