Springbrook High School

E-Books and Subscription Databases

denotes a subscription database
(passwords for home use available in Media Center and on Edline)

E-books (Books in digital format)

ABC-CLIO

Help in understanding:

A Separate Peace,

Death of a Salesman,

Great Expectations,

Macbeth,

Of Mice and Men, The Red Pony and the Pearl,

Othello,

Romeo and Juliet,

The Catcher in the Rye,

The Merchant of Venice,

The Odyssey,

The Old Man and the Sea,

The Scarlet Letter,

To Kill a Mockingbird,

and Their Eyes Were Watching God .

(Provided by Literature in Context)

 

Facts on File

Writers Reference: A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms

Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations: Lord of the Flies

Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations: The Catcher in the Rye

Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations: The Color Purple

Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations: Lord of the Flies

Writers Reference: Dictionary of Allusions

Bloom's Guides: The House on Mango Street

Bloom's Guides: The Kite Runner

 

Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale/Cengage)

Virtual reference books are available on a variety of topics--Law, History, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Politics, Science, and Social Science.

(Once in the site, click on Show All to see all titles.)

 

Subscription Databases (Paid for by MCPS and SHS)

| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |

Alexander Street Press

• American History in Video
• World History in Video

Bridges to Careers

 

College Board: SAT Online Course

Students: click “Register Now”

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EBSCO

• NoveList
• EBSCOhost Research Databases: For Students: MasterFile Premier, History Reference Center, and Science Reference Center
• Auto Repair Reference Center
• Student Research Center - High School and Middle School

EBSCO (Staff Only)

• EBSCOhost Research Databases: For Staff: Academic Search Premier, ERIC, Professional Development Collection and Education Research Complete

Encyclopedia Britannica Online Academic Edition

 

Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition

• Enciclopedia Juvenil (Spanish)
• Global Reference Center (Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, French)
• Annals of America
• World Data Analyst
• Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Online
• Student News Net

Facts on File: Full List

• Health Reference Center
• Issues and Controversies in American History

Gale/Cengage Databases: Full List

• Student Resources In Context
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Opposing Viewpoints In Context
• Biography Resource Center
• U.S. History In Context
• Global Issues in Context

Gale Literary Index (Gale/Cengage)

Search for literary works discussed in Gale's literary criticism series.

 

Greenwood: Historic Events of the 20th Century Online

Prominent events in history during the 1900s (timelines, multimedia, primary documents, sound recordings, and photographs).

 

H.W. Wilson (Staff Only)

• Education Full-text with ERIC
• Core Collections

NoodleTools (NoodleTools)

NoodleTools is a bibliographic software tool to assist you in creating accurate source citations in MLA and APA formats.

 

ProQuest Databases

• CultureGrams
• SIRS Knowledge Source : Issues, Government Reporter, Renaissance, WebSelect, Interactive Citizenship (Government, World Affairs, Economics)
• SIRS Decades
• SIRS Discoverer
• ProQuest Historical Papers
• ProQuest Learning Literature
• ProQuest Platinum
• ProQuest Professional Education

Questia (Questia)

Access is limited, please See Mrs. Simon

 

Teaching Books (Teaching Books, LLC)

Search for a favorite author, audio books, book titles, book guides, short movies, etc. to gain insight into the author’s craft, hear author readings, liven up reading, and access Spanish readings as well.

 

TumbleBooks Library

 

TurnItIn

Use this website to ensure that you have not plagiarized any paper you have written.

 

unitedstreaming

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Visual Thesaurus

 

Vocational Biographies