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HHS Library Catalog
Online Research Databases:
Entries describe the anatomy of plant and animal species.
Extensive biographical profiles. Magazine and newspaper articles amplify and update the narrative biographies.
Bloom's Literary Reference Online
Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, influential movements, and literary events.
Career exploration and planning.
Contemporary Literary Criticism--Select
Critical essays on contemporary authors.
Offers in-depth, nonbiased topical reports on current issues.
Password is needed for in-school use.
Reports on countries of the world including maps and statistics.
Password is needed for in-school use.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
An eBook database containing the following reference materials:
Ancient Civilizations Reference Library
Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century America
Checks and Balances: The Three Branches of the American Government
Chemical Elements: From Carbon to Krypton
Dictionary of American History
Elizabethan World Reference Library
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics
Psychologists and Their Theories
Modern Language Associate
(MLA) bibliography composer.
HHS STUDENTS: Your Personal
ID is your WCASD student number and the Password is warriors.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Social issues database containing viewpoint articles and topical overview essays exploring specific issues with expert opinions in a pro/con format. Statistics, primary documents, links to websites and podcasts, and magazine and newspaper articles are also included.
The POWER Library databases are offered as a service of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's public and school libraries. These resources for high school research are available from the POWER Library site:
AP Multimedia Archive-Current and historical photographs and graphics.
BookSource: Nonfiction-Full text articles from popular nonfiction library books.
Contemporary Authors-Biographical guide to writers of modern literature from all genres including movies and television.
Grove's Dictionaries-Art and Music resources.
History Reference Center (EBSCO)-History magazines, reference books, and historical documents.
LitFinder-Search for full text poems, short stories, essays and speeches.
MAS Ultra-School Edition (EBSCO)-Peer-reviewed journals, general interest magazines, and newspapers.
NoveList-Provides suggestions of books that are similar to those of a particular author or a certain title.
Oxford Reference Online-175 specialized subject dictionaries.
Magazine and newspaper articles exploring pro/con perspectives on social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.
Provides authoritative reference content on United States military history. Primary resources and analysis of themes and consequences are included.
West Chester Area School District Official Guide to Research (2006)
Compiled and organized by members of the West Chester Area School District, this guide is to be used by all students doing formal research.
Encyclopedia and magazine articles, primary source documents, e-books, multimedia elements, and editor-selected authoritative websites.
All websites, trade names, and information contained within these sites are under copyright protection.