Secondary Education students looking for articles to supplement their lesson plans will find a great resource in MAS Ultra. This database contains educational magazines and journals, reference works, and primary sources, all aimed at the high school level.

Among the roughly 500 periodicals included are: American Heritage, American History, Astronomy, Bioscience, Civil War Times, Discover, History Today, Popular Science, Science News, Scientific American… and many more, representing a variety of subject areas. In addition, MAS Ultra has background material from encyclopedia articles and biographies. There’s text from primary source materials such as historical documents and speeches, as well as photos, maps, flags, and other images.

Searches can also be narrowed by Lexile Reading Level, making this database very useful when working with a specific grade.

The database SIRSResearcher (Social Issues Resources Series) has a new feature that allows users to search for resources that fit the Common Core Standards.

When you open the SIRS database, look for the “Common Core Correlations” link along the top of the page. Click this link for drop-down menus that let you select specific states and subject areas. You can then look within each standard for a “see resources” link leading to possible topic ideas. Clicking on any of these topics automatically searches the database for relevant articles and multimedia resources in support of the chosen standard.

Entrepreneurial Studies Source                                                This database provides the academic researcher as well as the student with the latest insight on topics relevant to entrepreneurship and small businesses.  Subjects covered in the database include:  Business Planning,  Communications, Innovations, Management, Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Product Development, Raising Capital, Risk Taking and more.

LGBT Life with Full Text  contains all of the content available in LGBT Life as well as full text for more than 130 of the most important and historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers, as well as more than 170 full-text monographs/books including Classics in Lesbian Studies, Gay Science: The Ethics of Sexual Orientation Research, Handbook of Research with Gay,  Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Populations, Queer Theory & Social Change, etc.

You can find these databases on the Library Tab in myRedDragon!

The library provides access to two new databases! They are available in the A-Z listing of databases on the Library Tab.

Applied Science & Technology Full Text (Wilson) Covering a wide variety of applied science specialties—from acoustics and aeronautics, to neural networks and nuclear & civil engineering— Applied Science & Technology Full Text provides full-text content and in-depth indexing and abstracts from leading trade and industrial journals, professional and technical society journals, specialized     subject periodicals, buyers’ guides, directories and conference proceedings.

Energy & Power Source (EBSCO)             A comprehensive full-text database designed to support the informational needs of the energy and power industries at all levels. This collection provides full-text coverage of information relevant to many areas integral to the energy and power industries, encompassing all component industries within, including those focused energy and power industries at all levels.

Topics include:

• Coal
• Electric power
• Natural gas
• Nuclear power
• Petroleum
• Renewable energy (including hydroelectric power, wind power, solar                    power, alternative fuels, etc.)

The Library has access to Project Muse! It is available in the A-Z listing of databases on the Library Tab.

Project Muse ( standard collection) offers full-text current and archival articles from scholarly journals from major university presses covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more. Updated continually.

Did you know the library has subscriptions to four streaming video databases?

American History in Video is a collection of newsreels, archival   footage and important historical documentaries.

Education in Video provides a collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers including supplementary materials to aid in use in classroom discussions and assignments.

Ethnographic Video Online provides a comprehensive resource for human culture and behavior.

Films on Demand includes over 6000 licensed films from a variety of commercial providers including PBS, BBC and National Geographic.

These databases are available in the Databases Channel on the Library tab.