Digital+resources

toc WHS digital resources includes databases, e-books and electronic tools to help you with research. These resources are made available to WHS on a subscription basis and contain hundreds of thousands of articles published in leading journals, newspapers, magazines and reference books.This is an A-Z list of all these resources. Just getting started with your project and aren't sure which resources will have information you need? Click here for a subject guide list of digital resources in the WHS Library.

E-books
E-books exist as both a traditional book with pages and in a searchable, electronic version. You can go to a list of some of our e-books by clicking on the below link. You can also search the WHS catalog for e-books on your topic. If a resource is available as an e-book, its catalog entry will have a small purple "e" directly below the title. Click on the title. Then scroll down to the "Available to Wellesley High School" link.

**[|ABC-Clio eBooks]** Over 500 social studies titles available with tables of contents and indexes or full text searches. Includes a broad range of topics including politics, religion, law and business, pop culture, science and technology, history, sociology and more.

**[|Gale Virtual Reference Library]** - Reference books with fulltext search capability. Includes a broad range of subjects across the curriculum.

[|From WHS/][|From Home] Access to hundreds of articles from books published by Salem Press including topics such as transportation, crime, politics, ecology, economics, law and more.
 * Salem History**

Takes a look at nine biological systems and their foundations in cell biology and genetics.
 * [|Anatomy and Physiology: An Illustrated Guide]**

Looks closely at the biological systems of 14 animals representing the diversity of the mammal family.
 * [|Mammal Anatomy: An Illustrated Guide]**

Databases
[|From WHS] [|From Home] A comprehensive collection of primary and secondary sources, covering ancient world history; modern world history; US history; American government; United States at war; state geography; and issues: understanding controversy and society.
 * ABC-Clio Social Studies Databases **

[|From WHS/From Home] Royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.
 * A to Z Maps Online **

A to Z Information for U.S. States and Territories
 * [|A to Z the USA]** [[image:http://www.mln.lib.ma.us/redesign/databases/img/library.png]]

Henry Louis Gates' database covering biographical, art, cultural, political and economic topics in African American history from Oxford University Press.
 * [|African American Studies Center]**

An absorbing resource that examines world history from the emergence of the earliest humans about two million years ago through the end of the Middle Ages.
 * [|Ancient and Medieval World]**

Find definitive, in-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. Offers focused, readable, single-topic reports on vital world issues written by seasoned journalists. Browse sections such as "current situation," "pro-con," and "voices from abroad."
 * [|CQ Global Researcher]**


 * [|CQ Researcher]-** Offers in-depth coverage of political and social issues, with regular full text reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.

In-depth information on the cultures of more than 200 countries also includes maps, statistics, and glossaries.
 * [|CultureGrams]**

Includes encyclopedia articles from //Encyclopedia Americana// and //Grolier//. Provides external links to related journal articles and websites.
 *  [|Grolier Online] **

The Global Road Warrior is a comprehensive business travel, telecommunications and business culture reference covering 175 countries. Business travelers, travel planners, international communicators and businesspeople who need extensive coverage of these topics will find the most up-to-date information available in a highly organized and consistent format.
 * [|Global Road Warrior]**

HeritageQuest Online is a digital resource that combines searchable images of U.S. federal genealogical census records with digitized books containing family and local histories from around the country. It includes 25,000 family and local history books, U.S. census records, and PERSI, an index of over 1.6 million genealogy and local history articles.
 * [|HeritageQuest Online]**

Articles from historical newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and Boston Globe. Contains full-page scans of newspapers from 1851-2001.
 * [|Historical Newspapers (Graphical)]**

Hoover's Online contains a wide variety of business information about public, private and non-U.S. companies, including extensive company profiles, information about competitors, and names and biographies of key people. Also available is company and industry news, IPO information, research reports, and annual reports. Company searches can be targeted using 18 parameters, including industry, location, financial information, company size, and company type. Searches can also screen stocks by up to 20 different criteria.
 * [|Hoover's Online]**

[|From WHS][|From Home] Several general databases containing current (1980-present) magazine, newspaper, academic journal and reference book articles on many topics, including current events, health care, politics, sports, social science, hobbies. Includes following subject-specific databases:
 * Infotrac **
 * Massachusetts History Online
 * Biography Resource Center
 * Contemporary Literary Criticism
 * History Resource Center

[|From WHS / From Home:] Contains full text for thousands of scholarly journal articles.
 * JSTOR **

[|From WHS / From Home:] Provides up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.
 * Literature Resource Center **

[|From WHS][| /][|From Home:] Full-text access to newspaper articles from The Boston Globe (1980-present), The Boston Herald (1991-present), and other local Massachusetts newspapers.
 * Massachusetts Newsstand **

Comprehensive and up-to-date financial information on stocks, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Use the "Help & Education" tab to access the User's Guide and investor education resources.
 * [|Morningstar Investment Research Center]**

[|From WHS & Home:] Minuteman or Boston Public Library Card # (enter number without spaces)
 * New York Times (1980-current) **

[|From WHS & Home]Minuteman or Boston Public Library Card # (enter number without spaces) A database that provides access to 100,000 full text reviews of novels, as well as young adult book discussion guides, curriculum-related materials, and more.
 * NoveList **

Pop Culture Universe is digital library of information on American and world popular culture, past and present. Built on hundreds of award-winning titles for all levels of researchers.
 * [|Pop Culture Universe]**

(formerly Science Resource Center) //Science in Context// provides topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations, as well as articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites. The database covers curriculum-related science topics, and offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards.
 * [|Science in Context]**

An easy-to-use resource, //Something about the Author// provides illustrated biographical profiles of approximately 75 children's authors and artists. This critically acclaimed series covers more than 12,000 individuals, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries typically cover: personal life, career, writings, works in progress, adaptations, additional sources.
 * [|Something About the Author]**

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage is a business analysis package that includes industry surveys, stock and bond reports, company profiles, articles, and the //Register//.
 * [|Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage]**

//Please note: This resource is accessed through the Wellesley Free Library. Remote access only provides access to the Mutual Fund Reports and Stock Reports. Use in the Wellesley Free Library provides full access.//

World Book Online [|From WHS][|/From Home] A general encyclopedia that includes atlases, a dictionary and a Massachusetts Resource Guide.

Electronic tools
Noodlebib Comprehensive and accurate MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian bibliography composer with fully-integrated note-taking. [|From WHS & Home] Click on “Create a Personal ID” to create your personal folder and you will be prompted to enter the Wellesley password.