Online Databases

Stamford Central School Library Media Center

Online Research Databases

"An intelligent person is not necessarily one who knows all the answers but rather knows where to find them."

Ask the library staff for the passwords for school and home use. Click on an icon on the left to begin your search.

	Curriculum & Education Resource Finder - a useful tool research tool for students and planning tool for teachers. (Requires user ID and password) Students - find homework help, Podcasts, video clips, sports & health info, pictures, maps and so much more. Teachers - over 400,000 professional topics, create web bibliographies, link websites to curriculum standards and more.
	EBSCO HOST- Full-text periodicals, reference and image database. (Requires user ID and password) General Science Collection: Full text of more than 60 science periodicals Searchasaurus: Periodical search for K-6 research Kids Search: Search encyclopedia, dictionary, and magazines EBSCO Host Español: Spanish interface Provided by NOVEL, New York Online Virtual Electronic Library, through an LSTA grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Service
	FirstSearch - connects to wide range of journal articles and books through 13 different databases on a wide range of topics. (Requires user ID and password)
	Gale InfoTrac Databases (Requires user ID and password) Business & Company Resource Center - Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. Health Reference Database - Over 200,000 articles about health topics such as fitness, medicine, nutrition, diseases, etc. Informe - A collection of full-text articles from Spanish-language newspapers, magazines and other periodicals on topics in business, health, culture, current events and others (search in English, results are in Spanish). InfoTrac Junior Edition - Search articles from magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, people, government, history, sports and more. Newspaper databases - Full text of National and International newspapers Twayne’s Author Series - Full-text from three print series of literary criticism and discussion: United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors. Virtual Reference Library - E-books in Business, History, Fashion, Law, and Medicine Provided by NOVEL through an LSTA grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Service
	MagPortal - A search engine and directory for finding online magazine articles.
ThinkFinity	Free lesson plans, teacher resources, interactive technologies and so much more!
	NewsBank Full-Text Newspapers - Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, state industries and local companies. Paid advertisements are excluded. (Requires user ID and password)
PowerMediaPlus	PowerMediaPlus - Streaming video, podcasts, images, audio clips and much more. (Requires user ID and password)
	ProQuest Platinum- Articles from more than 1,000 publications, with many in full text, full image format. (Requires user ID and password)
Soundzabound	Soundzabound - Copyright compliant music that can be used in PowerPoint presentations, videos, pod casts, movies, web design and more. (Requires user ID and password) Provided by ONC BOCES School Library System and Educational Media Services Library
	TeachingBooks - A collection of K-12 multimedia author and book resources including book guides, author web sites, book readings and more. (Requires user ID and password) Provided by ONC BOCES School Library System
	Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition (free trial) - searches Encyclopedia Britannica, Compton's by Britannica, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, journals, magazines, web sites and videos. (Requires user ID and password)