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Ames High | Media Center | Online Research
The online databases are accessible from home computers. Login and password information is posted at all media center workstations. |
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A comprehensive database for worldwide weather information. Contains real data, with 10 years of past weather data. |
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Designed to meet the needs of students in AP courses. Contains more than 5,550 full-text academic journals and magazines and over 440,000 photos, maps and flags. On the next screen click on "Advanced Placement Source, 9-12". |
| American History in Video |
The largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history. Analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries. |
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A collection of over 750,000 current and historical photographs from the Associated Press plus text, audio files, and graphics such as maps, charts, logos, and diagrams. |
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In-school access is provided for the American Physical Society's journals including:
Physical Review Letters (PRL) (brief important papers, all topics in physics)
Physical Review A (atomic, molecular, and optical physics)
Physical Review B (condensed matter and materials physics)
Physical Review C (nuclear physics)
Physical Review D (particles, fields, gravitation and cosmology)
Physical Review E (statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics)
Reviews of Modern Physics (in-depth articles, all topics in physics)
Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
PROLA, the Physical Review Online Archive (archive of APS journals back to 1893) |
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An online training database of over 2,000 tutorial movies for today's most popular computer applications such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, iMovie, etc. |
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Brainfuse offers a comprehensive suite of tutoring services designed for a range of academic needs; whether it’s tackling a tough homework problem, learning an academic skill, or writing a term paper. You need an Ames Public Library card and PIN to access this resource. |
| Britannica Online |
Choose the high school edition to search level-appropriate reference articles, journals and magazines, the web's best sites, multimedia, and curriculum content. Also includes a biography of the day, this day in history, and today's news.
* iPhone, iPod, and iPad app available |
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Information on countries of the world including their history, people, customs and cultures, geography, economy, etc. Includes a photo gallery. |
| Culture Grams |
World edition: Information on more than 200 countries.
Kids edition: Daily life in countries around the world.
States edition: All the U.S. states.
Provinces edition:
All the Canadian provinces and territories. |
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A database of more than 750 full-text magazine and newspaper articles, speeches, historical documents, reference books, book reviews, photos, images, maps, and charts. On the next screen click on "EBSCOhost 6-12". |
| Gale Databases |
Choose the high school tab for screened and reliable content from magazines, newspapers, and reference materials.
* iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Android app available |
| General OneFile |
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily. |
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A history reference database with full-text of 170 history periodicals; 112,000 historical documents; more than 119,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 113,000 historical photos and maps; and more than 80 hours of historical video. On the next screen click on "History Reference Source, 9-12". |
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A collection of over 7.8 million high-quality illustrations, photos, fonts, sounds, animations and videos. iCLIPART includes professional-grade imagery in formats compatible with virtually all Macintosh and Windows software. Just choose the format you need and click download. |
| InfoTrac Newsstand |
InfoTrac Newsstand is an innovative Web-based full-text newspaper database which allows users to search articles from local as well as international publications instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other assigned fields. Finally, it is a one-stop source for the day's news and searchable archives. |
| InfoTrac Student Edition |
With over 1,300 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
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Includes streaming media content from PBS, National Geographic, Standard Deviants, Slim Goodbody, Sunburst Visual Media and dozens of other educational video producers. |
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Contains full-text for more than 31,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism, 164,000 author biographies, 450 literary journals, 630,000 book reviews, 68,000 classic and contemporary poems, 18,000 classic and contemporary short stories, 5,600 author interviews, 8,200 classic texts, and much more. On the next screen click on "Literary Reference Center, 9-12". |
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A collection of nonfiction titles available 24x7 and with unlimited and simultaneous use. Search the collection by keyword, title, author, subject, series, number of pages, or publication date. Create a personal "backpack" of titles. ("eReaders" are not needed--any device or computer with internet access can be used.) Guides for using this resource are available here. Fiction titles will be added as they become available. |
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An educational search engine connecting teachers and students to a wealth of standards-aligned digital resources and technology tools. All netTrekker resources are hand-selected by expert educators to keep every search safe, focused, and relevant every time. |
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Contains 1,520 full-text newspapers, providing more than 28 million full-text articles; and more than 601,300 TV and radio news transcripts, videos, and podcasts. On the next screen click on "Newspaper Reference Source, 9-12". |
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Provides over 200,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles, feature content including lists of award-winning books, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, Recommended Reads and more. On the next screen click on "NoveList Plus". |
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The Open Clipart Library is the largest collaboration community that creates, shares and remixes clipart. All clipart is released to the public domain and may be used in any project for free and with no restrictions. No username and password is needed. |
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Provides a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Provides 250 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. On the next screen click on "Points of View Reference Center, 9-12". |
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Contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. On the next screen click on "Science Reference Source, 9-12". |
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Internet resources, documents, and full-text articles from thousands of US and international publications, as well as images. |
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Royalty-free music including classical, hard rock, soft rock, indie, percussion, swing, reggae, punk, country, blues, soul, sports, techno, punk, psychedelic, new age, hip-hop, urban, game show, animation music, sound effects, decades of music tracks, and lots more. Soundzabound works with iTunes or Windows Media Player, and can be used with Garageband, iMovie, PowerPoint, and more. |
| Student Research Center |
Designed for high school students, SRC provides the most appropriate tools for obtaining information from EBSCO databases. Pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with a search. Other features include a topic heading search, an online dictionary and encyclopedia, top searches of the day, and limit searches according to Lexile reading levels. |
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Covers topics such as diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, work readiness, and more. Also includes first-person teen narratives, as well as 24-hour Iowa and national hotlines for teens in crisis.
* Teen Hotlines mobile app available |
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Thousands of audiobooks are available for download. Many titles are compatible with iPods. Includes award-winning titles such as the Iowa High School Book Award. This is a consortium with public libraries and users must have a library card with the participating local library to download audiobooks. |
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