| Resource ListAccessScience | For high school students through adults. Gateway to authoritative information in all major areas of science and technology, featuring the online, fully illustrated version of the 10th edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology • Research updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology • More than 110,000 definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms • Headline news from Science News Magazine • Biographies of prominent scientists • Links to evaluated related Web sites • Learning resources and study guides • Updated daily | Custom Newspapers | For all age groups. Full-text articles from more than 100 U.S. and international newspapers. • New York Times (1995-); Christian Science Monitor (1996-); The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC; 2000-); Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1996-); and 40+ other domestic papers • Times (London; 1985-) and 60+ other international papers • Updated one to three days after publication of the print newspapers | | EBSCOHost | Magazines; newspapers; an encyclopedia; health, business and animal databases; special databases for middle and primary students, and the Professional Development Collection for teachers and educational research. | Encyclopedia Americana | For grades 8 and up. In-depth information, current events and news archive for student researchers. • More than 45,000 encyclopedia articles on all subjects • More than 100,000 related full-text periodical articles • Links to more than 150,000 selected Web sites • Weekly news feature, teacher resources and links to U.S. and international news sites • Interactive atlas, dictionary; 4,500 black-and-white and color images | Expanded Academic ASAP | For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students. Comprehensive periodical database covering all academic disciplines. • Millions of full-text articles from 2,000+ scholarly, refereed and professional journals and selected general interest magazines • Indexing of additional professional and general periodicals | Gale Virtual Reference Library | For middle school students and above. A selection of 24 cross-searchable reference e-books covering a variety of subject areas, including health and medicine, language and literature, history, social studies, science and more. • Full-text articles • Photos and other illustrations | General OneFile | For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students. Comprehensive periodical database covering all subjects and all types of periodicals. • Periodicals from nearly all InfoTrac collections merged into a single database • More than 25 million full-text articles on all subjects from more than 5,000 periodical titles • Articles from newswires and general, professional, scholarly and children’s periodicals • New York Times indexing (1980-) and full-text (1995-), other major newspapers and 8,000+ periodicals | General Reference Center | For high school students through adults. Magazine, newspaper and reference articles on a variety of topics of general interest. • Millions of full-text articles from more than 900 general magazine titles • Reference information from encyclopedias, dictionaries and almanacs • Coverage of school subjects, current events and consumer interest topics | Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia | For grades 5 and up. Reference information and news on all subjects with learning tools and multimedia. • More than 40,000 encyclopedia articles with associated pictures, flags, maps and media, including video, sound, animations, panoramas and cutaways • Links to thousands of related periodical articles and Web sites • Weekly news articles with news quiz and related Web links • Monthly Brain Jam e-zine with teacher resources and student activities | Health & Wellness Resource Center | For advanced middle school students through adults. Portal to health information from a variety of sources for general users; includes “Alternative Health Module” content. • Full-text articles from 400 health, nursing, allied health and medical journals, including 30+ alternative health periodicals • More than 700 health-related videos from Healthology, Inc. • Health-related articles from 2,200 general interest magazines • Medical encyclopedia articles, pamphlets, drug information and hospital directory, including alternative health reference titles and herbal medicine information • Access to health news and key health Web sites | History Resource Center: U.S. | For high school students through adults. Complete overview of the most-studied events, issues and current information in U.S. history that have been selected as relevant in the undergraduate curriculum • Original materials from Primary Source Microfilm’s digital archives, including documents, monographs, pamphlets, first-person accounts and more • Encyclopedic and critical articles, essays and biographies • Full-text periodicals and scholarly history journals • Historical bibliography • Links to digitized special collections • Audio and video clips of historic speeches and events • Multimedia maps and images • Country and era overviews • Chronological timelines | History Resource Center: World | For high school students through adults. Collection of resources providing coverage of events, themes and trends in world history from antiquity to the present, with a multicultural and global view. • More than 1,500 primary sources from Primary Source Microfilm • Full-text articles from more than 110 academic journals • More