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EBSCO Databases
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Search EBSCO
(ask at your school library for a password to search from home)

There are four Ebsco Services available:

EBSCOhost - contains research databases for students of all ages as well as for professional educators
Searchasaurus - A full text database for elementary and middle school research and reading.
Student Research Center - for junior and senior high students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results
Kids Search - for elementary and middle school students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results.

EbscoHost

EBSCOHost Web Databases:

Canadian Reference Centre - Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books.
Professional Development Collection - designed for educators, this database provides a collection of quality education journals.
ERIC - the Educational Resource Information Center, contains full-text and citations from educational and education-related journals.
Middle Search Plus - provides full text for 140 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
EBSCO Animals - Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals.
Primary Search - Primary Search provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school research.
Academic Search Elite - Academic Search Elite offers full text for scholarly journals it covers virtually every area of academic study.

EBSCOhost Web Tutorials

Searchasaurus Databases

The following 6 databases are available:

Middle Search Plus
General Encyclopedia (Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia)
Encyclopedia of Animals (EBSCO Animals)
Primary Search
Dictionary
Pictures

Searchasaurus Help:

Searchasaurus Tutorial - or click on the turoial link on the opening screen of the Searchasaurus Databases.
Searchasaurus Student User Guide (MS Word)

Student Research Center

Student Research Center makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results.

The following databases are available:

Canadian Reference Centre
Middle Search Plus
Columbia Encyclopedia

Student Research Center Help:

Student Research Center Tutorial
Student Research Basic Search Help Sheet (MS Word)

Kids Search

Kids Search makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results.

The following databases are available:

Middle Search Plus
Primary Search
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
EBSCO Animals

Kids Search Help

Kids Search Tutorial
Kids Search Basic Search Help Sheet (MS Word)


 

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