Databases
A database is an organized electronic collection of many sources, including print sources. Through them, you can search thousands of magazines, journals, newspapers, and books (among other kinds of sources) all from the comfort of your computer. Although the Internet offers myriad resources, finding reliable resources takes time and is hard work. Databases help to take some of the "guess work" out of research and--if you pay attention to the source type--save you time in terms of source evaluation. This is because the resources available in databases tend to be scholarly in nature, so you can be more trusting of their reliability.
FHS Databases
ProQuest Central Student
(username: foothillhigh, password: FHS@Library1)
This is a multidisciplinary resource that brings together many of ProQuest's most important, complete databases in science, technology, education, social sciences, humanities, and news. This database solves the problem of preparing students for college level academics by giving them access to a variety of sources, types of content, and multiple subjects using an interface that is widely used in higher education and prep schools.
ProQuest Research Library
(username: foothillhigh, password: FHS@Library1)
This database provides one-stop access to thousands of full-text periodicals from one of the broadest, most inclusive general reference databases ProQuest has to offer. Search from a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, professional and trade publications, and magazines covering over 150 subjects and topics.
ProQuest eLibrary
(username: foothillhigh, password: FHS@Library1)
This database helps simplify the research process and empowers novice researchers to more easily and efficiently choose their research topic and find authoritative information to support their research claims. It delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content editorially selected to support novice researchers.
ProQuest U.S. Major Dailies
(username: foothillhigh, password: FHS@Library1)
U.S. Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers, including The New York Times and Washington Post, co-exclusive access to The Wall Street Journal, and exclusive access to Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. The titles offer researchers thorough and timely coverage of local, regional, and world events with journalistic balance and perspective. The content is available by 8am each day and provides archives stretching as far back as 1985. This database is available on the ProQuest platform.
ProQuest SIRS Issues Researcher
(username: foothillhigh, password: FHS@Library1)
This ProQuest database provides in-depth information of the leading issues of our day. It offers both the Pro and Con side to every issue. There is a list of topics that can be searched, or specific topics can be entered into the search bar.
ProQuest PBS Video Collection
(username: foothillhigh, password: FHS@Library1)
This collection of more than 1,600 streaming videos provides an exceptional range of content with the most valuable video documentaries and series from PBS. From science to history, art to Shakespeare, diversity to business & economics, the PBS Video Collection: Fifth Edition is a comprehensive resource of high-use, high-value video, to be used in teaching and learning.
ProQuest SIRS Discoverer
(username: foothillhigh, password: FHS@Library1)
This multidisciplinary ProQuest database is relevant for curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. All newspaper, magazine, and reference content is 100% full text, editorially-selected and indexed from over 2,200 reliable, high-quality domestic and international sources.
ProQuest CultureGrams
(username: foothillhigh, password: FHS@Library1)
This database is a leading reference for concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world. It provides country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.
World Edition: Cultural reports for more than 200 countries. Kids Edition: This collection of more than 185+ country reports teaches upper elementary-aged and middle school users about the world around them. States Edition: These colorful and easy-to-read state reports help upper elementary-aged students understand the diversity and history of each U.S. state and the District of Columbia. Provinces Edition: This edition contains kid-friendly reports on all 13 Canadian provinces and territories.
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ProQuest Black Freedom Struggle
(username: foothillhigh, password: FHS@Library1)
This features select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. The intention is to support a wide range of students (see examples for using in teaching and learning), as well independent researchers and anyone interested in learning more about the foundation of ongoing racial injustice in the U.S. – and the fights against it.
GALE in Context: Environmental Studies
(password: falcons)
From climate change to automobile emissions, today’s environmental issues determine the destiny of tomorrow’s world. Gale In Context: Environmental Studies provides users with comprehensive information, empowering learners to critically analyze and understand important topics that affect people around the world. Explore topics and events within Earth systems, global change, pollution, populations, and more.
Integrating case studies, news, reference materials, academic journals, videos, and more, Environmental Studies is updated daily with relevant information. The resource offers nearly 400 topic, state, and province pages across the science, social studies, and humanities curriculum, including Water Privatization, Ecotourism, Air Pollution, Green Economy, and more.
GALE Interactive: Science
(password: falcons)
Going beyond textbooks and traditional science curriculum, Gale Interactive: Science is a highly visual online learning tool that takes visual-spatial learning to the next level by bringing the lab to the classroom. High-value, rich-media digital content selected from authoritative classroom resources—like Gale In Context: Science and Gale OneFile—is paired with interactive 3D models to deliver a virtual laboratory simulation experience for students in middle school and high school grades. Students can entertain their curiosity and inspire grade improvement through an experience that allows zooming in, rotating, or pulling models apart to explore and experiment with complex scientific topics.
Britannica School (English)
(username: pleasanton, password: pusd)
This is the go-to site for learning more about any subject—for all grades and all reading abilities—offering thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, and recommended Web sites.