than 1,600 historical maps and atlases • Annotated Web links to primary source special collection sites • Chronological timelines | Junior Edition | For middle school students, their teachers and parents. Magazine, newspaper and reference sources on all subjects. • Full-text articles from 130+ magazines, with full image for 60+ titles • Maps, articles from reference books and newswire articles • Includes short stories, poems, quizzes, experiments and activities • Toolbox to help students learn research and writing skills | Kids InfoBits | For K-5 students, their teachers and parents. Articles, pictures and reference information on all subjects. • Full-text articles from 120+ children’s magazines, reference sources and newspapers • 2,500 searchable images and maps • Reading levels assigned to most articles • Includes activities, recipes, experiments, poetry and stories by children • Teacher Toolbox to help teach research and writing skills | | Library Books | Visit http://destiny.hcs.k12.sc.us/ to search Horry County Schools Online Public Access Catalog | Literature Resource Center | For high school students and above. Comprehensive periodical and reference resource for literature, featuring the online versions of these Thomson Gale print series: Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twayne’s Authors Series and Scribner Writers Series. • More than 415,000 full-text journal articles from more than 250 literary journals • Nearly 44,000 critical essays • Nearly 6,000 links to authoritative related Web sites • Nearly 5,000 work overviews, plot summaries and explications • More than 122,000 author biographies • Nearly 3,000 author portraits • Merriam-Webster’s® Encyclopedia of Literature, featuring 10,000 definitions of literary terms | LitFinder | For all age groups. Collection of full-text literature, citations and excerpts, and sources that provide context to authors and their works. • Full-text content includes poems, stories, essays, plays and speeches • 850,000 poem citations and excerpts, biographies, work summaries, photographs and a glossary • 850 Spanish-language poems with English translations • Works from writers of diverse nationalities and ethnicities, dating from antiquity to the present | New Book of Knowledge | For grades 3 and up. Reference information on all subjects with current events and educational features. • More than 9,000 encyclopedia articles on all subjects, with pictures and maps • Related articles from children’s magazines; related Web sites appropriate for children • Weekly news articles and pictures with lesson plans • Links to student activities, educational games and teacher resources | Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center | For middle school students through adults. Database of contemporary social issues with content structured to promote critical-thinking skills and information literacy. • More than 400 reference book titles • More than 8,700 pro and con viewpoint articles • Periodicals, podcasts, reviewed Web links, images, statistical tables, charts and graphs • Content levels may be selected for retrieving appropriate results • Includes Lexile reading levels for periodical content • Content correlated to social studies and science curriculum standards for middle and high school | Science Resource Center | For high school, college-level and adult researchers. Comprehensive curriculum-oriented database of reference and periodical content covering Life Science, Physical Science, Earth and Space Science. • More than 30 reference titles • More than 300 periodicals, both general and scholarly • Multimedia content, Web site links and a selection of newspaper science sections • Content correlated to national and state high school curriculum standards | Scribner Writers Series | For high school through college level. Essays on the lives and works of 1,600+ important authors from around the world. • In-depth coverage of noted novelists, playwrights, poets, short story writers, essayists, journalists, critics, philosophers and writers for children and young adults • More than 40 essays on special topics in literature, including gothic novels, nature poetry and others | SIRS Discoverer | For students in grades 1 through 9, their teachers and parents. Articles, pictures, reference information and Web sites on all subjects. • Age-appropriate, full-text articles and images selected from 1,600+ U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources • Reading levels assigned to all articles • Maps, pictures, photo essays, activities, biographies, country facts and current events • Links to age-appropriate Web sites with reading level indicators | SIRS Knowledge Source | For advanced middle school students through adults. Articles, images, reference information, Web sites and more on all subjects. • Articles selected from 2,500+ U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources • News, current events and organized links to evaluated Web sites • Special features on literature, terrorism and other topics • Interactive textbook on citizenship with teacher resources • Images, maps, country profiles, primary sources and Supreme Court decisions | Student Edition | For high school students, their teachers and parents. Articles and reference information on topics most-often researched in high schools. • More than 3 million full-text articles from 400+ periodical titles • Newswire articles and articles from reference sources • Selection of maps and historical images | |
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