ARTSTOR
http://www.artstor.org/
A digital library of 300,000 museum images and descriptions used by many colleges and universities. Additional images will bring the collection to 500,000 by January 2006. ARTSTOR is available from home only after setting up a password from school.

Biography Resource Center
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/bryn65452?db=BioRC-1
Biography Resource Center has in-depth biographies of popular and historic figures.

CQ Researcher
http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher
Well-researched in-depth analysis reporting on the most current and controversial topics issues of today. Produced by Congressional Quarterly, each article contains an abstract, overview, background, current situation, outlook, special focus, chronology, pros and cons, extensive bibliography, and footnotes. Click on each component separately or go to PDF to get entire article.

eLibrary Science
http://www.proquestk12.com/myproducts
eLibrary Science offers targeted science content and tools along with video and interactive content in the areas of General Science and Mathematics, Earth and Space Science, Environmental Science, Life Science and Medicine, Physical Sciences and Technology and Engineering.

Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol
www.spanish.eb.com
With over 47,000 articles plus 8,300 photos, images, and maps, it's the perfect resource for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and students learning Spanish.

Encyclopaedia Britannica
www.school.eb.com
In addition to to the vast resources of Encyclopædia Britannica, this database offers a dictionary, thesaurus, Internet guide, atlas, and more. Users can search all encyclopedias simultaneously, or select a single age-appropriate database.

Facts.com
http://www.2facts.com
Historic events (1940-present), Historic Documents (1960-1979), World News Digest (1979-2001), World News Archive (1960-1978), The Year's Top Stories 1960-2001, key issues, people, obituaries (1980-2001), selected editorials, historic documents, country profiles, feature stories, world press links, Reuters News (last 2 weeks), Issues and Controversies (good for debates), Today's Science, World Almanac, World Almanac Encyclopedia.

Gale Student Resource Center Gold
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/bryn65452
Many curriculum-related databases. Titles include: DISCovering Authors, DISCovering Biography, DISCovering Multicultural America, DISCovering US History, DISCovering World History, Exploring Shakespeare, Exploring Poetry.  In addition, the Student Resource Center Gold has thousands of periodical articles.

History Study Center
http://www.proquestk12.com/myproducts
Documents, articles, maps, video, pictures, etc. in all areas of history. Great source for periodical articles and primary source documents.

JSTOR for School Use Only
http://www.jstor.org
Premiere periodical database used in colleges and universities.

JSTOR for Home Use
Please stop by the Library or e-mail the librarians to obtain new procedures for home access to JSTOR.

NewsBank
http://infoweb.newsbank.com/
The New York Times from 1995 to the present.  Also includes America's News Magazines database, with periodical coverage of U.S. and international news, business, lifestyle, entertainment, sports, science and technology.

NoodleTools
http://www.noodletools.com/login.php?group=5256&code=1307
NoodleTools is used for creating bibliographic citations and notecards which can be accessed from any computer once you have created a personal log-in.  Citations and notecards can be e-mailed to teachers from the site.

Proquest Learning: Literature
http://www.proquestk12.com/myproducts
World literature criticism, reviews, biographies, websites from scholarly periodicals and books.  Each article includes suggested readings.

Salem Health
http://health.salempress.com
Salem Health draws from Magill's Medical Guide, which covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format. It includes sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders.

Access PA Power Library Databases

The Shipley School Library, as a member of AccessPA, has access to the Power Library Databases.  Students may connect to these databases from a fixed icon when they access the Student Shortcuts folder at school.

Find out which school, public, or college library in the state owns the book or video you need. For home access to AccessPA Power Library Databases, select the county where you received your library card, type in the barcode number on your card.

Bucks County Public Libraries
http://www.buckslib.org/

Chester County Library System
http://www.ccls.org/

Delaware County Library System Online
http://www.delcolibraries.org/

Lower Merion Library System
http://www.lmls.org/

Montgomery County Library System (MCLINK)
http://www.mclinc.org/

Philadelphia Free Library
http://www.library.phila.gov/

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